First Time Incubating-Day 20

[Toothpick]

Good luck! Be patient. Might take 21-24 days to fully hatch. I have 36 eggs going now. This is day 20 for me as well. Only 2 have pipped and I can hear some chirping.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!

I've hatched several hundreds and this does NOT get easier on our anxiety or excitement.

Our incubators are in our bedroom, plus have a camera in one so I can peek on them without getting up, but I still get up! I just gotta see who is doing what in there.

Wishing you a great hatch!

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck with your hatch!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! Good luck with your hatch!

 

[urbanfarmer07]

Thank you everyone! Still anxiously waiting. Realized I was a day off and today (03/10) is day 20. Good thing I was a day late in removing the egg turner thought I saw some movement this morning but as I'm at work it's hard to sit and watch long enough to be sure. I'm a wreck and bouncing between feelings of utter failure and the thought that they all passed, or feelings of high optimism and knowing I'll start seeing pips any moment

 

[urbanfarmer07]

Update: the temperature dropped dramatically due to a wind storm that knocked out our power, and they got really cold. Candled them very quickly once they warmed back up and it looks like only two made it. Still no pipping but hanging in there

 

[Toothpick]

That's really unfortunate. Made it all the way to day 20 and power goes out. How long was the power out?

 

[Debbie292d]

Update: the temperature dropped dramatically due to a wind storm that knocked out our power, and they got really cold. Candled them very quickly once they warmed back up and it looks like only two made it. Still no pipping but hanging in there

I'd leave them all in there for an entire extra day before worrying too much. I've heard of worse things happening for up to 24 hours with no power and they still hatched.

 

[janiedoe]

Update: the temperature dropped dramatically due to a wind storm that knocked out our power, and they got really cold. Candled them very quickly once they warmed back up and it looks like only two made it. Still no pipping but hanging in there

Give them time.
Here is an embarrassing little story. I had a hen sitting on 3 eggs. One hatched and I candled the other two at day 3. They were clear.
The next morning I was cleaning the nest and found a blue egg. I knew I didn't give her a blue egg and assumed another hen laid there after she left the nest with her baby. I laid the egg out of the way and didn't remember it until the next day! I took it in and candled and found a live chick. I put it in the incubator and it hatch 7 days later. My hen, Lucy, took the chick even though it was a week younger than the first one. He is the sweetest rooster.
Good luck! I hope your chicks hatch.

 

[urbanfarmer07]

That's really unfortunate. Made it all the way to day 20 and power goes out. How long was the power out?

Well over 10 hours.
I do see signs of life in one egg, and it's rocking and wiggling this morning (day 22) so I may have one out of the eight I started with. Ugh I'm so frustrated with myself.