ConfusedTaru
Chirping
- Feb 9, 2016
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Hi, I have been having a lot of bad luck so far with incubating eggs in an incubator. I may have a 3rd dead batch of eggs. My quail eggs look good, but my chicken eggs are on the 23rd day of incubation, and no pips, internal or otherwise. I candled them, no movement, but the egg is full with a well developed air cell, not too big or too small. I have successfully hatched eggs before, but not this time. I know what a good egg looks like when I candle it. These look exactly how they are supposed to. They were in lockdown, but at 22 days I wanted to see if they had internally pipped, and I had to switch their incubator, so I took the opportunity. I have been raising chickens for a few years, and know how to hatch them with a broody, but that is super easy, just let her do the work. I am wondering, should I give up on these eggs? And how can I get better hatches next time? Thank you for helping me with this, I honestly just wish I had a good broody who would hatch some eggs for me. I really wanted some chicks for Easter, and hope these guys are just late bloomers. The temp has been about 98- 100 degrees in a still air incubator, so they should have hatched. Oh well, I now know that chickens are just better at some things than we are... like hatching chicks and laying eggs and flying....
Thanks again!
-ConfusedTaru
Thanks again!
-ConfusedTaru