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Are you doing a staggered hatch? Do you have other eggs in the incubator?

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If they are small the average humidity could have been too high over the incubation period.

They are locked down then? They look OK in the cartons :thumbsup Good luck :fl

Cut them down so the sides are not as high. I just use a pair of scissors to do this, it gives the egg enough room but still supports them. If I get chance later I will take a pic of what I do.

The greenish looking one I've circled in red. It's more shallow than the other so should cut down well.

Cut them down so they are shallow. Trim the sides of the cartons down. That's what I did with these in the pics. These are small polish eggs so not a large egg barring the brown egg that was a mutt egg.

I think that's a wise choice :highfive: They hatch fine in cartons ~

Yes unfertile eggs will still have a degree of air cell growth as the egg loses moisture. Eggs just sat on the counter for a period of time will lose moisture too. It's a natural process as eggs are porous. If you are unsure of development leave them in just incase.

A strong LED and a good seal on the egg should yield you good results when you candle, good luck :fl

Here are some candling pics in this link for you to compare your eggs against ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=230 :thumbsup

I have hatched a fair old few, my top tip for you is to read this ~https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101 It's a bible when it comes to incubating and hatching!! Here are a few pics ~

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