Incubating...

[SarahFair]

So tomorrow will be hatch day...or maybe the next day. Depends on how you count the days.

When I candled them a few days ago I saw HUGE air sacs so I *hope* this means they are developing still
I noticed they didnt look like the other chicks I just hatched. When I candled them on their 18th day I could see feathers, veins, and sometimes movement. I see none of this with the peafowl eggs. Just black mass.
Should I expect to hatch?

 

[chickenzoo]

Yep, that's all I see before they hatch..................

 

[Baron Von Cluck]

I had several peafowl eggs as well a week ago, they all had black masses, Only one had a chick inside, So don't be surprised if you only get 1 or fewer then the eggs are.

 

[SarahFair]

Yea Im expecting only 1 to hatch..
If any.

Yesterday when all the others hatched I came home to find they had moved them around. Alot.

I hear nothing out of them as of now and see no movement.
How long should I give them before I call it quits?

 

[SarahFair]

There is still nothing out of them. This could be day 28 or 29

 

[chickenzoo]

Depending on heat and humidity it take a day longer. You could tap a hole in the top of one of the eggs and see if you see anything........... if so cover the hole again with a piece of tape.

 

[peachick]

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Candle them.... if you see movement they are alive
If not, they are done.
If you see them tapping at the shell put a small hole in the air cell so you know they at least have air..... then we wait and hope they can do the rest on their own.

Good luck!

 

[SarahFair]

Ok well I candled the egg I thought would hatch and even had my boyfriend look (just so I knew my eyes werent tricking me into seeing what I wanted lol) and he said he saw movement too..but it was very very slight.
How would I go about poking a hole in the air cell (which is the size of half the egg!)?

 

[deerman]

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Large end of egg, should be able to see air cell when you candle them.

Use a small nail, or pin.

 

[SarahFair]

Well I opened all 3.
One was developed under 5 days and the other 2 under ten days..

Maybe next time