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Thank you for the input but we finally gave up on the eggs. On the 24th day of incubating my dad cracked open the eggs to see what was going on. 19 of the eggs were rotten, so only 17 of them were fertile. The fertile eggs that didn't hatch were only half developed, so something must have gone...

No I didn't candle them. When the few chicks did start hatching we took one plug out and then the other to help them dry. Maybe this let to much warm air and moisture out. Thanks for the input.

I saw another post on this website that said i should clip the yoke sac if it breaks or leaks. It did. Besides that it was on for more than a few days and wouldn't absorb.

I and my family have had chickens for more than 5 years. Each year we would order chicks from McMurray. After a while, we decided to try hatching our own. We would always collect some eggs and put them under a hen. Most of them would hatch out. We've done this most years, but last year decided...