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Anyone incubate their own chicken eggs?

Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:20 pm
Posted by BobDobalina
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2013
221 posts
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:20 pm
It's my first time to try it.. I got 12 fertilized eggs and they where suppose to hatch yesterday.. 3 hatched Thursday and nothing since then. I've candles them and you can tell some are just duds but most of them look like something is in there. How long should I give them?
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5337 posts
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:24 pm to
I give em about 4 days after. My hatch usually runs a day ahead of schedule. Your temp was consistent? No kids opening/closing incubator? Egg Turner stayed on until lockdown? Humidity is very important as well.
Posted by BobDobalina
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2013
221 posts
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:26 pm to
Well.. no egg turner so we had to open it a few times a day to turn eggs..
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5337 posts
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:31 pm to
As long as they were turned. I dunno....other than if the eggs were either not fertile, or stored improperly or too long before being incubated.
Posted by swanny297
NELA
Member since Oct 2013
2189 posts
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:55 pm to
One of my hens went broody, exactly 21 days. I had 8 out of 12 hatch, 4 were not fertile. If it isnt to stinky in the incubator they could be late but shouldnt be much more than a day or 2.
Posted by Geauxtiga
No man's land
Member since Jan 2008
34377 posts
Posted on 5/28/17 at 5:11 pm to
Aren't you supposed to NOT turn them the last few days or so?
Posted by BobDobalina
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2013
221 posts
Posted on 5/28/17 at 5:20 pm to
I read that at about day 18 and stopped turning them
Posted by MrBobDobalina
BRo.LA
Member since Oct 2011
2992 posts
Posted on 5/28/17 at 5:39 pm to
Hey, wiseguy ah?
Posted by BobDobalina
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2013
221 posts
Posted on 5/28/17 at 5:55 pm to
I ain't lookin for no trouble, mr
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5337 posts
Posted on 5/28/17 at 6:01 pm to
Yeah, referred to as "lockdown"
Posted by ZacAttack
The Land Mass
Member since Oct 2012
6416 posts
Posted on 5/28/17 at 6:55 pm to
Sounds like you'll only have 3 Them if all of the eggs were set at the same time. There is a shite ton of things to go wrong during incubation, too hot, too cold, low humidity, high humidity, not turned enough etc. The best thing to do is performed what Is called a hatch residue. Candle the eggs to make sure none of them are xploders (these will be completely black and feel heavy when you candle them). Then break the rest open and see how developed the embryos are. This will tell you if they were early, mid or late dead depending on how much development. Then you can determine some probable causes.
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