Day 25, unsure if chicks are alive?

squirrelgirl01

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Feb 2, 2022
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Hello all! I recently posted about incubator issues I was experiencing and expected a late hatch. Between Day 22-25, I've had five healthy baby chicks hatch out of 8 eggs I incubated. Today is Day 25 and three were left. I candled them and two I'm unsure about, but the third just didn't look right inside and it looked like there was a blood ring. I cracked the egg and there was a deceased, fully developed chick inside. The yolk wasn't absorbed and I'm not sure what happened to it, but it couldn't have been dead for too long. How can I tell if the remaining two are still alive? Is there still a chance they could hatch? I made a very small safety hole in one after reading some guides and threads but that doesn't appear to have moved the process along. The eggs are completely dark aside from the air cell when candled so I can't see any movement, when I tap them there is no peeping or noise. Advice?
 

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