Hatching Black Langshans Bantam eggs

[Langshanlover1]

I decided to incubate my langshan's eggs and today is day 21 and I see no sign of peeping. I was told that bantams tend to hatch a day early so I'm starting to worry. What do you guys think?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

My bantams (Silkies) never hatch early, they follow the 21 day rule just like all of my chicken eggs.

What was your temp during incubation? If it was a tad low, that'll cause them to be a little late. How about your humidity? Did you candle, how did they look? Were the eggs shipped? What day did you set them? You be surprised how many people count the hatch day our wrong (including me, a couple of times).

I hate to answer a post with a bunch of questions, but more info is need so we can help

 

[Langshanlover1]

I got them from my hen and I put them in on march 8th. The temperature has stayed at 100F throughout the whole incubation, but the humidity has been kind of high due to the fact I live on the coast. I have candled them several times and the last time I candled them was day 18 and they looked fine. I've never actually incubated chickens before, only ducks, and I wanted to try incubating them because I was hoping they would do as well at shows as their parents, so I'm really wanting them to hatch alright! Could I possibly candle them again without turning them to make sure they're moving or just wait it out?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I would let them go. If your humidity was too high, it may have messed them up a bit. When the humidity isn't low enough, the eggs don't loose enough moisture which causes the chicks to not have enough room to pip into the air cell or they drown when they do. I struggle with getting the humidity low sometimes, and a couple of dry paper towels in the bator always do the trick.

I'm not sure there's much you can do about it at this point since it's hatch day, but you'll be more prepared for next time! Good luck,

for your eggs.

 

[Langshanlover1]

I just waited it out and I'm so glad I did because I'm starting to see a chick come through! it's only one right now but hopefully the rest will follow! Thanks for the humidity advice I will definitly try the paper towels next time I have a humidity problem. Luckily I have a hen that decided to go broody last night and I put 10 eggs under her, so maybe she can control the humidity more than I can!

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

That's great, congrats! Hopefully you have more by now

Broodies are by far the superior incubator! And no electricity!