The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: dillon on April 11, 2010, 01:48:06 pm
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my eggs hatched yesterday two seabrights two orpingtons two didnt took them out today and opened them both chicks dead what could be the reason any advice as i have another batch to go in tomorrow and dont want the same to happen :-[
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humidity if fully formed. but it could be anything. some just don't make it.
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to much or to little would you say
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to much and the airsack is to small. to dry and they find it very hard to break out. some say to use water others say you don't i try to aim in the 50-60% range. all you can do is experiment until you get a good hatch rate. each machine and room its in are diffrent get a hydromiter and stick it in. don't trust the room humidity to be the same as the incubator. we have had 80+ outside and 30 in the machine.