Help?!?!

[Annastin]

It is day twenty-one and I do not see any pipping on any of the eggs these are silkie eggs please help if you have any ideas!?!?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Sometimes it takes longer than 21 days. Are there any movements or peeps coming out? Are you sure they're viable Eggs?

 

[Annastin]

Sometimes it takes longer than 21 days. Are there any movements or peeps coming out? Are you sure they're viable Eggs?

I might have heard some peeps and these do have chicks in them because when I candled them 5 days ago they where alive and moving.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Just let nature take it's course then. They might just need a little extra time. Some people play chick sounds to help 'encourage' the hatching eggs.

 

[Abronsyth]

Take a deep breath and relax. While 21 days is the average they sometimes take longer, or, as I've found, seem to like waiting until the middle of the night to start and then startle you awake with peeping.

To be safe- what are your incubator parameters? Have you been turning by hand, or auto-turning, and when did you stop the turning? Did the eggs come from your own flock, did you buy them locally, or were they shipped in?

 

[BD17]

When I hatched chicks last year my last two didn't hatch until day 23. I say give them more time.

 

[Annastin]

Take a deep breath and relax. While 21 days is the average they sometimes take longer, or, as I've found, seem to like waiting until the middle of the night to start and then startle you awake with peeping.

To be safe- what are your incubator parameters? Have you been turning by hand, or auto-turning, and when did you stop the turning? Did the eggs come from your own flock, did you buy them locally, or were they shipped in?

They where in a auto-turner till three days ago I took them out of the Turner's and bummed up the humidity to mid sixty's and they are from a local breeder that we picked up from

 

[Liam G]

Hi,

When I hatched chicks last year and it was day 23 before they hatched. Try not to worry sometimes their just slow, just check the humidity levels are okay.

Kind Regards

 

[Abronsyth]

They where in a auto-turner till three days ago I took them out of the Turner's and bummed up the humidity to mid sixty's and they are from a local breeder that we picked up from

Sounds like they're just taking their time, as sometimes chicks do. I always wait until day 25 before cracking open any eggs to see what happened.