Double yoke egg at day 9...

[Chicabator]

I put some 30 chicken eggs into the Incubator (GQF ) still air.
So far it is the 9th day and i've candled them and 27 of the 30 show a lot of formation. I'm sure those are good. 2 Are infertile and one was accidently put upward. One of the 27 good ones has 2 eyes when the rest have one so far. Is that a double yoker? if yes what do i do on day 21. Beacause I did hear that they usually dont hatch by themselves.
Should I open them up myself?
THANKX

 

[Megan Amber]

Actually none of my double yolkers have ever made it to to hatch day so you probably don't have anything to worry about!

 

[Chicabator]

What about doing this?

 

[Chicabator]

This I meant

 

[Megan Amber]

What about doing what? I must not be quite understanding.

 

[Chicabator]

What this video and see..

 

[Megan Amber]

Oh ha. we were posting at the same time! I really don't know for sure. Like I said my double's have never made it to day 21 but if they did it would have to be a decision of the moment whether or not to hatch them out yourself. I rarely have success with assisted hatches. Most of the time despite your efforts they die anyway. Did you notice in the video how the one is bleeding? That is not a good sign, and that baby most likely did not survive. It can happen though so that would really be a decision that you would have to make. I would probably wait as long as possible before assisting in the hatch to make sure that the chicks absorbed all of their yolk sac, other wise...bleeding occurs.

 

[Chicabator]

How do I know if they absorbed all off their yolk sack?
Later in the video it says that both of them survived. One was a rooster one was a chicken.

 

[Chicabator]

What gives me a better chance? Letting them break through the shell themselves or helping them?

 

[Megan Amber]

It can take anywhere from 12 to 24 hours from pipping time. That's cool that both of those chicks survived. You just take a risk.