day 21 no pipping!

[hmaskell24]

I would leave it for another two or three days as my hen hatched three out of six and then she pushed the eggs out that did not hatch after several days,make sure your other hens cannot get to her

 

[Crazy_Acres]

Giving me hope on the wild temps of an incubator. We are new to hatching and chicken farming. My mom did this year's ago. My kids stumbled upon an egg at the river which we believe to be a mallard. It had no one around but did not float. We brought the egg home and decided to incubate as a science experiment for homeschool. We have chickens and the surprise egg waiting to hatch. We are at day 21 today and no sign of pipping. Eggs are moving and were viable just before lockdown. Our temps have been 95 to 104 consistently. Humidity is from 65 to 78%. We have a homemade Styrofoam incubator with still air. The wait is killing me! Lol

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Giving me hope on the wild temps of an incubator. We are new to hatching and chicken farming. My mom did this year's ago. My kids stumbled upon an egg at the river which we believe to be a mallard. It had no one around but did not float. We brought the egg home and decided to incubate as a science experiment for homeschool. We have chickens and the surprise egg waiting to hatch. We are at day 21 today and no sign of pipping. Eggs are moving and were viable just before lockdown. Our temps have been 95 to 104 consistently. Humidity is from 65 to 78%. We have a homemade Styrofoam incubator with still air. The wait is killing me! Lol

Did you run humidity that high for the entire incubation?
Temp fluctuations that wide of a range is not good.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Giving me hope on the wild temps of an incubator. We are new to hatching and chicken farming. My mom did this year's ago. My kids stumbled upon an egg at the river which we believe to be a mallard. It had no one around but did not float. We brought the egg home and decided to incubate as a science experiment for homeschool. We have chickens and the surprise egg waiting to hatch. We are at day 21 today and no sign of pipping. Eggs are moving and were viable just before lockdown. Our temps have been 95 to 104 consistently. Humidity is from 65 to 78%. We have a homemade Styrofoam incubator with still air. The wait is killing me! Lol

 

[Crazy_Acres]

50s to 60s to day 18. Then 70 to 80 after.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

That is high for the incubation period in normal elevations for most of us hatchers. Have you checked air cells at all for growth?

 

[Crazy_Acres]

They were moving good in eggs prior to lockdown. Checked an egg to be sure okay and still moving. Did not check all eggs as we heard lockdown they were to be left alone. We live in Southern Oregon. Air pockets look large.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

They were moving good in eggs prior to lockdown. Checked an egg to be sure okay and still moving. Did not check all eggs as we heard lockdown they were to be left alone. We live in Southern Oregon. Air pockets look large.

Thing with high humidity is they get all the way to hatch and fail to hatch because they drown in the excess fluid. There are a select people that can successfully incubate at 50% and above but for a good manyof us, that's a death sentence. I, myself, incubate at 30% ish and hatch at 70% +.

 

[Crazy_Acres]

Oh I hope that we haven't killed them. It would make me feel awful! We read a post here that said to keep them 50s to 60s to day 18 and then increase to 70 to 80 for humidity hatching

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Oh I hope that we haven't killed them. It would make me feel awful! We read a post here that said to keep them 50s to 60s to day 18 and then increase to 70 to 80 for humidity hatching

There are many sources that say 50% + and it kills me. The best way to figure out what humidity works for you is to monitor the air cells periodically through the incubation, generally days 7/14/18. Candling down into the egg from the air cell end, the fat round end, will give you a view of the air cell and marking the air cells on days 7/14/18 will let you see the growth and give you an idea of if and how to adjust. Here's a link to help: http://letsraisechickens.weebly.com...anuals-understanding-and-controlling-humidity
Like I said, some people have success at higher humidities, with your temps dipping as low as you stated, they may be delayed. I do wish you the best of luck. Our first attempt was for my son's first grade oviparous animal unit for homeschool. The only awful hatch we had... awful experience. Luckily after some further research and tweaking all the rest over the past 3 year have been great. Even a couple at 100%. Even bad hatches provide learning experiences, they suck though.