I need some help and advice here!!

[purdue777]

This is my second experience at incubating chicken eggs. The first time I incubated 12 eggs, and out of that had four successful baby chicks. I decided to try it one more time and see if I could do better the 2nd time. This time I bought a fan to circulate the air better, but that is the only difference. I set 14 eggs, and created a countdown chart so I would be able to keep track of the days. Last Friday was day #18, and nothing happened all day, then late last night one baby chick hatched, and at 6 o'clock this morning (day 19), another chick hatched. That makes 12 more that have NOT even started to pip. Should I keep waiting and see what happens, or at this late date should I assume no more will be hatching? I am scared that if I leave the two baby chicks in with the 12 unhatched eggs, that they will be exposed to possible violent exploding of the bad eggs, and probably death. Please help me--I thought I would get a much better rate of hatching this time! I kept the humidity level at around 40-50% throughout until the last three days, and since then it has been betweek 60-72% humidity. The temperature was always 99.3-99.6 degrees, if that helps. Thanks for any advice!

PS: Would it be okay to take the two new chicks out and place them in a nice warm box with a heat lamp, to keep them safe from "exploding eggs"?

 

[Pyxis]

Day 19 is not late - hatch day is day 21. You still have two more days to go before beginning to worry.

And if you candled your eggs, you shouldn't be worried about exploding eggs because you would have caught and removed any dead or bad ones long before they got to the point of exploding.

And yes, it's totally fine to take the hatched chicks out now and put them in the brooder if you want to.

 

[purdue777]

Thanks for your reply! My bad, though--I did not candle at any time, due to ignorance and fear of causing damage to the developing embryos. Also, I was wrong in my post--today is day 22. It is still possible that some of the remaining 12 chicks could hatch, and is it okay to try to candle them now? I keep checking, and there is no movement at this time that I can tell.

 

[Chickassan]

Yes it is possible for chicks to still hatch. I do not open non hatchers until day 25 or 26.

 

[Malikshahzad]

This is my second experience at incubating chicken eggs. The first time I incubated 12 eggs, and out of that had four successful baby chicks. I decided to try it one more time and see if I could do better the 2nd time. This time I bought a fan to circulate the air better, but that is the only difference. I set 14 eggs, and created a countdown chart so I would be able to keep track of the days. Last Friday was day #18, and nothing happened all day, then late last night one baby chick hatched, and at 6 o'clock this morning (day 19), another chick hatched. That makes 12 more that have NOT even started to pip. Should I keep waiting and see what happens, or at this late date should I assume no more will be hatching? I am scared that if I leave the two baby chicks in with the 12 unhatched eggs, that they will be exposed to possible violent exploding of the bad eggs, and probably death. Please help me--I thought I would get a much better rate of hatching this time! I kept the humidity level at around 40-50% throughout until the last three days, and since then it has been betweek 60-72% humidity. The temperature was always 99.3-99.6 degrees, if that helps. Thanks for any advice!

PS: Would it be okay to take the two new chicks out and place them in a nice warm box with a heat lamp, to keep them safe from "exploding eggs"?

I think the two baby chicks when reached at 24 hours then you can shift them to brooder.

 

[Pyxis]

Thanks for your reply! My bad, though--I did not candle at any time, due to ignorance and fear of causing damage to the developing embryos. Also, I was wrong in my post--today is day 22. It is still possible that some of the remaining 12 chicks could hatch, and is it okay to try to candle them now? I keep checking, and there is no movement at this time that I can tell.

It's totally fine to candle now, I and would do so to see if any are still alive.

 

[Malikshahzad]

It's totally fine to candle now, I and would do so to see if any are still alive.

ok, are u incubation chicken eggs or Quail eggs ?

 

[Malikshahzad]

It's totally fine to candle now, I and would do so to see if any are still alive.

I also no candling bcz of weired

 

[Pyxis]

ok, are u incubation chicken eggs or Quail eggs ?

I incubate chicken, duck, goose, and guinea eggs on a regular basis, and also incubate peafowl, turkey, and quail eggs occasionally. I have a lot of experience with incubation. The OP is incubating chicken eggs.

I also no candling bcz of weired

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you're saying?

There's no danger in candling eggs in lockdown, especially when none of the eggs are externally pipped, and none of OP's eggs are.

 

[Malikshahzad]

I incubate chicken, duck, goose, and guinea eggs on a regular basis, and also incubate peafowl, turkey, and quail eggs occasionally. I have a lot of experience with incubation. The OP is incubating chicken eggs.



I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you're saying?

There's no danger in candling eggs in lockdown, especially when none of the eggs are externally pipped, and none of OP's eggs are.

ok, so u can tell me about quails eggs incubation