what am i doing wrong?????

[pokey]

ok, i bought shipped eggs. 8 out of 12 developed. all is good......until day 18. on day 18, i removed the egg turner and the plug dropped
on one of the eggs and cracked it. crap!!!!

ok, i put tape on it. remember this egg..... the humidity has been 65% or close to it for 18 days. on day 18 i raised the humidity to 75?% or close to it. i have a hovabator and the temp stays at 99 and sometimes will read 100 for a minute then goes back to 99. on hatch day one egg pipped, but the only chick to make it was the one i broke.

. i did a test run a few weeks ago w/ shipped eggs and my own and all of mine hatched except one, but the last chick was getting stuck in the shell.
none of the shipped eggs developed. i opened two of the eggs to see if the chicks in this batch were alive but stuck, but two were alive but died right after i opened the egg(the first was the one that pipped)the last few i opened there was really thick fluid. is it the humidity? i thought if it was too high the chicks would drown? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as i am at my wits end.

 

[dragonchick]

I just asked what the humidity was supposed to be for the first 18 days. I was told 35-40% and then 65-75 during lockdown. The humidity may have been too high in the beginning.

 

[satay]

This would only be a guess but I would say humidity too high. I set mine similar to the above poster said. Did the ones with thick fluid only have that or chicks too?

 

[organiceggs]

Alot of things can go wrong with shipped eggs. I had a bad hatch this past week. But, it sounds like the humidity might have been a little too high. 65% humidity is only recommended during the last few days of incubation. But, I don't think you ever really truly know the exact cause. I'm sure there are people out there who hatched at that %. Many factors play a roll in the successes and failures of artificial incubation.

 

[pokey]

if it is too high then why do the chicks seem to stick?

 

[organiceggs]

Quote:
Did you open the incubator during lockdown? Is so, that could be a cause.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi Lisa in Cowpens! If I had to guess, I'd say your humidity was too high overall.

...the humidity has been 65% or close to it for 18 days. on day 18 i raised the humidity to 75?% or close to it

Were you trying to keep it at 65% or are you just in a humid spot?
Lisa in Aiken​

 

[pokey]

if you look up incubating eggs on google most of the sites say to use 60-65% humidity for the first 18 days then one says use80-85% the last 3. the instructions with the hovabator doesnt have an exact % it only says to fill both bottom trays the last 3 days. so what should it be? the chicks seem to be too dry, but what made them die in the shell?

 

[kathyinmo]

Maybe this will help ....

Hatchability Problem Analysis ...
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/aa204

http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/poultry_pipped.html

http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/incubation.html

BTW .... Too high of humidity (the last 3-4 days) causes sticky chicks, and sticky chicks can not move around in the shell. That is what my experience has been, anyway. Too high humidity the first 18 days, causes them to drown.

 

[bantyman]

Hey Lisa

I agree with the above posts To high will cause alot of problems Especially in the first 18 days I use a Brinsea and it says 45-50% the first 18 days then 65% during lockdown Sometimes with a new bator it can take a bit to figure it out Keep using and trying different things and keep notes for reference and eventually it will work out When I get a slack week Keep your eyes on the mail

Mike