Help - hen stopped laying on eggs that are ready to hatch

[CaliforniaPeeping]

Originally I was leaving everything up to the broody hen but since she quit her job and the other chicken killed the first chick that hatched outside I decided to try to take over. Total novice with hatching. Learning things the hard way. Sorry for hijacking your post OP!

Edit: It definitely got too hot but I’ve learned from this hopefully the next one (if it even pips) will go better.

 

[black_cat]

Originally I was leaving everything up to the broody hen but since she quit her job and the other chicken killed the first chick that hatched outside I decided to try to take over. Total novice with hatching. Learning things the hard way. Sorry for hijacking your post OP!

Edit: It definitely got too hot but I’ve learned from this hopefully the next one (if it even pips) will go better.

What have you done with the others? You could try to go and get a thermometer and humidity gadgety thing to help with the other eggs. This is what chicken eggs should look like at various stages of incubation.

An internal pip looks like a little triangle (beak) inside the air cell.