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Mine's done, and the only chick I got was from my own eggs, not the shipped ones. That chick is fine, and has been taken under the wing of a hen who hatched two chicks one day before this little guy hatched. I slipped him under her at night, and he (or she) acts like he's always been with this...

Quote: Um.....chickens normally hatch at 21 days. But I read that eggs with damaged air cells can be delayed a little. Sorry, didn't I mention that these were silky duck eggs? Not in that post I read on this page. You just said "silkies". maybe you mentioned it in a previous post.

Quote: The consensus seems to be that eggs with damaged air cells need to be kept upright, and it makes sense to me. It would keep the air cell in the big end where it belongs. Can you put an egg carton bottom in the 'bator, to set them in? If you do, use a foam carton, not a cardboard one...

Quote: Um.....chickens normally hatch at 21 days. But I read that eggs with damaged air cells can be delayed a little.

I have a 'bator full of eggs w/damaged air cells. Some the membrane ruptured, some it sort of splattered the air cell, so you see sort of an amoeba shape when you candle it. 21 of them. Some also had crack, some oozing, patched w/birthday candle wax. I candled on night 6, there were live...