lost UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jj ranch]

well as you may know, yesterday was day 21, no pips nothing. now no movement or anything. all conditions in bator are fine. im afraid they are all gone. i know i should probably wait but i think after today i will start again.

not sure what went wrong but i cant believe i have nothing out of 30!!!

No pips but movement in some, i shifted bator just to wake em up and 3 moved!!! are they ok what do i do? is the membranes to tuff do you help???

 

[wegotchickens]

Give them at least 24-48 more hours. Maybe they are slow.

If you really can't stand to wait, pull one and tap a hole in the aircell and see if anyone in alive in there.

It's really hard, I know. Been there, done that!

 

[NurseNettie]

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Just sit and wait-- as previously posted-- wait at least another day to 2 days--at LEAST. And opening the incubator at all is going to delay it further.

It's winter-- it's probably just a bit cooler than previous hatches, so maybe they're just sleeping it off a bit and waiting til the last possible moment to come on out!!

 

[twotmama]

I just had to throw away 65, it just happens . Where the eggs fertile, did you candle then? After 21 days if they haven't hatch there probably not going to I know its hard, but the humidity, temperature , alot of things determine the outcome. Try reading up on some of the other posts on trouble shooting we have all had those bad batches.Hang in there practice makes perfect.

 

[jj ranch]

its really strange, i candled at day 16 or 17 and things looked fine. even saw one moving. heck some moved yesterday in egg. i think something went wrong in membrane of air sac. last hatch after day 21 we opened a tiny hole and the last two had been dead. so my hopes are not up on any live ones now. they did set out for a week before incubation, does that effect things inside?

 

[needmorechickens!]

If you saw movement at one point, then no, sitting out for a week didn't hurt them. What have your temps and humidity been like?
~Rebecca

 

[jj ranch]

temps 100 and humidity first 18 were 45 and now 65

 

[the_eagle69]

sounds good just wait 24 more hours will tell you more but do wait in the winter it some times takes 22 or 23 days i would wait one more at least maybe 2 but one for sure.

 

[wegotchickens]

Maybe increase the humidity?
Is it naturally humid where you are?

65 was too low for a chick I had pip last night. She was drying out so I bumped the humidity to 75% and she started prgressing again.

 

[jj ranch]

ok i will increase, just threw a wet napkin real fast in there