HELP! How late is to late for a hatch?

[woodchips]

I was wounding the same thing .Ihad six hatch on the 18 day an 3 more on day 22.I Keep watching the eggs hope they will but some people said to wait till day 25. But this is my first time ,and I do not realy know. T hope yours will soon hatch' Thanks Chip

 

[greeniehen]

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What exactly do you mean by "start crackin. . . "?

 

[greeniehen]

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It's good to know I'm not in this alone. Good luck with yours!!

 

[Silkie Sue]

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What exactly do you mean by "start crackin. . . "?

i didn't mean to sound harsh...
on day 23 i grabbed an egg to see what was goin on in there since candeling and listening was giving me no indication of life.
I cracked it open and it was nothing but yellow yoke.... All 20 OF EM'

 

[dsqard]

Candling dark eggs at this point is actually pretty easy for what you are looking for. The eggs should be full of chick so the main thing you are looking for is to see if they have internally pipped. Look in the air cell for the beak. I had a late hatch on my first time around. Three of them started hatching on day 22. After they finished, I went to candle the remaining eggs and two of the eggs "peeped" at me when I picked them up. I didn't even bother candling them since I knew I had live chicks in those. Listen real close to the incubator and see if you can hear them peeping. If they have internally pipped, you might be able to hear them. I couldn't hear mine with the cover on the bator beacause of the fan. Good luck and it is way too early to give up yet.

 

[Chookies321]

We are nervous wrecks!!! We are just as bad, waiting for them to come. One was doing a jig ever time we spoke to it yesterday, but now it is quiet.:/
You give me hope that they could still be coming...today is day 22.....had 3 under mama chicken and they all hatched out beautifully....was hoping to add to her little brood with three more. Argh!!! The waiting is killing me!