Lost another 1!!!!

[thaveteran]

This is more of a rant then anything else but.... I've lost my third egg of the season :bigcry:. That's when it dawned on me that all three of the eggs I've lost have been incubated male. I haven't lost any that were being incubated female. I'm 6 for 6 on females and 9 for 12 on males. Is this just bad luck or am I doing something wrong with the males?

I have the helix on the male incubator set pretty high. Its set at 89 but mostly flips back and forth between 88 and 89 with the occasional 90 (about once every two weeks). The first one that was lost broke the egg but never came out. The second one came all the way out of the egg but when I looked in the incubator it had died. The third one looks like it never formed, there was just liquid inside.

This is really messing up my chances to get the male I want because I am also 1 for 7 on snows (so much for 1 for 2 odds) .

**The male incubator is a hovabator the female is a NSR**

 

[cooter]

I have next to to exp on incubation but have heard the one you are using for males has a bad rep with turbo fan model. But its only because it tends to dry out the eggs too fast. I am sorry for your losses. I am currently incubating my only patty egg in a homemade cooler system with designs off the net seems to flux at +- .5 deg and everything seems ok at 33.4. not concerned if first born is male or not but do like the low/mid temps

 

[Rep-Tails]

Keep in mind that a constant incubation temp of 89-91F may increase embryo losses. Sex determination in established in the first 3 weeks of incubation, it is not necessary to maintain the determining temperature all the time. To avoid thremal stress expose the eggs you want to be male to 90F for 12 hours a day and down to 85F for the other 12 hours. After the 3 weeks are over try to leave the temp at about 88-89F. If you still lose eggs then lock in the male temp for the first 3-4 weeks and then let the eggs finish developing at a continuous 84-87F.