Hatching Issues

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Hi all,

We had 12 eggs in the incubator due to hatch last weekend. Candled at day 19 all looked fine switched the turner off, filled water. Next day 3 started piping, hatched that evening. Since then nothing has happened. Incubator wasnt opened but One of the chicks was very lively and ran all around the incubator minutes after hatching sending eggs flying.

Could this have stopped the other eggs hatching or is there something we have done wrong ourselves?? Any advise greatly appreciated.. as we have new eggs going in the incubator next weekend and don't want the same results.
 
Hi, it shouldn't have been much of an issue. What I do is when a chick has hatched and is walking and knocking eggs every where I put them in the brooder so the other eggs can hatch in peace. I have done this my first incbation and not had any problems. I know a few other people do the same. The chick will soon dry off especially if you put sawdust or shredded paper in as bedding :-) hope your next hatch is more successful, but sounds as though you did everything right. Good luck
 
All the rest of the chicks were dead in the shell, as we candled last night on advice from the store we bought the incubator from. I opened them all, and apart from one that hadn't absorbed the entire yoke all the rest were tightly packed in the membrane, so looks like a humidity issue.

The guy I spoke to said that most using the same incubator (convutto 24 eco auto) add extra water in the bottom of the incubator as well as in the pot, as the amount in the pot isn't sufficient. I'm getting a humidity meter at the weekend to keep a check on it.
 
Sorry if this confuses you BUT--- despite the instructions with my incubator (different make) I find adding water to bring the humidity up to suggested level results in DIS chicks. It works for me ,where I have it placed etc if I add NO water at all-I run it dry even at hatching . I know other people on here have found the same too .Ros
 
Hi,
I totally agree with Podstable, this year for the first time I ran both my incubators dry, they have never seen a drop of water all the time I had eggs in them, I successfully hatched chicken, pheasant, ducks and geese, I had a few of all species DIS, but from reading some earlier posts on DIS it seems to have been a problem this year for some reason.
Regards
Sue
 
I have to run an incy dry here too (though havent one at the mo). Have had DIS under broodies too. Seems to be happening everywhere.
 
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