Lockdown screw up...

[R2elk]

I had to assist another one... is this opened up enough for it to push itself out when ready or do I need to take more off by its head?
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That is open enough. You may want to work its head out from under its wing.

 

[sunnie7]

I checked my last 4 eggs one isnt good probably stopped developing a week or so ago the other two seem okay but do have pretty large air cells...is this normal looking?

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I checked my last 4 eggs one isnt good probably stopped developing a week or so ago the other two seem okay but do have pretty large air cells...is this normal looking?
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Hard for me to see what’s up in your egg, but they do have large, possibly oddly shaped aircells as they get ready to hatch! The one that is labeled #2 is internally pipped, or the beak is pressing against the air cell membrane and about to internally pip. These eggs hatched the day after this candling pic.

 

[sunnie7]

Hard for me to see what’s up in your egg, but they do have large, possibly oddly shaped aircells as they get ready to hatch! The one that is labeled #2 is internally pipped, or the beak is pressing against the air cell membrane and about to internally pip. These eggs hatched the day after this candling pic.

What kind of light do you have? I’ve been trying two of my husband flashlights (he’s a police officer so I thought they’d be decent) but I think they are too wide it’s hard!
I rechecked the 3 eggs and I hear no chirping or see no movement do you think it’s safe to call it quits?

 

[R2elk]

What kind of light do you have? I’ve been trying two of my husband flashlights (he’s a police officer so I thought they’d be decent) but I think they are too wide it’s hard!
I rechecked the 3 eggs and I hear no chirping or see no movement do you think it’s safe to call it quits?

Adapting a flashlight as a candler

I call my hatch complete at the start of day 29.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

What kind of light do you have? I’ve been trying two of my husband flashlights (he’s a police officer so I thought they’d be decent) but I think they are too wide it’s hard!
I rechecked the 3 eggs and I hear no chirping or see no movement do you think it’s safe to call it quits?

I have two: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07P1R8BTL/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_inactive_ship_o0_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0757C678H/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_inactive_ship_o1_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You need to cup your had around the light source and egg so that all of the light goes to the egg instead of around it.

I’ve had a lot of staggered hatch issues from hens incubating some eggs more than others, but if you’ve collected every day, they should be better timed to hatch within a few days of each other. I open them as if doing an assisted hatch, from the aircell. That way, if it is alive, I can try to assist. If dead, I open it up to try to determine why it died, as troubleshooting for future hatches.