Day 22..4 eggs hatched..9 haven't pipped

[shawndrassilkies]

I have 13 silkie eggs in the incubator. All were placed at the same time. 4 pipped yesterday and were hatched over night. I have 9 left that have not pipped yet. Is this normal? They are all fertile, last checked on day 17 before day 18 lockdown. All looked perfect. Just late bloomers??

 

[FolkSonginC]

I have 13 silkie eggs in the incubator. All were placed at the same time. 4 pipped yesterday and were hatched over night. I have 9 left that have not pipped yet. Is this normal? They are all fertile, last checked on day 17 before day 18 lockdown. All looked perfect. Just late bloomers??

I would definitely wait a few more days before you worry, the first time I hatched eggs I incubated 14 silkie eggs, and even though I made a lot of mistakes during the process two still managed to hatch on day 25. Yours seem to be right on schedule, some just take a little longer.

 

[FolkSonginC]

How did your hatch go?

 

[shawndrassilkies]

I had 5 hatch total and the rest never hatched. I don't understand what happened. The ones that did hatch are all healthy, active little sweeties.