Day 22 and movement has stopped :o

[MageofMist]

Was hoping to wake up to see something this morning but still nothing and no movement

The 5th silkie egg of my current batch of fluffballs had 0 signs of hatching until, well, all the other eggs had hatched. I thought it was a late quitter or something until it pipped in the middle of the egg. Also in my last batch, they were a little late hatching. Silly things really need alarm clocks installed in their eggs.

 

[LouiseFiveJ]

Aww, there is still nothing happening at all with my lot so starting to give up hope to be honest

 

[LouiseFiveJ]

Please don't jump in and assist too soon.

Let's address a few things first:

What kind of eggs?
What kind of incubator?
What temps and humidity did you run throughout incubation (I understand you said low, but do you have some numbers)
What is your local humidity like? Do you live in a dry or humid area?
Are you positive of the day count? (its a common error, so please don't be offended by the question)
Are your vents fully open?
Were your thermometer and hygrometer tested for accuracy?

I am a hands-on hatcher and all for assisting when the time comes, but the "when" is the part we need to figure out.

At what point do i decide its time to check and help if needed? there is still NO sin of anything happening and i really am starting to give up hope that anything will happen lol

 

[WVduckchick]

At what point do i decide its time to check and help if needed? there is still NO sin of anything happening and i really am starting to give up hope that anything will happen lol

If you still see no pips, I would do a quick candling now.

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

At what point do i decide its time to check and help if needed? there is still NO sin of anything happening and i really am starting to give up hope that anything will happen lol

I agree with WVduckchick If you have a egg candler, candle a couple now if you feel that nervous see if there is anything in the air cell and you can give it a lil tap to see if you can hear peeping. if you want to risk it (you must be ready to go in with the mind set that you may have none make it anyway) then you can take a pair of tweezers and tap the area where the air cell is and make a small hole just enough to take a look in if you see movement you can slowly take some more off but have q-tips paper towls water and olive or coconut oil handy to put on the membrane around the chick.

 

[LouiseFiveJ]

If you still see no pips, I would do a quick candling now.

Ok thank you i will candle them when it gets abit darker and update

 

[LouiseFiveJ]

I agree with WVduckchick If you have a egg candler, candle a couple now if you feel that nervous see if there is anything in the air cell and you can give it a lil tap to see if you can hear peeping. if you want to risk it (you must be ready to go in with the mind set that you may have none make it anyway) then you can take a pair of tweezers and tap the area where the air cell is and make a small hole just enough to take a look in if you see movement you can slowly take some more off but have q-tips paper towls water and olive or coconut oil handy to put on the membrane around the chick.

Ok will candle this evening when abit darker and update and go from there

 

[LouiseFiveJ]

Ok thank you i will candle them when it gets abit darker and update

So I have candles them to find 4 where no good so have got rid of them (no veins etc) I did open them up to check and looks look they died in the very very early stages. There are now two left in my incubator that I'm not sure about (don't really know what I'm looking for) I can see veins still nothing that makes me sure it's dead but no movement either and after doing abit of research I ant see anything that looks like an inner pip so at this point I'm still none the wiser now of what to do? I've done so much research before doing this but yet now it's come to it I'm unsure of myself as to what I'm looking for or what to do next.

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

So I have candles them to find 4 where no good so have got rid of them (no veins etc) I did open them up to check and looks look they died in the very very early stages. There are now two left in my incubator that I'm not sure about (don't really know what I'm looking for) I can see veins still nothing that makes me sure it's dead but no movement either and after doing abit of research I ant see anything that looks like an inner pip so at this point I'm still none the wiser now of what to do? I've done so much research before doing this but yet now it's come to it I'm unsure of myself as to what I'm looking for or what to do next.

I felt the same story you lost some eggs as well.if you feel like waiting is not a option on the ones left (specially if there is a chance of shrink wrapping) you can gently cracked into the air cell just enough to see if they are shrink wrapped ( the membrane will be tight against them and papery looking) if it looks like that crack it open a bit more wet it or oil it with coconut or olive oil to see if you can find a beak once you find it gently open the membrane round the beak once you know it's breathing make sure the membrane is kept moist and put it back for a rest. Check on them every day hr and check to see if the veins are thin and almost disappearing if you will only pull back a lil bit of the membrane at a time and give at lest a hrs rest between helping. You need qtips,tweezers,sharp scissors, coconut/olive oil paper towels,trash bag and water. Slow and steady wins the race. Also I know this may not be something you want to hear but it's important if a chick has issues it will not live from i.e insides on the outside it's kinder to cull it. Quickest easiest and less painful way is to well cut the head off. It's not easy for me to say that as I had to do that today with the only chick that hatched out of my second batch and I cried like a baby.

 

[LouiseFiveJ]

I felt the same story you lost some eggs as well.if you feel like waiting is not a option on the ones left (specially if there is a chance of shrink wrapping) you can gently cracked into the air cell just enough to see if they are shrink wrapped ( the membrane will be tight against them and papery looking) if it looks like that crack it open a bit more wet it or oil it with coconut or olive oil to see if you can find a beak once you find it gently open the membrane round the beak once you know it's breathing make sure the membrane is kept moist and put it back for a rest. Check on them every day hr and check to see if the veins are thin and almost disappearing if you will only pull back a lil bit of the membrane at a time and give at lest a hrs rest between helping. You need qtips,tweezers,sharp scissors, coconut/olive oil paper towels,trash bag and water. Slow and steady wins the race. Also I know this may not be something you want to hear but it's important if a chick has issues it will not live from i.e insides on the outside it's kinder to cull it. Quickest easiest and less painful way is to well cut the head off. It's not easy for me to say that as I had to do that today with the only chick that hatched out of my second batch and I cried like a baby.

I am happy to wait (as the thought of having to assist scares me) lol but it's just when do I decide that they can't wait much longer? I can't bare the thought that I'm killing it if I do or killing it if I do this is soooooo frustrating lol definitely a learning curve and I can't wait till I get this right and hatch my first lot I've had so much advice from everyone but still so unsure as to how long I need to wait before assisting maybe that's something I need to decide myself I don't know ahhhhhhhhh!!!!