Day 24 when do I give up?

[ldmoseley]

I have three eggs that I placed in the incubator straight after the hens laid them. Today is day 24 and I did a float test and they all passed. When do I give up? No pips, no chirps no movement.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Day 25 or 26 depending on your level of faith

 

[ldmoseley]

Well I guess I will wait a few more days then LOL! I was wondering if the taking them straight from the hen to the incubator could be why they are late hatching? Some people gather eggs for a few days before placing them right? This is my first time so IDK.

 

[rebelboy]

the float test is not failsafe, did you candle the eggs at all?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

... I was wondering if the taking them straight from the hen to the incubator could be why they are late hatching? Some people gather eggs for a few days before placing them right? ...

Not sure but I've read that one hour delay in hatching for each day in storage.
That said, I have 82 eggs pipping and hatching now and the first to hatch was the oldest egg.

 

[nettifer]

i had 2 hatch day 24 1 day 25 x

 

[aragia]

Well I'm just passing along an anecdote but I recently saw a story on one of the Facebook groups I follow. The lady said she cleared out her incubator and threw the eggs on day 25 in the trash. Then later she hears peeping and can't find it. Sitting in the trash looking at her is a little Easter egger chick. She said never give up!

 

[ldmoseley]

I did candle them... no movement no internal pip.

 

[ldmoseley]

Which is why I did the float test

 

[kslizza]

Let me know how it goes. I'm two days behind you and I just float tested my last three eggs. One was moving, and the other two "passed." But I'm a little confused as to what that means. I don't know if that means they're alive, or just died recently and have the proper air sac ratio to float properly. I candled them and they all looked like they had giant air sacs - compared to day 18 anyway - so I thought it was that ruptured-membrane-building-up-sulfur-dioxide thing mentioned in the float test thread. Since one was moving, though, perhaps that giant air sac is correct. I'm not giving up on them yet and I'll be watching to see if yours go.