Help! My eggs got wet :(

[Deerling]

Hoping for a good hatch for you

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

Well, nothing yet, ya'll. That's okay though, I didn't expect any to hatch today even if some were still kicking. Best bet's tomorrow! Come on babies!

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Water tightness is reason no. one that I don't recoment plastic of any kind to hatch eggs in. Come to think of it, it is also reasons # 2 and # 3.

 

[PoultryGirly]

"Come on babies," is right!!!!!!!!!! Lol!

 

[SilkieSensation]

I see you have them under a brooder lamp. At this point you also need to try to get them inside something that can hold the humidity, even if it's just a box. Get your temps as close to 100F as you can & make sure there is plenty of moisture (wet sponge, paper towels, bowl of water) in with them as possible. If you used a plastic tote or box you will need to leave holes for air flow, but they don't need to be very big. Since your broody was outside, & you had a lot of temp flux, I would give these even an extra week before giving up. I had eggs hatch 5-6 days late in my last batch due to temp flux. A low average temp will delay development even more than a day with a temp drop will.

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

I see you have them under a brooder lamp. At this point you also need to try to get them inside something that can hold the humidity, even if it's just a box. Get your temps as close to 100F as you can & make sure there is plenty of moisture (wet sponge, paper towels, bowl of water) in with them as possible. If you used a plastic tote or box you will need to leave holes for air flow, but they don't need to be very big. Since your broody was outside, & you had a lot of temp flux, I would give these even an extra week before giving up. I had eggs hatch 5-6 days late in my last batch due to temp flux. A low average temp will delay development even more than a day with a temp drop will.

Thanks for your advice. I do have them at 100 degrees and sitting on a damp rag, but they're just out in the open :/ I will find a box and just give them time.

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

Nothing yet! Just checking in

Still hopeful for one egg in particular.

 

[PoultryGirly]

Good luck with your hatch! I really, truly want your babies to hatch!

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

Not yet...

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

Well, the cold must have done them in. That one egg may have been alive but it was probably too weak to get out of that shell. I gave up on them tonight and cracked them open just out of morbid curiosity I guess. They were all rotten. Just gonna have to try again, and don't count your chickens before they hatch!