Including adding the GoVe (hydrogemeter) to have a 2nd device to help compare your temperature and humidity to what your incubator says. I'm glad we talked and during our hour long conversation it seemed a lot was done right from everything you described and some improvements were discussed of what could be done for future hatches as well. Hatching for the first time is certainly an education and adding the risks with shipped eggs there is a lot of factors involved. Thank you for the feedback and we appreciate you being willing to share your experience. I’m much happier with my eggs from a local mama, and have had successful hatching over 75%! You can do better with networking through Facebook and making a few new friends. I’m annoyed that they’re charging such a high premium on sub-standard eggs, when I now know I can get fertilized eggs for much less (or free) from local people. Called AZ Chickens and were told that it is what it is, not guarantees with eggs, and we could purchase hatched chicks for $6 each. Still not ever sure if they’re hens or roosters. We paid over $75 for the 12 eggs, and we ended up with 3 chicks. We are disappointed that we had less than 25% hatch for us, after doing everything exactly as explained. We moved the 3 healthy chicks to the brooder, continued to monitor the rest, and nothing happened for days. Within 12 hours, the chick with gastroschesis passed away, and we hadn’t seen any other signs of life from the remaining eggs.
When the chick finally emerged, it’s intestines were leaking out from its stomach area… it did not look comfortable or content… we were worried about opening the incubator since we didn’t want to impair the humidity or temperature for the remaining 8 eggs. We were so excited, filming every change as it happened. Close to the 24 hours mark, a 4th began to hatch. Incredible! We’d been told to leave them in the incubator for 24 hours, so we adhered to that exactly. We were so excited! Later that day a third hatched.
On day 18, earlier than expected, 2 hatched. We ordered 12 eggs, were sent 13, and incubated 12 in our incubator and sent one off to a friend.
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