Please Help ASAP! Candled Chicken Eggs on day 22!

[birds4c]

Hi! I have some incubating questions. I was incubating three chicken eggs and they haven’t hatched. It’s day 22 now. I took some pictures of the eggs when I candled them just now. I don’t really know what to look for when I candle them at this stage. As far as I can see there are no external pips. I’m using the Brinsea Mini II Advance incubator. My temperature was set at 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit. I kept one side of the water container filled throughout the incubation and three days before I filled both sides of the water container. I did lose electricity due to some storms in my area but I quickly put the incubator on a backup battery every time the power went out.
Please tell me if the chickens are still alive or not. I want to learn from any mistakes I made. I have assist hatched in the past so if I need to for these please let me know ASAP. I really want to have successful hatches in the future so please tell me what I did wrong if they died.
I’m sorry if my pictures are hard to see.

 

[nuthatched]

I'm sorry, those eggs quit about 2 weeks ago.

 

[birds4c]

Ok thank you for letting me know. Do you have any suggestions for what I can do for my next hatch? Are you able to tell why these died?

 

[nuthatched]

Ok thank you for letting me know. Do you have any suggestions for what I can do for my next hatch? Are you able to tell why these died?

They look like died pretty early in the incubation so I can't say, sometimes, eggs just 'quit'.

 

[birds4c]

Ok thank you! I’ll have to try again!

 

[Sierra G]

Here are a few things people usually forget to tell you that can make a bg difference.

Mark the eggs on two sides opposite each other so you can be sure they are being turned. Or so that you can make sure they all get turned every time. I usually put the date they were set on one side and a unique letter of the alphabet on the other. That way if you have multiple batches in on incubator you can tell them apart.

Wash you hands before you handle hatching eggs. Wash your hands before you gather them, before you put them in the incubator, before turning them, and before candling them. It may seem like a bother, but it can make a huge difference in your hatch rate.

Before setting any eggs make sure the temperature you set your incubator to is the actual temperature in the incubator. The more closely you calibrate and monitor the temperature the more successful your hatch will be.

Before you try to hatch shipped eggs, hatch some eggs from a local source. Shipping adds an additional layer of risk and complexity to your hatch. Local eggs give you an improved chance of success with eggs you can be surer weren't mishandled. When you get ready to try shipped eggs evaluate the shipper as carefully as possible. If the price seems too good go be true, it probably is. Even if the price is what you expect to have to pay, don't be afraid to ask for references. You don't want to spend three weeks incubating eggs and then hatching a few Buff Orpingtons if you ordered Lavender Orpingtons.

Don't crowd the eggs and ventilate your incubator. The temptation is to seal it up tight and keep the heat in. But chickens, even unhatched ones, need to breathe. The more eggs you have and the fewer the incubator will hold will both limit the amount of oxygen available to the embryos. Ventilation is really the only safe solution. Although putting a small dish of H2O2 in the incubator will bump humidity and O2 somewhat.

 

[birds4c]

Here are a few things people usually forget to tell you that can make a bg difference.

Mark the eggs on two sides opposite each other so you can be sure they are being turned. Or so that you can make sure they all get turned every time. I usually put the date they were set on one side and a unique letter of the alphabet on the other. That way if you have multiple batches in on incubator you can tell them apart.

Wash you hands before you handle hatching eggs. Wash your hands before you gather them, before you put them in the incubator, before turning them, and before candling them. It may seem like a bother, but it can make a huge difference in your hatch rate.

Before setting any eggs make sure the temperature you set your incubator to is the actual temperature in the incubator. The more closely you calibrate and monitor the temperature the more successful your hatch will be.

Before you try to hatch shipped eggs, hatch some eggs from a local source. Shipping adds an additional layer of risk and complexity to your hatch. Local eggs give you an improved chance of success with eggs you can be surer weren't mishandled. When you get ready to try shipped eggs evaluate the shipper as carefully as possible. If the price seems too good go be true, it probably is. Even if the price is what you expect to have to pay, don't be afraid to ask for references. You don't want to spend three weeks incubating eggs and then hatching a few Buff Orpingtons if you ordered Lavender Orpingtons.

Don't crowd the eggs and ventilate your incubator. The temptation is to seal it up tight and keep the heat in. But chickens, even unhatched ones, need to breathe. The more eggs you have and the fewer the incubator will hold will both limit the amount of oxygen available to the embryos. Ventilation is really the only safe solution. Although putting a small dish of H2O2 in the incubator will bump humidity and O2 somewhat.

Thank you! So helpful! I’ll have to remember these tips for next time!!