Help! Opened eggs on day 23 and they are still alive!!

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Gracekelly76

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Firstly I'm only a beginner at incubating eggs, so I have 2 Rhode Island Red eggs that didn't hatch and it's day 23 and I thought they were dead because there was no movement when I candled and no sound so I opened the eggs from the air cell side in case they were alive but didn't expect them to be and they are so now I have 2 eggs with holes in them about the size of a thumb nail, they both have visable veins and I think unabsorbed yolks but I'm unsure so I'm going to leave them. One of them has also internally pipped.

I will add photos when I can tomorrow

Any advice or just wait it out? I'm scared of the second one drowning
 
Maisier said:
Firstly I'm only a beginner at incubating eggs, so I have 2 Rhode Island Red eggs that didn't hatch and it's day 23 and I thought they were dead because there was no movement when I candled and no sound so I opened the eggs from the air cell side in case they were alive but didn't expect them to be and they are so now I have 2 eggs with holes in them about the size of a thumb nail, they both have visable veins and I think unabsorbed yolks but I'm unsure so I'm going to leave them. One of them has also internally pipped.

I will add photos when I can tomorrow

Any advice or just wait it out? I'm scared of the second one drowning
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Have you checked the temp in your incubator with a calibrated thermometer? I'm guessing your temp is way off. Can you post a pic of the eggs? I'm guessing they won't be ready for another 2 or 3 days yet.
 
nchls school said:
The only way the chick would drown is if the air cell filled with liquid. Try to keep the humidity up so the membranes do not dry out. Since one is internally pipped your having made a hole should not hurt as long as they don't dry out.
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I've read that someone had a chick not end up internally pipping and drowned inside? Sorry I'm new at this :(
 
MGG said:
Have you checked the temp in your incubator with a calibrated thermometer? I'm guessing your temp is way off. Can you post a pic of the eggs? I'm guessing they won't be ready for another 2 or 3 days yet.
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No I haven't calibrated it, I just hatched some wyandotte 3 weeks ago and they all survived and hatched a few hours after day 21 so I'm confused why the Rhode Island reds are so late unless the thermometer is the problem :hmm
 
Maisier said:
No I haven't calibrated it, I just hatched some wyandotte 3 weeks ago and they all survived and hatched a few hours after day 21 so I'm confused why the Rhode Island reds are so late unless the thermometer is the problem :hmm
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You need to calibrate it. What kind of incubator?
 

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