Day 20 silkie eggs - no pips

[Yolko-ono]

I have 3 shipped USA silkie eggs in my incubator, it has been 12 hours since the beginning of day 20 and still nothing. No movement or pipping. I normally wouldn’t be bothered because all of my previous hatches have begun on day 21 but this is my first time incubating bantam eggs and I’ve been told they tend to come earlier and at the very least - pip on day 20. I don’t think they have even internally pipped yet but I did see some shadowing in the air cell on day 18. And they were all moving before lockdown.

So am I just being impatient or should I be worried that I don’t see anything yet??

 

[nuthatched]

Is you incubator calibrated?
What was your set date?

 

[Yolko-ono]

I have 3 shipped USA silkie eggs in my incubator, it has been 12 hours since the beginning of day 20 and still nothing. No movement or pipping. I normally wouldn’t be bothered because all of my previous hatches have begun on day 21 but this is my first time incubating bantam eggs and I’ve been told they tend to come earlier and at the very least - pip on day 20. I don’t think they have even internally pipped yet but I did see some shadowing in the air cell on day 18. And they were all moving before lockdown.

So am I just being impatient or should I be worried that I don’t see anything yet??

Btw When I say they were moving I don’t mean the eggs themselves I mean the embryos when I was candling them. Hope that helps!

 

[Yolko-ono]

Is you incubator calibrated?
What was your set date?

Set date was 10th of June at 9am

 

[nuthatched]

Set date was 10th of June at 9am

If your incubator is running a bit low, they may be a bit late.

 

[Yolko-ono]

If your incubator is running a bit low, they may be a bit late.

It consistently runs at about 37c and that’s the default setting

 

[nuthatched]

It consistently runs at about 37c and that’s the default setting

Do you have another thermometer to make sure?
They also could be a tad late if they were shopped.

 

[Ridgerunner]

this is my first time incubating bantam eggs and I’ve been told they tend to come earlier and at the very least - pip on day 20.

I know, you read that stuff on this forum. The reality is that bantam eggs or full sized eggs can hatch a couple of days early or a couple of days late for different reasons. Incubating temperature can have an influence on that but there are other possible causes.

You started them on Saturday so the theoretical hatch date is also a Saturday. But don't do anything based on that theory. I've seen a few posts this year where somebody believed that they would be early and tossed the eggs while they were still alive.

So am I just being impatient or should I be worried that I don’t see anything yet??

But you have seen something. You saw movement so they are alive. So leave them alone and give them a chance to hatch. I understand how frustrating it can be, many of us have been there. But your best chances for success is to give them chance.

 

[BastyPutt]

but this is my first time incubating bantam eggs and I’ve been told they tend to come earlier

100% myth. It an egg hatches earlier or later than 21 days it is a reflection of the climate inside the bator.

 

[BastyPutt]

The reality is that bantam eggs or full sized eggs can hatch a couple of days early or a couple of days late for different reasons. Incubating temperature can have an influence on that but there are other possible causes

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