Advice - when to give up?

[LoriAS]

This is the end of day 23. I have had a few issues during the hatch (see: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=158902 ).

What I want to know is when to give up on the remaining unhatched eggs?

None of the last 3 are even pipped. I have others that are due to hatch in a few days and want to get these out if possible.

What do you think?

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

I usually leave mine untill day 23, 24 at the longest.

 

[gabrielle1976]

some people leave them till day 25 or 26 , its kinda a personal preffrence it seems, I would give them till tammrow morning then candle them for movement if you dont see any you could make a small hole in the top where the aircell is and see if they are still alive .

 

[countrybum]

If they stink pull them, if not leave them a few more days, it will not hurt anything. Everyone believes that all eggs hatch after 21 days, from my experience, not true. My first hatch, I killed quit a few thinking that. I have had them take up to 25 days to hatch. My advice, put the eggs on the wire and just turn them about 3x's a day. Keep your temp around 100*, I do not understand what the newspaper was for. It seems to me you tried to much and to hard.

1. set incubator around 100*
2. put eggs in incubator on wire rack.
3. turn 3x's a day
4. keep water full
5. candle between day 7 and 10
6. remove any unfertile eggs
7. candle again around day 18
8. if you do not see movement smell check - if it does not stink put it back in.
9. wait for hatch

Nothing fancy or hard.