Eggs on day 22 help!

[elsfieldchickens]

My chicken eggs are on day 22 and nothing has happened no cheeping no piping.
What should I do?

 

[AmericanMom]

My chicken eggs are on day 22 and nothing has happened no cheeping no piping.
What should I do?

If there are no pips candle them... I have had the same problem and its disappointing but then sometimes I have candled and was able to see that a few were still ok..

 

[elsfieldchickens]

All the eggs are good and have chicks in

 

[AmericanMom]

All the eggs are good and have chicks in

You candled today? Do you see movement? Sometimes a temperature reduction can delay the hatch, if you were able to see chicks moving around then I would leave them alone..

 

[Egghead_Jr]

I agree your temp was a tad low and to let em be. Also you may have miscounted the days. If today (Tues.) is day 22 then you would have set them on a Monday.

 

[elsfieldchickens]

I set them on a Monday morning.
I havnt candled them yet today.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Just remember 21 is just an average, and yes, slightly cooler average temps can cause a day or two delay. There is nothing you can do without jeapardizing the chicks to help them at this point. It's just a wait and see when incubating eggs. My first hatch was a bust with my only survivor hatching day 23/24. My next hatch half pipped day 19 and hatched day 20 the rest hatched by the end of day 21. A lot of variables, so don't give up. Give them a couple days past "hatch day" before you get too worried.