First Time Hatchers, Day 24 - NEED ADVICE

[Leslie W]

Hey Everybody
So I have been looking through all of your advice since my daughters started incubating their 10 Barred Rock eggs. We have candled throughout and gotten rid of 4 eggs that weren’t developing along the way. We have 6 eggs now, it is day 24 and we’ve seen NO movement, NO cracks, NO peeps. We just did the float test and all eggs have about 10% above the water line. What do we do? They also ordered Olive Eggers that needed to get in the incubator and I don’t want one of the original 6 to explode on the new OE’s. Ive candled the eggs and can see air sacs, but no movement. Bumped humidity up to about 60%....what do we do if they dont hatch by tomorrow?

Thanks in advance for advice and help. I’d like the girls to have a successful hatch if possible. FYI the eggs are from Ohio and we are in Utah

 

[Josip]

Well if no-one hatch till Day 24 it's not a good sign... I also started incubation for fist time 12. Day today.. but I was reading a lot about incubating eggs. And by day 24 for chicken egss are non or minimum chance to hatch. Good luck anyway. If I were you. I would take eggs out and put new ones and those 6 egg from incubator just moved under the heat lamp just in case of miracle.

 

[Erin80]

What temp was your incubator at? Mine was running low during our last hatch, and we had 4 chicks die in their shell between day 18-23. We opened them on day 24, after candling and seeing no movement. I think the low temps made them too weak to hatch. Only two out of seven made it . We got a new incubator and are trying again....using three thermometers and hygrometers! By day 24, it’s usually over unfortunately.

 

[Leslie W]

What temp was your incubator at? Mine was running low during our last hatch, and we had 4 chicks die in their shell between day 18-23. We opened them on day 24, after candling and seeing no movement. I think the low temps made them too weak to hatch. Only two out of seven made it . We got a new incubator and are trying again....using three thermometers and hygrometers! By day 24, it’s usually over unfortunately.

My temp was at 99.6, seemed to be fairly consistent. Im wondering if I should needle into an air cell and see. I haven’t seen movement but the chicks look developed on candling. They appear to be viable according to the float test, but I do Not feel good about it.

 

[Leslie W]

Well if no-one hatch till Day 24 it's not a good sign... I also started incubation for fist time 12. Day today.. but I was reading a lot about incubating eggs. And by day 24 for chicken egss are non or minimum chance to hatch. Good luck anyway. If I were you. I would take eggs out and put new ones and those 6 egg from incubator just moved under the heat lamp just in case of miracle.✔

Ive been reading tons about hatching too and like the idea of sticking them under a heat lamp but worry on the tiny chance that they make it and hatch tomorrow, that I would ruin it by no humidity. I swear this is worse than being pregnant! Good luck with your hatch.

 

[Leslie W]

What temp was your incubator at? Mine was running low during our last hatch, and we had 4 chicks die in their shell between day 18-23. We opened them on day 24, after candling and seeing no movement. I think the low temps made them too weak to hatch. Only two out of seven made it . We got a new incubator and are trying again....using three thermometers and hygrometers! By day 24, it’s usually over unfortunately.

I‘ve read some things that say shipped eggs take longer, high altitude takes longer, low typical humidity takes longer....I have all those things but I still feel like we lost them all.

 

[Erin80]

I‘ve read some things that say shipped eggs take longer, high altitude takes longer, low typical humidity takes longer....I have all those things but I still feel like we lost them all.

I did the float test on day 24 and it said my eggs were viable.....but they weren’t.

 

[Leslie W]

I did the float test on day 24 and it said my eggs were viable.....but they weren’t.

Dang it. Did you open them?

 

[Erin80]

Dang it. Did you open them?

Yes. After the water test and candling twice to be sure. They were fully formed, but not alive. One had even internally pipped.