Peafowl eggs and candling reposted here

[Gruber12]

ummmmm conversion goes to 98.6 F

or 37C in australia land

 

[Garden Peas]

ummmmm conversion goes to 98.6 F

or 37C in australia land

I usually use something just a tiny bit warmer, around 99.5 F, which would be about 37.5 C.

That may have "slowed down" your eggs a bit... don't give up yet! And since the eggs are starting to generate heat at the end (as @KsKingBee was explaining), probably not a good idea to try to bump up the temperature now. @DylansMom & @KsKingBee , what do you think?

 

[Garden Peas]

Meanwhile, you might want to candle the eggs one at a time (keep the bator closed with the rest of them) and check for signs of hatching, like noises, cracks or pips, etc. I sometimes hold an egg to my ear to listen for a few moments

But be careful not to let them get chilled.

 

[Gruber12]

ive candled them but no idea what iam looking at

 

[Garden Peas]

ive candled them but no idea what iam looking at

Were you still able to see air sacs at the blunt end of the egg?

Could you see any motion?

Did you hear any noises at all?

Anything pipped or chipped?

 

[Gruber12]

dont see much in the way of motion, saw the airsacks, dont hear any noise

 

[Gruber12]

after some candling and thinking back, I dont think some actually developed proparly or fully, I think 2 are at a basic embryo stage

 

[Garden Peas]

Oh dear. Does it look as though any of them could hatch?

 

[DylansMom]

I usually use something just a tiny bit warmer, around 99.5 F, which would be about 37.5 C.

That may have "slowed down" your eggs a bit... don't give up yet! And since the eggs are starting to generate heat at the end (as @KsKingBee was explaining), probably not a good idea to try to bump up the temperature now. @DylansMom & @KsKingBee , what do you think?

That could have definitely slowed them down, but there should still be movement if they are alive. I am a very nosy soul and I will candle almost daily, so I don't put a lot of stock in the belief that you shouldn't open the bator more than a couple of times, I know some people think they should be left alone, but I watch the hens get off and walk around once or twice a day. When my hen was sitting on those late eggs it was in the 60's - 70's while she was doing that and the fertile ones hatched. I can usually spot a deceased embryo immediately there are changes. A strong candler is a must have and at this stage I would look around the edge of the air cell for movement, usually a more advanced embryo pretty much fills that egg and the whole thing looks dark except a little bit here and there along he edge of the air cell. I think I read that they were due to hatch Sunday, today, if they were under temp. it could ad a few days, I've heard of hatching at 31 days but no later than that.
Good luck to you and your eggs @Gruber12

 

[Garden Peas]

He is 18 hours ahead of me, and 16 hours ahead of you so it is now 3 am on Monday where he lives. The latest candling results didn't sound promising but I can't tell if he thought some might still be viable