- Oct 22, 2014
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Here's my problem: we tried to let our hens incubate the eggs themselves for quite a while, but I'm not sure how long. They only seemed to sit on them at night so we got an incubator. All the eggs had only a yolk at that point and not knowing any better I didn't mark the dates or anything. They all seemed to be developing properly based on the candling photos I've seen. At this point the oldest ones (the ones in question) show very little when candled. They're pretty much black (I suppose it's the baby) and I can clearly see a well defined air sack. In the best egg I can see feet and wings but that's about it. I've read in other forums to look for movement, which I saw about a week ago but not since. I read to hold to your ear and tap to hear peeping, no luck. I see no blood or anything so I guess that's a plus, but I'm fully lost at this point. I don't know if I should continue checking or leave them alone, or whether I should accept that they may have recently expired. Can someone with some experience help me out? I really hope they're okay. P.S. I know they've been in the incubator at least since 10/1, but it was a few days before that even
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