Hatching For the first time...

[AmyLynn2374]

Schleswig-Holstein is on the Danish-German border in Jutland. I’m guessing that the screen name is based on a local spelling. Pure guess based on that.

But I just googled it. Now I think it’s probably a family name. It’s always fun to guess.

It is..lol

 

[hollstenius]

Denmark is a good guess, but I'm a swede living in England! The surname is engraved in one of the church bells in a town called Hedemora. Originally from Holland and the ius added because a lot of priests carried the name Holstein. But now I need urgent help with my chicks!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Denmark is a good guess, but I'm a swede living in England! The surname is engraved in one of the church bells in a town called Hedemora. Originally from Holland and the ius added because a lot of priests carried the name Holstein. But now I need urgent help with my chicks!

That's interesting.

There is not much you can do for the ones unpipped. The vascular system between egg and chick doesn't shut down until hours after the pip. Going into an unpipped egg carries a greater risk of doing damage than good. Can you see into the egg by candling?

 

[hollstenius]

Yes, I can see in to four of them, but one had an air cell that I can't see anymore.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Yes, I can see in to four of them, but one had an air cell that I can't see anymore.

Any movement or internal pips in the ones you can see in? If they aren't at least internally pipped I wouldn't hold out much hope. What was your humidity over the first 17 days?