Day 22 and 23 NO CHICKS!

[Mtn Cur]

Well, after waiting and waiting no chicks? I think some variables mostly my fault caused this problem. A friend gave me a dozen dominique eggs and a turner. I made a incubator based off pics from this site. And nothing happened, guess I will candle when I get home to see if they even started to develop. Luckily, I had bought some two week old red sex links (10-hens and 1- rooster)around day 15 of incubation. And they are doing fine so far. So I'm not totally empty handed. But I did want some dominiques to add to the flock.

Oh well it was a learning experience and now I know that i'm way too impatient for eggs. And that it is more trouble than I want to fool with. From now on i'm buying chickens and not eggs. Just had to vent a little, sorry.

 

[SarahFair]

Did you have some drops in the temps?

 

[bargain]

Don't give up on eggs! It may be that the thermometer/hygrometer were not accurate. And like Sarah mentioned, you may have had a drop in the temperatures.

You may want to calibrate that thermometer and hygrometer .... A lot rides on the temps and the humidity. But don't give up on the miracle of seeing those chickies hatch please.

Have a blessed weekend.

 

[Mtn Cur]

I used a digital wireless outdoor thermometer- with a spot that displayed the high, low, and humidity. And at times it would fluctuate some on the temp. Humidity decreased half way through to about 25%-30%, but I wasn't to worried because of the dry incubation thread on here. I also was worried when I recieved the eggs they had no heat on them until I got them on about day 2 1/2. Oh well I learned something out of all this anyway.

 

[cashdl]

Don't give up, I cracked an egg on day 25 and the chick was still alive and hadn't totally absorbed the yolk, unfortunately my ham handednes killed it but the other 5 not hatched yet are staying in the incubator for a couple of more days.

Lanae

 

[JasperCountyNative]

We had a 1/2 bantam 1/2 game hen on 14 eggs for about 2 weeks when something caught her on the nest. The eggs had been without her in the nest maybe overnight with temps in the 40's. The next day we made a incubator with a diaper box, a cup of water and a shop light. The temp spiked on us once up to 120 degrees. After a week of adjustment we had one chick hatch just a couple of days ago. Still gonna hold out hope for the rest for one more day. It doesn't look good for the rest of them, but considering the circumstances, we are very happy to have the one little chick.
*A prof. at Mississippi State Univ. told us that sometimes when the egg temp drops, the chicks will simply pause development for as long as 24 hours.