Should I give them more time?

[Poodlemum]

Day 21 was Friday, we have two chicks that hatched then. Two eggs left (pictured) are top heavy with large air sacks. The third is smaller air sack and evenly balanced, but blue is impossible to see through, not internally pipped. Never seen any wiggles from all three. When would you call it finished?

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Personally, yes. At this point I would poke a hole in each air cell and check for movement. If none them are moving I would slowly open them up from the air cell checking every once in a while to be certain there is no movement.

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Day 21 was Friday, we have two chicks that hatched then. Two eggs left (pictured) are top heavy with large air sacks. The third is smaller air sack and evenly balanced, but blue is impossible to see through, not internally pipped. Never seen any wiggles from all three. When would you call it finished?

View attachment 3198524View attachment 3198525

Are you seeing movement? They look like they died, but it’s hard to tell.

 

[Poodlemum]

Are you seeing movement? They look like they died, but it’s hard to tell.

The brown has been questionable for a little bit, I wasn’t happy with the veining level right before lockdown. The blues were too hard to see at all honestly. Even in full dark, just too opaque

 

[Poodlemum]

Personally, yes. At this point I would poke a hole in each air cell and check for movement. If none them are moving I would slowly open them up from the air cell checking every once in a while to be certain there is no movement.

Thank you, I that sounds like my gut response as well

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

The brown has been questionable for a little bit, I wasn’t happy with the veining level right before lockdown. The blues were too hard to see at all honestly. Even in full dark, just too opaque

Ok, I would leave them then for a few more days, they could be just late hatchers

 

[SmiYa0126]

Day 21 was Friday, we have two chicks that hatched then. Two eggs left (pictured) are top heavy with large air sacks. The third is smaller air sack and evenly balanced, but blue is impossible to see through, not internally pipped. Never seen any wiggles from all three. When would you call it finished?

View attachment 3198524View attachment 3198525

Poke a safety hole in both, see if that makes them pip internally.

 

[Poodlemum]

Brown and the blue pictured were definitely dead We think there might have been a few chirps from the last egg though and took a break before adding a safety hole. Yolks weren’t fully absorbed and both had the head under wing, membrane very tight. We have very successfully dry hatched several times during the winter (from local eggs, not ours), so I’m interested in reading up on the effects of air conditioning vs central heat. The humidity levels were equal, so I didn’t think much of it until the end when the air cells looked so large on those two only

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

You

Brown and the blue pictured were definitely dead We think there might have been a few chirps from the last egg though and took a break before adding a safety hole. Yolks weren’t fully absorbed and both had the head under wing, membrane very tight. We have very successfully dry hatched several times during the winter (from local eggs, not ours), so I’m interested in reading up on the effects of air conditioning vs central heat. The humidity levels were equal, so I didn’t think much of it until the end when the air cells looked so large on those two only

You can still poke a safety hole. Just check for movement through the hole.

 

[Poodlemum]

Sooooooo, this egg has been gone a LONGGGGGGG time. No discernible development and maybe a smidge of tiny greyish matter that disintegrated immediately. 2/12 final hatch, 7/12 viable. 2 (or I guess 3) very early quitters, 2 late quitters