Help I am starting to wonder if anything's going to happen????

[Jelena1991]

Hi everybody I have been incubating chicken eggs 13 of them and I am on day 22 but I still have no peeping and no chicks have hatched... I'm becoming very discouraged but I do see some of the eggs moving do you think there's still a chance that they might hatch please help I'm feeling very discouraged :'(

 

[rjohns39]

Hi everybody I have been incubating chicken eggs 13 of them and I am on day 22 but I still have no peeping and no chicks have hatched... I'm becoming very discouraged but I do see some of the eggs moving do you think there's still a chance that they might hatch please help I'm feeling very discouraged :'(

What do you see when you candle them?

 

[Jelena1991]

I see the air sack and it's not anymore A Perfect Circle it looks like there is something want to say trying to push through but it's hard to see because I don't have a bright enough flashlight because all my eggs are like dark brown

 

[rjohns39]

I see Victor sack and it's not anymore A Perfect Circle it looks like there is something I want to say trying to push through but it's hard to see because I don't have a bright enough flashlight because all my eggs are like dark brown

As long as they don't smell, you can probably give them a couple more days. What's your temp and humidity?

 

[Jelena1991]

99.5 humidity is 65%

 

[rjohns39]

99.5 humidity is 65%

Not all hatches go well, especially early on. I've had chickens hatch as late as day 24. It's like anything else, the more you do it, the better you'll get. This is the candler that I use and its still hard to see through dark eggs. http://www.brinsea.com/p-533-ovascope-egg-scope.aspx I'll keep my fingers crossed for you..

 

[Jelena1991]

Thank you

 

[tuesdaze]

From what you described, it sounds like they are starting their internal pips. The air cell may look different or there may be shadows or movement inside the air cell. It never has looked like a beak to me , but my eggs are brown, too and I also don't have a very good light for candling. Since they are day late, it might not hurt to check the calibration of the thermometer before setting again. Or, depending on what type of incubator it is, the temperature may need to be a half degree higher next time.

 

[Jelena1991]

Ok thank you