hatching eggs

[jasonson]

Does hatching eggs go over 21 days or are the rest of the eggs junk???

 

[Higins00]

you usually go 2 days after day 21. It is not day 1 until 24 hours in the incubator

 

[jasonson]

I've got a hen setting yesterday was 21, so i should wait??

 

[Higins00]

I'd wait another day and then crack on open and take a look. Are they fertile eggs?

 

[jasonson]

should be they came from a friend who doesent have a problem with hatching chicks i had 2 hatch yesterdaystill got 10

 

[jasonson]

tried candleing about 1/3 is clear the rest is solid

 

[Higins00]

The clear ones are no good, the others still have hope. If the hen hatched 2 out she will take them out of the nest after about 2 days. The chicks have to eat something so she should get off the nest and find a low one somewhere she can sit with babies and leave the remaining eggs.

 

[jasonson]

1/3 of each egg is clear so no good right

 

[Higins00]

oh sorry I thought you said 1/3 of your eggs are clear. It's just one more day I'd just wait it out, you never know.

 

[jasonson]

ok thanks for the advice the a rookie hatcher