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Day 20 and pretty sure nothing will hatch

Discussion in 'Incubating & Hatching Eggs' started by FrankieMcElfresh, Nov 18, 2011.

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  1. Nov 18, 2011 #1
    FrankieMcElfresh

    FrankieMcElfresh Out Of The Brooder

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    Ive been incubating eggs in my homemade incubator for 20 days now and tomorrow is the final day but when i closed up the box and raised the humidy and closed it for the last time on day 18 i candled them and i didnt see anything inside, i saw some veins and theres sort of a shadow in each eggs but idk if its the yok or what, its kinda upsetting doing all this work for nothing, and the eggs were definetly fertile, i cracked a few open the day before i put these inside and the rooster has definetly put his bullseye on them..ive done everything right, kept it around 99-101 degrees with 50-65% humidy for 18 days turning them twice a day then left them alone from day 18 to tomorrow, but im not sure anything will come out, i do need a real incubator but since everything i did seemed right i didnt think it would make a difference [​IMG] hmm this sucks. any thoughts?
     
  3. Nov 18, 2011 #2
    henney penny

    henney penny Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Wait a few more days and keep the bator closed.Some chicks have hatched at 25 days or more
     
  5. Nov 18, 2011 #3
    lynnemabry

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    dont give up. on my last hatch i had temp troubles (too high, then too low) i was sure nothing would hatch i just didnt want to throw out the eggs. out of 11 eggs 2 hatched, 2 days apart. never give up.
     
  7. Nov 18, 2011 #4
    FrankieMcElfresh

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    Too be honest out of the 7 eggs, id be completely thrilled if only one hatched, since this is the first time ive incubated eggs.
     
  9. Nov 18, 2011 #5
    cmom

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    I keep my temperature at around 99.5 and the humidity around 35% if possible during incubation. Right now it is at 40% with no water and all of the vents open. At lockdown I raise it to around 75%. I have had no issues with shrink wrapping and the chicks pop right out of their shells. My hatch rate is 90% to 100%. A few hatches ago on day 23 I was going to throw out the eggs that hadn't hatched (3 eggs). I picked one of the eggs up and I heard peeping and noticed it had pipped the bottom side which I couldn't see. I removed some of the shell and moistened the membrane and put it back into the incubator and a little while later it hatched. Good luck and keep the faith... [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  11. Nov 18, 2011 #6
    Melissa Rose

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    MamaMarcy

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    what you describe seeing when candling sounds to me like chicks about to hatch. [​IMG]
     
  15. Nov 18, 2011 #8
    Spitman

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    ya just wait , I though I had a bunch of duds couldnt see anything in mine just looked like dark yoak in the hole egg no air pocket on day 17 . I was bummed out. But it gets worse I cracked one open , expecting to find yoak , but had a chick alive instead . Trust Me Wait !!!!
     
  17. Nov 18, 2011 #9
    billiejo21

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    I just had chicks hatch out on day 22 & 23...I saw nor heard anything on deay 21, thought the hatch was a bust, but decided to let them go anyway. After the hatch, I rechecked my thermometers and discovered my thermometer in my hatching incubator was 2 degrees lower than I thought before lock-down, so my temps were lower than I anticipated. I still had 100% hatch rate on those eggs...thankfully, mother nature seems to be somewhat forgiving!!! If I were you, I'd recheck your thermometers in different places in your incubator before your next hatch in case you do have an issue!! Good luck, hope some of those chicks start hatching!!! [​IMG]
     
  19. Nov 18, 2011 #10
    FrankieMcElfresh

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    Thanks Everyone, im gonna just wait it out and hope for the best!
     
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