Still alive?

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So I had a broody hen who sat on a clutch of eggs for a while. I don’t know for sure how long, but a cat scared her off her nest. She left it over night and it was a pretty cold night. Upon examining the eggs one chick was either hatching or the egg cracked but it was dead. It looked like it was within days of hatching so I took the rest of the eggs and put them in my old still air incubator. I figured they were all dead but I thought why not try. I treated it like it was lock down time because Of the half hatched chick I found. Within a couple of day’s I heard them chirping and moving in the eggs. That was 2 day’s ago and I’ve heard nothing since. Because of the circumstances, I just threw them in and the only thing I had was a thermometer to regulate temperature. I have no idea what the actual humidity is but I did follow the instructions of the incubator. They never pipped but have stopped chirping.. do you think they died and If so what do you think went wrong? Humidity?

 

[Ruby Rogue]

Maybe they're just resting...my eggs didn't make much noise or movement before they hatched.

 

[MGG]

Tru

So I had a broody hen who sat on a clutch of eggs for a while. I don’t know for sure how long, but a cat scared her off her nest. She left it over night and it was a pretty cold night. Upon examining the eggs one chick was either hatching or the egg cracked but it was dead. It looked like it was within days of hatching so I took the rest of the eggs and put them in my old still air incubator. I figured they were all dead but I thought why not try. I treated it like it was lock down time because Of the half hatched chick I found. Within a couple of day’s I heard them chirping and moving in the eggs. That was 2 day’s ago and I’ve heard nothing since. Because of the circumstances, I just threw them in and the only thing I had was a thermometer to regulate temperature. I have no idea what the actual humidity is but I did follow the instructions of the incubator. They never pipped but have stopped chirping.. do you think they died and If so what do you think went wrong? Humidity?

Try candling them and look for movement.