Need advice

[HeiHeisMom]

Ok. Eggs in question were laid and set on August 26th.
We're at day 25. No sound, can't see movements but I water candled and both are still viable. Even mild movements.
I do not however see any veining. Air sacs are good, do not see any internal pips.
The rest of this set ( 8 total, 6 live hatched, but 2 died several hours later), 4 are healthy except one thst has a cranial deformity and is blind in right (long distance vision) eye. Otherwise she's very active and healthy.
I hate to abandon these last two, but is there much chance they'll hatch, or hatch healthy?
Incubator has fan, set at 38 celcius, kept humidity 55-60 until last week when it was I creased to 65.
Suggestions? Thoughts?
Thank you!

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

Are you sure they were moving or was the water moving them? Have you seen them move at all or any shadows when light candling?

 

[HeiHeisMom]

No movement with light camdling.
I waited and watched with water to be sure it wasn't water movement.
About time I was giving up one twitched, the other one bobbed later.

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

Is this a staggered hatch or all set same day? How did you store them? Maybe these eggs are just behind. If you are sure they’re alive I’d give it another day then I’d put a small hole in the top of the blunt end and take a peek

 

[bobbi-j]

The later it gets, the less chance these will be healthy. If all the eggs were started at the same time, they should all hatch within 24 hours or close to it. There is usually a reason if they don’t hatch on time, and that reason usually that there is something wrong with the chick.

 

[Sara L]

I would gently put a hole into the big end of each egg and see if the chick is alive. If it's alive, go through the thread about assisted hatching, but be aware that chicks that require help may not make it or may have serious disabilities; and sometimes they are healthy but just stuck.

 

[HeiHeisMom]

Yes they were staggered by a day or two, but those set the latest have already hatched.
We'll try a peek tonight.
Thanks for the advice

 

[aart]

Suggestions? Thoughts?

With the deformity and death after hatch(anything visually wrong with those chicks?),
I might suspect incubation temperature issues.
Did you test/calibrate your thermometers?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...incubator-thermometers-and-hygrometers.73634/

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@HeiHeisMom are the eggs that you set from your personal flock? If they are it would be a good idea to figure out which cock or hen threw the chick with the cranial deformity and remove the bird from your breeding flock.

 

[HeiHeisMom]

With the deformity and death after hatch(anything visually wrong with those chicks?),
I might suspect incubation temperature issues.
Did you test/calibrate your thermometers?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...incubator-thermometers-and-hygrometers.73634/