Day 25 and pip in egg but no chirping, what should I do???

[Katherine Arts]

Hello,
I am hatching eggs and this isn't my first time, however, I have 3 live eggs (I candled them) in my incubator. They were refrigerated for 13 days, but when I candled them I had 3 duds and 3 living eggs. I threw away the duds and continued incubating the living eggs, candled them and they are still alive. They have been developing and growing. When I candled them, I saw chicks moving around! I candled them again on day 20 and they were still alive, but no internal pip. One pipped today, but I don't know when and it's not chirping. It hasn't pipped any more in the last 2 1/2 hours, what should I do??? Is it dead or alive??? If it's alive then should I help it???

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Hello,
I am hatching eggs and this isn't my first time, however, I have 3 live eggs (I candled them) in my incubator. They were refrigerated for 13 days, but when I candled them I had 3 duds and 3 living eggs. I threw away the duds and continued incubating the living eggs, candled them and they are still alive. They have been developing and growing. When I candled them, I saw chicks moving around! I candled them again on day 20 and they were still alive, but no internal pip. One pipped today, but I don't know when and it's not chirping. It hasn't pipped any more in the last 2 1/2 hours, what should I do??? Is it dead or alive??? If it's alive then should I help it???

It internal pip or external ?

 

[Katherine Arts]

External pip. I don't know when it pipped but it seemed dead when I checked on it, even when I first saw the pip.

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

External pip. I don't know when it pipped but it seemed dead when I checked on it, even when I first saw the pip.

Have you tried to have a look to see if baby is moving at all ?

 

[Katherine Arts]

Have you tried to have a look to see if baby is moving at all ?

I don't think so, it might have died already; I first saw the pip when I got home and opened my incubator lid and I saw the pipped (chicken) egg but it already looked dead

 

[Katherine Arts]

*UPDATE* The 2 other eggs in my incubator STILL have NOT pipped, should I help them???

 

[AlexJordan]

It's important to be patient when hatching eggs and to avoid interfering with the process as much as possible. Chicks can take anywhere from 19 to 23 days to hatch, and it's not uncommon for them to take longer or to have delays in hatching.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Hello,
I am hatching eggs and this isn't my first time, however, I have 3 live eggs (I candled them) in my incubator. They were refrigerated for 13 days, but when I candled them I had 3 duds and 3 living eggs. I threw away the duds and continued incubating the living eggs, candled them and they are still alive. They have been developing and growing. When I candled them, I saw chicks moving around! I candled them again on day 20 and they were still alive, but no internal pip. One pipped today, but I don't know when and it's not chirping. It hasn't pipped any more in the last 2 1/2 hours, what should I do??? Is it dead or alive??? If it's alive then should I help it???

First and foremost, did you count the first day of incubation? The first 24 hours counts as 0, the following day is day 1.
If you counted the first day of incubation, then they are actually a day behind what you thought.
Is your thermometer calibrated? If not you can also expect a late hatch as the temp is probably off slightly.

It can take 12-24 hour after external pip for them to zip. A couple hours isn't concerning at all. No need to intervene yet.
I will link the Assisted hatching article so you can have a read, it will tell you all you need to know regarding timelines and asssisting but feel free to ask if theres anything at all you arent sure about. For now, try to sit on your hands and give him more time, he's llikely absborbing yolk.

Any update for today?

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

*UPDATE* The 2 other eggs in my incubator STILL have NOT pipped, should I help them???

Are there any bruising on the eggs ?
Have they internal pip yet ?

 

[Katherine Arts]

Sorry I haven't been able to reply - I have been very busy lately. So I counted the days of incubation (I wrote the date of incubation on the eggs) but when I candled them on the 26th day the remaining two eggs died. I am hatching again; I will post updates when I have time to.