If I do not see anything but a big dark area when candling the egg on day 15 does that mean that the

[Three Girls Farms]

I candled my eggs on day 15 and only saw veiny looking things in 3 of the eggs. If they do not show any veins as of now does that mean that the rest of them are no good? Also, when I open the bator there is a not so pleasent smell in there. Not like something rotting, but most definitely not like something I would want my house to smell like at any time. Is this normal? It is maybe a mix of plastic and being heated too long? Please help!
Thank you!

 

[fried green eggs]

By day 15 you should have a air sack at the big end and a large dark area in the middle. If you only see some veining and no dark mass - the development stopped and the eggs will not produce chicks. By day 18 you should be able to see some small movement in the eggs. I have kept eggs in question in the incubator until day 18 to decide if they go in to lock-down.
Eggs will start to sweat if bad so, guessing the smell is not that but, smell each egg to be sure. You need to find the cause of the smell. Is your heat source close enough to plastic to cause it to heat/melt and cause smell? Toxic fumes will kill developing eggs. You could use heavy tin foil to work as a heat shield to protect the plastic from heating in your incubator? Just to be safe you should also inspect the wiring on your incubator to make sure it is not causing the smell and possibly a fire. Good Luck

 

[Three Girls Farms]

I see dark at the end of all of them, it is the veining that I do not see in any but 4 of them. I will smell each of them. So if anything smells I assume I need to toss it.
Thank you so much for your help!

 

[Roxannemc]

If they are brown eggs i can tell you that if there is a dark object but you dont see veins it still could very welll be good.
I havent had white eggs but it could also be the same not sure... If it were me i would candle at day 18 before lockdown ,see if the dark object has grown at all,
Should take up most of the egg with a small area at the bottom still clear and maybe "u" shaped.
Look and see if it moves, and smell as was said before, and then if it were me put them in the bator anyway unless the dark area only takes up less than 1/2 the egg or less . . ., Maybe dont put as close to others that you are sure are good, just in case it would blow up. Better safe than sorry but dont want to throw away a viable chick.

Lots of ppl think one isnt alive anymore and open the egg..whoops it is!!
So. after day 23 ..open a small piece of shell not membrane on the big end of the egg and see if its alive.
If alive put a wet rag around it and then put back in the bator with 75-80 humidity

If dead You might want to open them to check how big it was or if there is a chicken in there at all.Gross but you can learn a lot for the next time.

Do it outside on a paper towel. crack it first on the big end then if dead carefully crack the rest of the egg.If big end is open and stinks ..then its for sure dead
..I used a stick and sort of pulled apart the yellows etc and see what is there.If very immature it may not be able to be seen in all the yellow unless you do

Hovabator "troubleshooting chart" says;
If dead fully grown near hatch then humidity wrong or temp too cool or too warm
If they died earlier but had started to incubate then it may have been poor eggs, wrong temp (too hot /cool) , lack of oxygen or lack of turning the eggs.
I also read on the web early death can be from the eggs starting to incubate during shipping if the get over 100 b/c of high temps in trucks etc.
BUT....Hope they are ALL good little chicks for you!!
GOOD LUCK!!
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[Three Girls Farms]

What should the humidity be at come tomorrow...day 18?

 

[Three Girls Farms]

Thank you so much for your help!

 

[Three Girls Farms]

Also, do I stop the turning the morning of the 18th day, the night, does it matter?

 

[krm6600]

yes it is very important you stop turning the eggs so they can position them selves for hatching. i hope you have a good turn out

 

[fried green eggs]

What should the humidity be at come tomorrow...day 18?

Humidity around 65% for days 19 to 21 No turning and keep incubator closed so humidity stays up. Good Luck

 

[Brenda Vause]

I'm incubating some eggs and Thursday is the day for lockdown for mine. I see dark masses in most of the eggs in the incubator. But I see no veining in any of them. The dark masses take up most of the egg. I do see the air sac areas. I candle with an inexpensive flashlight. Could that be the reason I don't see veining or movement?