First time incubating, need reassurance…

[BirdsBeesTrees]

If you have some time soon maybe you can post some baby chick pictures.

 

[Lainey-chick]

How long should I wait for these last two eggs to hatch? There are no pips. Can they be candled? What should I look for if candled at this stage?

 

[Lainey-chick]

If you have some time soon maybe you can post some baby chick pictures.

I don’t have any really good pics. The incubator had a glare. They are under the heat plate in the brooder resting and keeping warm, so I stuck my phone under there and took a couple. They are cute. Two yellow and two black fluff balls.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

You should calibrate the hygrometer for edification. By the size of the air cells you drew with pencil I can't believe the humidity was 50% RH during incubation.

The incubator and your system seems to work but for your own knowledge of actual RH you can salt test a cheap hygrometer then put it in the incubator to calibrate the unit. I think actual humidity is much lower than its reporting.

 

[Lainey-chick]

You should calibrate the hygrometer for edification. By the size of the air cells you drew with pencil I can't believe the humidity was 50% RH during incubation.

The incubator and your system seems to work but for your own knowledge of actual RH you can salt test a cheap hygrometer then put it in the incubator to calibrate the unit. I think actual humidity is much lower than its reporting.

Thanks for the reply and information. However, I didn’t post any pictures of my eggs.

 

[Huntmaster]

How long should I wait for these last two eggs to hatch? There are no pips. Can they be candled? What should I look for if candled at this stage?

What day are they on? If you candle look for movement some can take longer to hatch but if you're unsure I would leave them in another day or two.

 

[Lainey-chick]

What day are they on? If you candle look for movement some can take longer to hatch but if you're unsure I would leave them in another day or two.

The white egg, I candled both ends and took pics. The brown egg was harder to see, so only took pic of what I could see. I didn’t see any movement in either egg. This would be day 22

 

[Huntmaster]

From what I can tell from those pics looks like they quite a while back. The egg should be full/dark to air cell at day 22 and I can't see any veining that would say they are still alive. Can you see any veining?

 

[Lainey-chick]

From what I can tell from those pics looks like they quite a while back. The egg should be full/dark to air cell at day 22 and I can't see any veining that would say they are still alive. Can you see any veining?

Yes, I can see a tiny bit of veining on the white one, but not a lot. The brown one is just difficult to see. These were probably the two that gave me pause when I candled right before lockdown. I should have marked them, more lessons learned for next time.

ETA: my gut tells me they quit, too. But, I didn’t want to take them out without someone else saying it.

 

[Huntmaster]

You could leave them in for another day and candle again and if no change end it then but does look like they quite a while back.