May Hatch Thread--Fill up those bators n' broodies!

Dolfi, have you tried float testing? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ng-egg-viability-for-late-or-overdue-hatching
I have never done it, but others have had good success. If you have questionable results on some, I would candle them and look for movement. If no movement you can wait another day and try again, or you can open the egg...again I have not done this myself, but I have read up on it just in case:/ Poke a hole in the air cell, and look to see if there is internal pipping (the beak has broken through the interior membrane into the air cell). Whether yes or no, look to see if there is any movement. If yes, cover the hole with a damp paper towel and return to the incubator. If none, or limp and floppy, the chick is dead.
This is all coming from a newbie, just repeating what I have read elsewhere, so hopefully others will chime in. Good luck!
i did the float test.. three floated and three went down. i open them and they were all fully diveloped but dead. what happen this is so bad. i hate to loose them what did i do wrong. need help, im having shipped eggs for tommorrow and i want them all to hatch. whats the humidity supposed to be before lock down may be thats the problem i only worried for lock down. the inner membrance was stuck to all six babies.

some one please educate me
 
Are you serious????? LOL There is not a dang thing going on here!
yea for real,
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i have stumbled upon the most presice and perfect incubation method exelent hatch rates with minamal loss
 
New Baby! Well, I guess s/he didn't need help! My first chick ever is out of the shell! I am twitterpated :) S/he is a Cream Legbar, so I will be able to sex it once it fluffs. One more egg has pipped, and the remaining 3 haven't done anything so far. Started with 21 eggs... Crossing my fingers for the remaining 4! As an aside, since this one hatched, I am getting a lot of condensation on the insides of my Brinsea mini. Should I be concerned? Not much I can do to dehumidify at this point without risking shrink-wrapping, but any ideas???
 
New Baby! Well, I guess s/he didn't need help! My first chick ever is out of the shell! I am twitterpated :) S/he is a Cream Legbar, so I will be able to sex it once it fluffs. One more egg has pipped, and the remaining 3 haven't done anything so far. Started with 21 eggs... Crossing my fingers for the remaining 4! As an aside, since this one hatched, I am getting a lot of condensation on the insides of my Brinsea mini. Should I be concerned? Not much I can do to dehumidify at this point without risking shrink-wrapping, but any ideas???
thats what i think happen to mine shrink-wrapping. i need to corect that. so upset. all my six had that
 
simple,,,, toss out all the stuff we have been taught by the experts on incubating and hatching and abuse the crap out of your sets dont give a hoot about temps and humidity and through caution to the wind
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lol I guess im upset cause i lost six chicks because of the shrink wrap thing and have no idea how to corect it.
 

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