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Bungo

Joined: 21 Dec 2011
Posts: 354
Location: Wye Valley

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 10:12 am Post subject: Slow hacthing chicken eggs

I had 20 candled eggs in the incubator that were due to start hatching on Friday night.The first hatched Friday dinnertime, and its been a steady trickle of hatching up until Sunday morning, and I thought that was it. Then another hatched last night , and one egg is rocking as i look at them now. If that hatches it will leave 8, I just did the 'float test' and all eggs would appear viable

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At what stage do you call it a day? I always thought after48 hrs overdue , you were flogging a dead horse , but the one that hatched last night appears fine

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Whats the most overdue egg you have had ?

misty07

Joined: 22 Jan 2010
Posts: 2223
Location: swindon wiltshire

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 10:14 am Post subject:
a week from 1st to last in an inky before now

Bungo

Joined: 21 Dec 2011
Posts: 354
Location: Wye Valley

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 10:17 am Post subject:
Theres hope yet then These are the first eggs this year , and the 3 batches I did last year were very punctual.Maybe I was just lucky last year

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 10:26 am Post subject:
I usually call it a day after 48 hours; but Misty is right, it can straggle on. Are the eggs all from the same breed? That might make a difference?

Bungo

Joined: 21 Dec 2011
Posts: 354
Location: Wye Valley

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 12:22 pm Post subject:
Its a mixture , but some of all the types have hatched

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 12:34 pm Post subject:
Hmm. Might be temperature differences in the incy - they do vary sometimes. Mine is definitely cooler down the outside edges than in the middle and I try to remember to move the eggs around inside semi-regularly. What model is it?

Bungo

Joined: 21 Dec 2011
Posts: 354
Location: Wye Valley

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 12:47 pm Post subject:
The incubator is a R-Com King Suro 20. The instructions suggests temperature hatching to low.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 1:01 pm Post subject:

Possibly. I had one of those a couple of years ago - I found that the temp at the edges was colder than the temp in the middle and I have read one or two posts on other forums that say the same. I would say, probably, yes, a bit low - I found I needed to run it a bit warmer than you would think, to compensate.

Can you do a test run with a couple of different thermometers inside it and move them around to see if there are cold patches?

Solorn

Joined: 22 Oct 2008
Posts: 26
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 1:20 pm Post subject:
I hope that little guy I saw the other day is ok. He looked shattered!

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 2:08 pm Post subject:

Solorn wrote:

I hope that little guy I saw the other day is ok. He looked shattered!

The one I saw was smashed.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45515
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 2:22 pm Post subject:
that is fun

Bungo

Joined: 21 Dec 2011
Posts: 354
Location: Wye Valley

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 12 2:29 pm Post subject:

Solorn wrote:

I hope that little guy I saw the other day is ok. He looked shattered!

He had only been out of the egg for a hour

He's full of beans now

Woodburner

Joined: 28 Apr 2006
Posts: 2904
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 12 5:14 pm Post subject:
Age of eggs has quite an effect too. Someone on another forum is well known (and much quoted ) for advising to leave until d25.

Bungo

Joined: 21 Dec 2011
Posts: 354
Location: Wye Valley

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 12 9:23 pm Post subject:
Switched the incubator off this evening, as that's 4 days overdue, and I have another 24 eggs to go in tomorrow night. The rocking egg hatched this morning , but its feet look a bit deformed, so things do not look too good for its future

Woodburner

Joined: 28 Apr 2006
Posts: 2904
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 12 9:33 pm Post subject:
If it's just toes curling inwards a bit it'll probably straighten up in a day or so, less if you're lucky. Make sure there is good grippage on the floor. I used kitchen roll last time. Just realised, none out of 20 chicks had spraddle, and only one had slightly curly toes! I must be getting better at this lark!

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