I’m in n-e Oklahoma, and I can only ever get a good hatch (with ancient incubators ) in the early spring and late fall. it’s too humid and the temperature swings too much throughout the day the rest of the year (i don’t have central heat/air) even then i never put water in my incubators even when hatching – otherwise they drown…
so, you may have to take a hard look at WHY the chicks aren’t hatching. are they dieing at a couple weeks in? (not enough turning, poor flock nutrition, temperature swings)
are they dying at pip? Are they gooey around the chick? does the chick look big? it’s legs look ‘puffy/swollen’?(high humidity) are they dried to the membrane and unable to turn? (low humidity) are they positioned weird in the egg? head under a wing, head pointed to the narrow end of the egg? (not enough turning or bad position in incubator)
crack them open when they fail, and learn why. if you are afraid of cracking one open that isn’t dead yet, it is safe to crack open the area over the air sack. it won’t kill them and they can still hatch out – you do have to put some cooking oil on the exposed membrane to keep them from drying out too much – then put them back into the incubator.
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