Day 22 no hatch or pip …

I candled - literally nothing to see completely dark. Think I could make out a small air sack.
That's what an egg is supposed to look like when it it getting ready to hatch. I do not always see movement in each egg.

Did you count the days right? An egg does not have a day's worth of development the instant it goes in the incubator or under a hen. It takes 24 hours for an egg to have a day's worth of development so you start counting the day after they went in the incubator. An easy way of checking your counting is the day of the week you start them is the day of the week the 21 days are up. If you started them on a Sunday, the 21 days are up on a Sunday.
Even under a broody hen not all eggs hatch at exactly 21 days for several different reasons. MIne regularly hatch as much as 2 full days early under a broody and in my calibrated incubator. Other people I trust on here say they have eggs hatch as much as 2 and maybe even 3 days late under a broody.

I suggest you wait another 2 or 3 days to give them a chance. There have been posts on here where people regretted tossing them too early.
 
Thank you! Good point and I’ll definitely wait. The eggs went under broody on 18th march so we are at day 25 now.
 
Thank you! Good point and I’ll definitely wait. The eggs went under broody on 18th march so we are at day 25 now.
I’m a little anxious to know if they ended up hatching? I have 2 right now that are in this same boat… all the rest of mine hatched (which I’m super excited about! 🤗). Now I’m just waiting to see on these.
 
I’m a little anxious to know if they ended up hatching? I have 2 right now that are in this same boat… all the rest of mine hatched (which I’m super excited about! 🤗). Now I’m just waiting to see on these.
Hello! Nope! Opened it on day 27 in it, and it was a gunky black mess with the most awful smell, I’ve got a few in the incubator now and I’m finally seeing veins for the first time - good luck for your hatch!! X
 

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