Incubating Mini Appleyard Eggs day 29 no pipping.. :(

[Quackmeister]

I had 2 left right before lockdown and they were moving when I candled them, but now it is day 29 and they have not pipped so I went ahead and candled them this morning because I wanted to see what is going on and they are no longer moving and they haven't appeared to internally pip yet either.

-Should I be worried?

-Do they take less time to incubate than other breeds like Call eggs do?

-Or do they take longer?

This is my first time Incubating eggs and was really looking forward to hatch week, I love this breed and really want a couple of them, they are so difficult to find without paying a fortune for them(Only places I found them for sale was a minimum purchase of 10 and was over $200) so I decided to buy some eggs to hatch. I pay super close attention to detail so this seemed like it would be something I could do without any major issues, but now I can't help but think it is a lost cause and that something went wrong. Humidity was consistent the entire time, raised it to 75-80% when lockdown started, temp fluctuated throughout the month (which drove me insane..but there was nothing else I could do that I already didn't do) but never went below 98 and very rarely went any higher than 102, on average it was at 100.

I really hope someone out there can shed some light on this breed in particular when it comes to hatching, I can't find anything anywhere online about hatching mini appleyards

 

[DwayneNLiz]

what kind of incubator
forced or still air
what was your humidity for 1-25
did you mist or sponge
the temp fluctuation may be causing a delay
shipped eggs?

they are 28 day eggs

 

[Quackmeister]

Forced air
Humidity was between 55-65%
I cooled and misted from days 10-24 and put a sponge in on day 25 to raise humidity to 75-80

 

[DwayneNLiz]

how did your aircells look? size wise?

 

[Quackmeister]

they looked fine to me, right before lockdown they looked like they should on day 24, now the aircells are bigger since I bumped up the humidity and 5 days has passed. Right now, the Air cells are 1/4, maybe 1/3 of the egg at most

 

[DwayneNLiz]

i would wait another day and recandle, like i said the temp fluctuation may have delayed them

unfortunately its hard to know

 

[Quackmeister]

thanks, and is it common for them to not move at all right before hatching or are they supposed to be moving around?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

thanks, and is it common for them to not move at all right before hatching or are they supposed to be moving around?

there are a lot of things that could be going on
they could have been taking a rest or it could have passed
unfortunately it is really hard to say

 

[Quackmeister]

Unfortunately they did not pull through

Hopefully I have better luck next time

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Unfortunately they did not pull through

Hopefully I have better luck next time

very sorry