Breeding season Tip from Radyo Bulang and Sabong Radyo, both programs brought to you by Warhawk: Incubation problems and causes Early hatched, weak chicks, unhealed navels, unabsorbed yolk sacs, crooked toes, crossed beaks and a high proportion late dead in the shell, are indications that the incubation temperature was too high. Late hatching of large soft chicks which are slow starting, and chicks with wry necks, are characteristic of incubation temperatures that were too low. Large numbers of unhatched, unpipped chicks, live trapped embryos and large chicks coated with albumen are indications that the incubation humidity was too high. Small weak chicks with large air cells, exhausted chicks in shells that have been chipped most of the way around, and chicks glued to the shell are indications that the relative humidity was too low.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:30:00 +0000