Day 22...out of 9, 3 hatched...now, no pips?????

[kickinchicken]

So i am on day 22 here. Yesterday I had 3 chicks hatch and the last 6....NOTHING!!! No pips....?????? They are bantam black cochins.

I candled this morning....I know, big NO NO! But I am not sure if anything was moving in the last 6 but then again it IS day 22.
Should I make a hole in the top to see if anyone has broken the membrane, or wait another day. With my SLC cochins, I waited another day and lost the one that was tapping the egg when I candled. I don't want to have this happen again. I have no problem intervening and cracking them open and helping them myself.

For bantams, what is the limit on waiting?

 

[smchickfarm]

I would not intervene! I would wait 2 or 3 more days, they could just not be ready yet.

Good luck

and keep us posted!

 

[f8thnjc]

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I agree. I have heard lots of horror stories where people just didn't wait long enough.

 

[kickinchicken]

Well, still nothing this morning. It so hard to wait. But I will give them until Thursday morning.