Day 24.. no chicks?

[chickenlovernoteater]

I ordered JG and incubated them. I have incubated eggs but have NEVER had this trouble before.

Temperature and humidy are right, they have been turned enough, nothing is different from any of my previous hatched except I have never done the Jersey Giants. Today is day 24, no egg movement, no piping. I candled the eggs yesterday, and all were moving. In the evening, one had stopped moving and i noticed red in the shell. We went ahead and tried to pip for it, but no luck, had stopped breathing. It did not even absorb the yolk, but other than that was fully formed. The others are still alive in shells, but the eggs aren't rocking, they aren't peeping, and of course not piping. What in the world do I do???

 

[Tuffoldhen]

When you candled did you notice if they were pipped into the aircell?....

 

[chickenlovernoteater]

They are not.. I am not sure what to do, especially if they haven't absorbed the yolk..

How many times can I safely candle them since they are this far along?

 

[Tuffoldhen]

If its day 24 it won't hurt to candle and see if they have gotten into the aircell.....I don't help chicks out...your call what you want to do....I'd leave them in the bator a few more days...your temps and humidity could have been on the low side and thats why they haven't pipped yet...my opinion, my thoughts...

 

[chickenlovernoteater]

Ok, I will candle them again tonight to see if anything has changed.. Then I guess I will just leave them in there and see what happens..

 

[lannabun]

any news ?

 

[chickenlovernoteater]

I candled, and only one I saw for sure move now. No one is piping.. no eggs rocking... Don't know what to do.

 

[eggchel]

Here is a link to a trouble-shooting guide for incubation. I hope that your chicks hatch okay.

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/trouble.htm


Chel