Help me out! Day 22 and very large air cell.

[Chickychick25]

I didn't read the post about his leg until after I posted. Hope you can find help with that. About your hatch, did you count the day you set the eggs as day 1 or day 0? The humidity wouldn't cause a delay in hatching, only the temperature would affect that.

Yeah, am in need of an urgent help. I want him to recover.
The day I kept eggs for incubation, I considered it as day 0.
Is it? I'm just a beginner. Though I have raised many chickens, I'm new to hatching eggs. Amongst all the eggs I incubated, this particular one(the one with slipped tendon) was very tiny. It was smaller than the size of usual chicken egg.

It would be better if somebody here helped me.

 

[Ruby Rogue]

Day 0 is the day You set your eggs, so your timing them correctly. You should check your incubator's thermostat against a thermometer that you know to be accurate (if you have one), or like a medical thermometer if you have one, and a meat thermometer (if you have one). Just to see, and definitely before you hatch again. Hatching a day late doesn't mean your temps were wrong, but they usually pip between 20 and 21 and the day difference could mean your temp was a tad low.

The tiny eggs might be pullet eggs, which I have hatched successfully but some say not to incubate pullet eggs.

Did you post a new thread about your baby's leg? Sorry I can't help with that but if you include his problem in your title, someone else will be able to help. And you're more likely to get a quick response if it's a new thread at the top of the page (with no responses).

 

[Chickychick25]

Day 0 is the day You set your eggs, so your timing them correctly. You should check your incubator's thermostat against a thermometer that you know to be accurate (if you have one), or like a medical thermometer if you have one, and a meat thermometer (if you have one). Just to see, and definitely before you hatch again. Hatching a day late doesn't mean your temps were wrong, but they usually pip between 20 and 21 and the day difference could mean your temp was a tad low.

The tiny eggs might be pullet eggs, which I have hatched successfully but some say not to incubate pullet eggs.

Did you post a new thread about your baby's leg? Sorry I can't help with that but if you include his problem in your title, someone else will be able to help. And you're more likely to get a quick response if it's a new thread at the top of the page (with no responses).

My first egg pipped on 21st day and hatched on 22nd day. Yet another chick followed on the same day too. My third chick hatched today(23rd day). And a while ago, yet another egg has pipped.
I already have checked the temperature with a medical thermometer and it reads the same as the thermostat.
Are pullet eggs the reason for a leg deformity? Might that be the cause????

No, I haven't started a separate thread. Seems like a better idea. Thanks for your suggestion.

 

[Ruby Rogue]

Good luck with your baby, I don't know what happened to her but I hope someone can help. I hatched pullet eggs successfully but you may want to add that information to your thread.

 

[Chickychick25]

Good luck with your baby, I don't know what happened to her but I hope someone can help. I hatched pullet eggs successfully but you may want to add that information to your thread.

Thanks. All I want her is to recover. I unfortunately lost the fourth egg that pipped yesterday. I didn't notice that only the beak was out but the nose was stuck inside the membrane. As I did not want to interrupt the natural process, I didn't take a good look at it. Else, I would have helped her at least. Sadly, today I found her dead while in the egg. Poor baby!!!! Does these kinds happen normally????

 

[Chickychick25]

Improper humidity and temperature during incubation can cause some defects - I would post this separately in the forum to ask opinions of what to do as I’ve never had a chick hatch with any leg issues (though many people have). You might want to try and split it or correct it according to the advice of others on this forum as some of these issues can be fixed in a few days and that would be best for the chick.

I would also leave the other two eggs be, as even if the air cells are too large, fiddling with them now isn’t going to help at all. If they don’t hatch, feel free to get photos of the air cells so we can see what you mean. I would suggest getting a hygrometer to add to the homemade incubator so you can keep track of both humidity and temperature - this will probably result in better hatches. Try to make sure the thermometer is down by the eggs as it usually is colder down there then the top of the incubator for still air set ups (and this could also partially be why the eggs are delayed).

Hello!!!! It's day 26 and still an egg hasn't hatched. If you don't remember, earlier I had mentioned that three of my eggs had a large air cell. One from that hatched successfully while the other pipped and died while inside the shellIt was really heart to watch him die.

I have waited till this day(day 26) for my last egg to hatch but it still hasn't. I could see a fully developed chick inside while candling but I don't know if it is alive. As you had asked, I'm attaching the pictures that I took while candling.

One side has a large air cell but if turned to the other, it has large chick within. Please do tell me if it will hatch anymore. Shall I wait some more or break it to see what's inside?





