Help!

[Noobhatcher]

I am a total noob and this is my first time incubating chicken eggs I’ve candled and I think chicks are developing. Today is the 20th day and I just found out the eggs should be pointy side down, I hope I haven’t killed them is it too late to turn them the other way?? I’ve not been turning the eggs since day 18 and the temperature is at 37 degrees ( I was told this by someone who successfully hatched chicks before) please let me know I’m quite worried now

 

[bradymars]

37 degrees there most likely dead they have to stay warm or else they die in the shell. I never used an incubator all mine are hen hatched and raised like nature intended. The hen doesn’t come off the eggs to let them get cold.

 

[Noobhatcher]

Would raising the temp do anything? I was told 37 degrees Celsius by someone who usually is successful with hatches,

 

[Jennc-123]

37 C is fine, we run ours in C because I can control it easier. Pictures?

 

[humblehillsfarm]

37 degrees there most likely dead they have to stay warm or else they die in the shell. I never used an incubator all mine are hen hatched and raised like nature intended. The hen doesn’t come off the eggs to let them get cold.

37 deg Celsius is likely what this person is using, which is roughly 98 deg F. More accurately, the temp should be around 37.7 deg C to be a little closer to the appropriate incubation temp I believe.

 

[Noobhatcher]

What would you like pictures of, the degrees on incubator or the eggs in incubator?

 

[Noobhatcher]

37 deg Celsius is likely what this person is using, which is roughly 98 deg F. More accurately, the temp should be around 37.7 deg C to be a little closer to the appropriate incubation temp I believe.

Do they have any chance of surviving?

 

[Jennc-123]

How they're sitting in the incubator. Definitely don't open it yet though

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Do they have any chance of surviving?

I find it hard to believe that temperature is your issue. I think the first commenter thought your temperature was in Fahrenheit but I'm not sure. I hesitate to give further advice regarding the positioning of the eggs because I'm not very experienced in that area. I am fairly certain through reading threads on here, that the common suggestion is to leave them as is but wait until someone else pops on here and answers! I've never incubated eggs, only used a broody.

 

[Noobhatcher]

How they're sitting in the incubator. Definitely don't open it yet though