Eggs haven’t hatched?

[chubbchubb7]

So none of my eggs hatched until Day 23. Now it’s about to be Day 25 only the one hatched. How long should I wait? I will try to candle but I’m not very good at it at all...

 

[chubbchubb7]

I have silkies and some mixes in there

 

[silkie10]

if it's no pips at day 25 I'd assume they're dead. try water candling or safety holing them if they're alive it's usually pretty easy to tell. If it's day 25 I wouldn't wait much longer. there have been incidents where chicks hatch 10 days late but I think it would just be easier to water candle/safety hole so that if they're not dead you don't throw them out alive.

 

[chickens really]

Could be alive if temperature was low. Candle from the fat end directly into the egg with it laying on it side.

 

[chubbchubb7]

I had another incubator that was set at the same time and a chick hatched from it this morning. Going to try to candle tonight. If all I see is black there’s a full grown chick, correct? If I see veins but nothing moving, what does that mean? I’ll google about safety holes

 

[silkie10]

yes if it's black there's a full grown chick but that doesn't mean it's alive. Try water candling in stead of regular. Since it's day 25 water candling will show better results as to weather they're alive or not

 

[chubbchubb7]

Ok so, I’m really disappointed. I candled all the eggs and water candled the full grown ones. I have no living chicks. Only 3 were fully developed. I don’t candle during incubation so I get that I would have seen this was happening earlier. This is my second hatch with this incubator and the first one sucked too. No matter how much water I add or don’t add it always says 49% (we live in Florida).... not sure if I should give it one more try? I tried to do more of a dry hatch for the first 18 days because I read that’s better for silkies but I’ll go back to my normal now. Thanks for the help y’all