Chicks not Hatching

[Chick_Maelle]

I have 2 broody hens, they have 2 eggs each. It is day 24 and none have hatched! I candled them last weekend and all seemed well. I saw one of the eggs wiggling a bit on day 22 but it hasn’t even pipped yet! Is it possible that I need to do something to help the chick get out, or could the chick be deformed/in the wrong position?

 

[Pepperdaddy 1]

Sometimes they just take a break before they hatch. I have quail eggs and I thought they were dead because there was no movement by any of the eggs but today they are all pipped and I checked them last week. So it just takes time.

 

[Chick_Maelle]

1 of them hatched and another is pipping on day 27!!
I’m so glad I didn’t crack any open on day 25!!!

 

[Chick_Maelle]

Here is one of them:

 

[americanchicks]

Aww congrats! With hatching poultry patients is the key.