Longest time for incubation for chickens

[Bigmunk~777]

Hello I've tried incubating chicken eggs for the first time and they are overdoo. Not sure why. When i water candled them there is still movement. But there are been some eggs that were moving like crazy then just stopped like a couple days later and began oozing out stinky fuilds and one had blood leaking out. Whats the longest its every taken to incubate eggs. I had very unsuccessful hatch rates. I did however have 3 japanese quail hatch and one other battam chick i believe cause it has 5 toes on its feet. I'm giving it another go around this weekend after all my new fertile eggs arrive from ebay. Hopefully i get better hatch rates.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hi, welcome to BYC!

Sorry for your cruddy hatches, that can be a bummer.

Though it's possible for later hatches I find they get weaker with time. Anything that isn't hatched by day 22 get unplugged here at day 23.

If I had to guess, you have some issues going on with your incubator... though shipped eggs add for extra challenge.

I'm guessing you don't mind if we have a go at diagnosing what went wrong in the past? So what incubator are you using? Forced or still air? Were all your previous eggs shipped? Are you hatching the quail at the same time? What temp are you using and humidity for your first 18 days? What is your turning process? How many thermometers and hygrometers are you using and have they been calibrated? Have you tried to hatch any from your own stick yet?

Ugh, personally hate Ebay... though I know plenty have had good experiences there.

Are your ebay shippers NPIP? Have you read the hatching 101 article and specifically the part on shipped eggs?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/hatching-eggs-101.64195/

What breed are you hatching? Egg color makes a difference on your humidity level required to not drown chicks at pip.

My very favorite hatching resource aside from the article I already posted a link to is...
OH NO!!! I'm getting the "error 404 not found" message. I can only hope to find it again or that because it's a PDF is somehow hiding on my own computer.

Anyways... Unless it's a shipped egg issue... we should be able to help you get better hatches.

Other possibilities are genetics, inbreeding too closely for too long, and poor nutrition of parent stock.

Hoping for happy hatching in your future!