Day 20--Help!

[kevm2017]

The temp got me this far so I thibk that it is fine and the humidity is what I have read online and with other people

How did it go with your chicks??? Mine started hatching day 20, when the first one hatch humidity went up to 83 percent.

 

[EmmaKnight]

It's day 21 and there still isn't any pipping and I fear that there won't be any. I candled them, as told to do by a couple of people, and they looked ok: clear air sack, very dark. But I did not see any movement. I was told that they hardly move on the last stages in the egg but I don't know if that is true or not. I have no idea what I did wrong if they are dead. The temperature and humidity was perfect, I never opened the incubator except for today and day 18. What went wrong? Or are they just taking their time?

 

[EmmaKnight]

How did it go with your chicks??? Mine started hatching day 20, when the first one hatch humidity went up to 83 percent.

I have a Little Giant Still Air Incubator 9300.

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

Any sign of internal pipping ?

 

[EmmaKnight]

Any sign of internal pipping ?

How do I find that?

 

[misslady]

How do I find that?

When you candle the egg, if it has pipped internally, you will see the shadow of its little pointed beak inside the air cell.

Personally I would give it a couple more days before calling it. If by day 23 you still haven't seen much in the way of change then I would really start to be concerned. But getting the temperature right and also evenly dispersed in still air incubators is tricky and if the temp is off even a little bit, then your hatch could be delayed.

Good luck!

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

When you candle, you should be able to see a beak poking into the air space. Just a little pointy thing through the membrane. This is the first air they breathe before making the "external pip" through the shell.

 

[EmmaKnight]

It turns out, they were dead a day after or on the day of lockdown. I checked for movement inside the egg when I candles them and there was no sign of any type of living. So then I called it dead and decided (I want to be a veterinarian so don't judge) to open the egg. According to what I saw, the chick was grown but the egg yolk that was supposed to be almost gone was still there; a lot of it was still there. One of the chicks actually did not even have skin covering the butt so I could see inside it (TMI). Thank you for your help anyways! I blame it on the bator which I just got refunded on (it was the bator according to my farm friends)

 

[bobbi-j]

Did you use the thermometer that came with the incubator? Did you calibrate it to make sure it was correct? Even a degree or two can make a big difference. Too much humidity can also be a problem. They can drown in the shell.

 

[makmm]

It turns out, they were dead a day after or on the day of lockdown. I checked for movement inside the egg when I candles them and there was no sign of any type of living. So then I called it dead and decided (I want to be a veterinarian so don't judge) to open the egg. According to what I saw, the chick was grown but the egg yolk that was supposed to be almost gone was still there; a lot of it was still there. One of the chicks actually did not even have skin covering the butt so I could see inside it (TMI). Thank you for your help anyways! I blame it on the bator which I just got refunded on (it was the bator according to my farm friends)

The first batch is the worst in my opinion. My first batch in a cooler incubator failed I didn't have anything hatch but my second attempt was much better in a cabinet style fridge incubator. That special thermostat in.