Should I be concerned?

[josebonilla]

Hey guys! I barely got chickens a few months ago and I was gifted an incubator (Nurture 360). I decided to incubate some eggs (12) and today is the 18th day. Before I remove the tray and add more water for the humidity I decided to candle the eggs. I candled these big white ones I put since those are the only ones that I can see anything. The first one looks nice and the last but the rest are a little weird. Should I be concerned?

 

[OneHappyDuckie]

@MGG

It looks to me like all of the eggs pictured are dead
They should be taking up most of the egg by now and have visible veins.

 

[MGG]

Hey guys! I barely got chickens a few months ago and I was gifted an incubator (Nurture 360). I decided to incubate some eggs (12) and today is the 18th day. Before I remove the tray and add more water for the humidity I decided to candle the eggs. I candled these big white ones I put since those are the only ones that I can see anything. The first one looks nice and the last but the rest are a little weird. Should I be concerned?

Welcome to BYC!
Unfortunately, those are all dead, as Duckie said. Did you calibrate a thermometer prior to incubating?

 

[citymeetscountry]

I agree with other posters, they all look dead. When did you last candle?

 

[josebonilla]

@MGG

It looks to me like all of the eggs pictured are dead
They should be taking up most of the egg by now and have visible veins.

What could be the cause of death?

Welcome to BYC!
Unfortunately, those are all dead, as Duckie said. Did you calibrate a thermometer prior to incubating?

I didn’t. I will next time

 

[josebonilla]

I agree with other posters, they all look dead. When did you last candle?

Those pictures were from today 2 hours ago.

 

[citymeetscountry]

Those pictures were from today 2 hours ago.

I understand that. Is this the first you’ve candled them?

 

[josebonilla]

Nope I’ve candled them every once and a while since day 5ish. They looked fine to me after all this is my first time incubating. I only know to look out for the ring.

 

[OneHappyDuckie]

What could be the cause of death?

There are a ton of reasons that could be the cause. What temperature and humidity did you incubate at? Did the temp stay consistent throughout the incubation? How long did you have them out of the incubator when you candled them?

 

[josebonilla]

Temperature always stayed at 99.5 (that’s what the incubator said) and humidity was between 45-55. Although there was times where the humidity dropped to 30 when I woke up but I immediately added more water. When candling I only took less than 5 minutes.