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Yes its chicken eggs day 21 ...its my first time incubator
Okey dokey, so one thing you will probably benefit from is getting a thermometer that is accurate to within a few tenths of a degree. There's a food service one I bought that works great (I actually bought two) that was recommended by @ChickenCanoe some years back, and it really helped. The other thing I just started doing this year is weighing my eggs, when set, then days 7, 14, and 18, which told me that I had to adjust my humidity higher days 1-17. Also, as I mentioned, the temp being low by even half a degree can delay hatch, so leaving them alone, other than checking for movement, past day 21 can sometimes result in getting a hatch. What kind of incubator do you have?
 
Did you candle when you decided to try the float test? You could have done then to see whether there was still movement in the egg. If temp is off even half a degree it will delay hatching, and sometimes make hatching more difficult for the chicks.
 

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