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Thank you, very interesting information! From the previous answer and the link you provided the temperature and humidity not being consistent throughout the incubator seems to be the most logical answer. With a forced air incubator how do you combat that issue? I understand having a separate...

Thanks for the info. I will definitely do that if I decide to hatch more. This first go round has been both a great learning experience and a heartbreaking one. I never realized I would get emotionally attached to unhatched chicken eggs! lol

Forced air. I dont know the brand, it was a hand me down from someone I know. I think if I decide to do this again I will invest in a different one.

Thank you. I "booted" the one with curly toes, sadly the one with both curly toes and spraddle legs did not make it. I suspect it had other problems too.

Thank you. I will get one and check it before I try hatching eggs again. Naively, I relied on the incubators temp and humidity gauges. According to them it held steady throughout the process but sadly, as you suggested it must have had hot and cold spots.

Newbie silkie hatcher trying to figure things out. I locked down the incubator on day 18 with 11 eggs. Day 20 the first one hatched. Day 21 2 more hatched. All 3 of these were healthy normal chicks. Day 22 2 hatched, one with curled toes and one with both curled toes and spraddle legs. I was...