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It will be fine for 3 days. I know what you are going through. This last hatch I had one hatch early then nothing...and nothing...and nothing lol. Finally I couldn't stand it any longer and pulled a couple to candle. They had internally pipped and I heard chirping. A few hours later I had babies everywhere. Did you candle them before you put them into lockdown...to pull out the duds, check air sac development etc?
Checked them today, alas other than the one hatched chick, only 4 other eggs showed any development. All the rest were completely clear. The four are still in the incubator. Hopefully one will hatch so my lone chick won't be TOO spoiled. Must have been a rocky trip for them.
Did you happen to jot down the names of the roosters on the eggs that didn't develop or see how the air sacs were?
I know Carla's were from broken air sacs due to the post office probably using it like a ball. I have another batch sent just 1 week after yours and hers that are developing great 14 out of 16 I think she said - same roosters as Carla's batch, same packaging etc. I had another report of clear eggs just last night - all smooth like yours - sent out one week after yours but I also a report from a local person who set smooth eggs at the same time you did and has 10 out of 12 developing. I regularly check fertility once a week in all the pens - break open eggs and look for the bullseye so I know the eggs are fertile which makes all this even more perplexing.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the other ones and of course putting you back on the list for replacement eggs if you want them? I do not like to see anyone have bad hatches for whatever reason so I always replace them.
edited to say I just ran across a thread with ex-postal workers commenting about how packages are not xrayed. I can't really verify it but I think I would trust them? But then I found another thread saying that mail is randomly put through xray machines at the airports when it is shipped. Just more confusion...
Letting them set overnight - at least 12 hours - increased hatch rates per the posters, which I always do that but I'm not sure everyone does?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6435985
It will be fine for 3 days. I know what you are going through. This last hatch I had one hatch early then nothing...and nothing...and nothing lol. Finally I couldn't stand it any longer and pulled a couple to candle. They had internally pipped and I heard chirping. A few hours later I had babies everywhere. Did you candle them before you put them into lockdown...to pull out the duds, check air sac development etc?
Checked them today, alas other than the one hatched chick, only 4 other eggs showed any development. All the rest were completely clear. The four are still in the incubator. Hopefully one will hatch so my lone chick won't be TOO spoiled. Must have been a rocky trip for them.
Did you happen to jot down the names of the roosters on the eggs that didn't develop or see how the air sacs were?
I know Carla's were from broken air sacs due to the post office probably using it like a ball. I have another batch sent just 1 week after yours and hers that are developing great 14 out of 16 I think she said - same roosters as Carla's batch, same packaging etc. I had another report of clear eggs just last night - all smooth like yours - sent out one week after yours but I also a report from a local person who set smooth eggs at the same time you did and has 10 out of 12 developing. I regularly check fertility once a week in all the pens - break open eggs and look for the bullseye so I know the eggs are fertile which makes all this even more perplexing.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the other ones and of course putting you back on the list for replacement eggs if you want them? I do not like to see anyone have bad hatches for whatever reason so I always replace them.
edited to say I just ran across a thread with ex-postal workers commenting about how packages are not xrayed. I can't really verify it but I think I would trust them? But then I found another thread saying that mail is randomly put through xray machines at the airports when it is shipped. Just more confusion...
Letting them set overnight - at least 12 hours - increased hatch rates per the posters, which I always do that but I'm not sure everyone does?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6435985
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