Day 21

[weezertheco]

I hve 10 Cream Legbar eggs in my incubator. Humidity has been around 35-45% and temp has been at 99.5-100°. I increased humidity yesterday to 55-60% by putting in 2 damp, clean sponges. and it's now day 21. No wobbles, peeps or pips. What did I do wrong?! With my first hatch we were hearing peeps on day 20 and they pipped late on day 20 or early on day 21. There is no progress. I ordered these eggs but they were accidentally sent to my neighbor, so they were outside (in the cold) for maybe 2 hours tops. But they were very well wrapped, hopefully well enough to stay warm during shipping. When I candled them I thought they were okay, but I'm no expert as im fairly new to hatching chicks. Does anyone know what I can do? Or is it a waiting game? I feel like I must have done something wrong since the progress with my first hatch was 10x greater than this. Heellppp!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I have 10 Cream Legbar eggs in my incubator. Humidity has been around 35-45% and temp has been at 99.5-100°. I increased humidity yesterday to 55-60% by putting in 2 damp, clean sponges. and it's now day 21. No wobbles, peeps or pips. What did I do wrong?! With my first hatch we were hearing peeps on day 20 and they pipped late on day 20 or early on day 21. There is no progress. I ordered these eggs but they were accidentally sent to my neighbor, so they were outside (in the cold) for maybe 2 hours tops. But they were very well wrapped, hopefully well enough to stay warm during shipping. When I candled them I thought they were okay, but I'm no expert as I'm fairly new to hatching chicks. Does anyone know what I can do? Or is it a waiting game? I feel like I must have done something wrong since the progress with my first hatch was 10x greater than this. Heellppp!

It's a waiting game. At this point there is nothing you can do to "help" or hurry. If your thermometers/hygrometer are giving you accurate readings those numbers look good for the first 17 days (for forced air incubators). I prefer my lockdown hatch humidity higher than that, but there are others that use a lower lockdown humidity. Assuming that they were turned properly during incubation and you have your vents open for air, then it sounds like you've done what you need to. It's just a sit on your hands and fret situation.