I have candy corn polish eggs and they won't hatch!

[LoriLovesLace]

I have incubated at least 30 over the last few months. I have done all I was suppose to do - heat, humidity, turning, so on. I even put some under a brooty hen. But I have only had one hatch and it died a week latter. I now have 2 last eggs that was due to hatch this past Tuesday. I candled them last night and found they are still alive and kicking. I thought they must be dead.
And the person I buy them from lives only 3 hours away so the delivery shouldn't be too hard on them. She is so cool too, she has sent me a good few free eggs because they just keep dying. Anyone know what is up?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I have incubated at least 30 over the last few months. I have done all I was suppose to do - heat, humidity, turning, so on. I even put some under a brooty hen. But I have only had one hatch and it died a week latter. I now have 2 last eggs that was due to hatch this past Tuesday. I candled them last night and found they are still alive and kicking. I thought they must be dead. 
 And the person I buy them from lives only 3 hours away so the delivery shouldn't be too hard on them. She is so cool too, she has sent me a good few free eggs because they just keep dying.  Anyone know what is up? 

Without more information, no. Are they dying after lockdown? Do you open them for eggtospy? What are you finding when/if you do? Is there a lot of moisture/fluid in the egg? Are they in position?

What kind of incubator are you using? Have your thermometer/hygrometer been checked for accuracy? What temps have you ran? What humidity for the first 17 days? Do you monitor air cells at all?

 

[Chicken Chat]

If they were due to hatch on Tuesday and they were still moving in there, I'm thinking your heat is running too low for one thing. I calibrate my thermometers and hygrometers before every batch, you would be surprised how off they can get. I agree with AmyLynn2374, more information is needed.