You’ve done quite well with the hatch so far considering your set up and experience, so obviously you’re doing some things right. Ultimately if the eggs are fresh/clean and from a good source, it comes down to three things: humidity, temperature, and turning

Improper humidity and temperature during incubation can cause some defects - I would post this separately in the forum to ask opinions of what to do as I’ve never had a chick hatch with any leg issues (though many people have). You might want to try and split it or correct it according to the advice of others on this forum as some of these issues can be fixed in a few days and that would be best for the chick.

I would also leave the other two eggs be, as even if the air cells are too large, fiddling with them now isn’t going to help at all. If they don’t hatch, feel free to get photos of the air cells so we can see what you mean. I would suggest getting a hygrometer to add to the homemade incubator so you can keep track of both humidity and temperature - this will probably result in better hatches. Try to make sure the thermometer is down by the eggs as it usually is colder down there then the top of the incubator for still air set ups (and this could also partially be why the eggs are delayed).

You’ve done quite well with the hatch so far considering your set up and experience, so obviously you’re doing some things right. Ultimately if the eggs are fresh/clean and from a good source, it comes down to three things: humidity, temperature, and turning

Hello!!!! It's day 26 and still an egg hasn't hatched. If you don't remember, earlier I had mentioned that three of my eggs had a large air cell. One from that hatched successfully while the other pipped and died while inside the shellIt was really heart to watch him die.

I have waited till this day(day 26) for my last egg to hatch but it still hasn't. I could see a fully developed chick inside while candling but I don't know if it is alive. I guess two days ago, it internally pipped. As you had asked for pictures, I'm attaching those that I took while candling.

One side has a large air cell but if turned to the other, it has large chick within. Please do tell me if it will hatch anymore. Shall I wait some more or break it to see what's inside?

 

[Offshoreorca]

Hello!!!! It's day 26 and still an egg hasn't hatched. If you don't remember, earlier I had mentioned that three of my eggs had a large air cell. One from that hatched successfully while the other pipped and died while inside the shellIt was really heart to watch him die.

I have waited till this day(day 26) for my last egg to hatch but it still hasn't. I could see a fully developed chick inside while candling but I don't know if it is alive. I guess two days ago, it internally pipped. As you had asked for pictures, I'm attaching those that I took while candling.

One side has a large air cell but if turned to the other, it has large chick within. Please do tell me if it will hatch anymore. Shall I wait some more or break it to see what's inside?

It’s pretty late for a successful hatch now. Do you see movement? I wonder if your humidity during lockdown was too low and they were shrink-wrapped and not able to come out. A good hygrometer will help you monitor this next time. Full developed chicks indicates that your temperatures were likely accurate or close enough too for development, (confirming this with a second thermometer would help and make sure the thermometers are level with the eggs). While it’s awful to loose chicks, they likely would have been extremely weak and there’s a good chance they wouldn’t have survived if you would have assisted. It takes about 24hrs from internal pip to external pip and the same amount of time again until zipping, so if the chicks are stuck at a stage for longer than this, that is often the time to decide to help.

You can look in this last egg to see if it’s alive and moving still just in case, but make a small hole when confirming it to be alive or dead.

 

[Chickychick25]

It’s pretty late for a successful hatch now. Do you see movement? I wonder if your humidity during lockdown was too low and they were shrink-wrapped and not able to come out. A good hygrometer will help you monitor this next time. Full developed chicks indicates that your temperatures were likely accurate or close enough too for development, (confirming this with a second thermometer would help and make sure the thermometers are level with the eggs). While it’s awful to loose chicks, they likely would have been extremely weak and there’s a good chance they wouldn’t have survived if you would have assisted. It takes about 24hrs from internal pip to external pip and the same amount of time again until zipping, so if the chicks are stuck at a stage for longer than this, that is often the time to decide to help.

You can look in this last egg to see if it’s alive and moving still just in case, but make a small hole when confirming it to be alive or dead.

Yesterday I broke the egg open only to find a dead chick inside. Since I did not know what is shrunk wrapped, I browsed and to my astonishment my chick was exactly as shown in an image(shrink wrapped). I was literally sad because he was a fully grown one. The only thing he had to do is to kick the shell off him and come out but sadly he died inside.
None of my chicks moved while inside the egg or probably I missed to notice one. The eggs were dark and so we're the chicks. The chicks were very hard to see for any movements in spite of using high power torch light for candling. On day 16 I was afraid that none would hatch since I didn't find any movement in any of those but still they hatched well.....

The first thing am gonna do the next time I incubate is to buy a hygrometer. Since this is my first hatch and was very much excited to have a look at the ones that were out early, I opened the incubator (since mine does not have a transparent thing to look through). Might be like, the humidity went low because of that.....I feel guilty now Hope I didn't kill them by letting the humidity drop low.