25 days and still no Chicken!! !!

[Barrel_Racer_14]

I put a small number of chicken eggs in my still air incubator on 3/21/10 and then some the next day. But none of them have hatched, they have fully blackened the egg exept the air sack so I cant see any movement and there is no sound but the were moving on day 7 and up ( untill it got to dark for me to see).

any advice

Temp has varied a little but stayed 95-100

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Did you raise humidity for the last 3 days? If yes, then has your thermometer been checked for accurate temperature readings?

 

[Barrel_Racer_14]

no I didn't raise humidity,

and I havent checked the accuarcy of the thermometer, it came with the incubator so I asumed it was accurate

 

[Barrel_Racer_14]

anybody else ..... help

 

[SilverPhoenix]

Eek, that doesn't sound good!

You could try to raise humidity now and see if anything hatches, but it's bad news when they haven't hatched by day twenty-five... It's possible they got stuck to the inside of the egg and were unable to hatch. Unfortunately, they are likely dead, unless you hear peeping or see movement. Anyway, I would raise your humidity and see what happens. If nothing happens, I'd assume the worst and carefully open up the eggs to see what happened.

 

[oldno7ranch]

If you didn't raise humidity then the eggs could have a hard time hatching and breaking the membrane... maybe try to spray the eggs with a little water, don't drench them but maybe it might help...some else may be able to give you more advise...

 

[gardenak]

So what happene? Did you open any of the eggs to see where in the scheme of things they quit?