I bought an egg incubator. But the eggs did not hatch after 21 days? What did I done wrong?
1. I have a rooster and a hen so I did not buy this in the supermarket.
2. My incubator has automatic turner, so I dont manually turn the eggs daily.
3. There is a basin below where I put half full of water, after 3-4 days, before it runs out of water.
4. The temp says its 37.5 Degrees C / 100F.
Pls help. Thanks.
I only have 1 rooster and 1 hen. Both are 1 yr old(approx).
I placed the incubator outside the house but under a shade. No direct sunlight. I live in a tropical country. Is humidity a factor? Do i need to place the incubator inside?
Here's my situation:
I had 2 roosters and 10 Hens. I gave a friend of mine 11 eggs to incubate. After 10 days in the incubator this friend "candles" the eggs. . . . only 2 are good for chicks.
Friend says that when there are 2 roosters,they are so busy either fighting or chasing each other away from the girls that they aren't really busy doing their rooster thing.
Now,since the first 11 eggs I lost one of my roosters which my friend says will make my chances greater so out of the other 44 eggs I have given this friend I am suppose to hear soon as to whether they are good or not.
Now the last "problem". I got my present rooster 3yrs ago and he was full grown. . .beautiful Black Rooster,very Majestic looking. . . . so we have no way of knowing how old he is and the older they get the less productive they are,hard as they may try.
Because he is soooo Beautiful I have refused to clip his spurs which are about 2 1/2 inches long which my friend says will hinder him when doing the rooster thing.
Morale of the story: Rooster has to be a young lone rooster with very little or no spurs. Friend also suggested that I put only a few hens with the rooster,say 3-4 otherwise he is spread thin with 10 hens and one never knows if he has a favorite and if that favorite is a good layer.
My friend sets the eggs and always candles them at the halfway point which would be about 10-11 days. . . you might try this.
When he disposes of the eggs that are not any good,he sets more eggs and repeats the process.
CANDLING: After 10 days in the incubator take the eggs into a dark room and hold a flashlight to one end. If the egg is a good egg you should see blood vessels and perhaps a partially formed embryo. Otherwise they aren't good and to keep them at incubation temp will only speed up the "rotting" process.
