Still no chicks hatched

[Karaski]

It’s past day 25 and still no chicks I heard chirping last week but it has since stopped. Did I lose them?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

If you heard chirping they should have hatched the next day or so. Next time candle them to see if they've internally pipped and do a safety hole. Where they Marans? Some eggs are so hard the chicks have a hard time hatching out especially if their mothers didn't have higher protein feed when laying the eggs. (the nutrients in the yolk give the chick their energy.) You may need to also adjust the humidity at lockdown too.

 

[Karaski]

If you heard chirping they should have hatched the next day or so. Next time candle them to see if they've internally pipped and do a safety hole. Where they Marans? Some eggs are so hard the chicks have a hard time hatching out especially if their mothers didn't have higher protein feed when laying the eggs. (the nutrients in the yolk give the chick their energy.) You may need to also adjust the humidity at lockdown too.

They were batnams. I never thought I do that. I kept the humidity at what I read was good for them and thought they were going to hatch after the chirping. I’m not sure what I should do now? Float test?

 

[KingD]

They were batnams. I never thought I do that. I kept the humidity at what I read was good for them and thought they were going to hatch after the chirping. I’m not sure what I should do now? Float test?

It's all a learning curve.
All of us have lots chicks before. It's sad, but you get better at it over time.
Humidity control is the thing that really matters most for the day's up to hatching.

I wish you good luck!

 

[nuthatched]

They were batnams. I never thought I do that. I kept the humidity at what I read was good for them and thought they were going to hatch after the chirping. I’m not sure what I should do now? Float test?

Float test is one of the worst things you can do.
Did you make sure that the temperature and humidity were reading right.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

 

[Mellowmalt]

there is no chance any will have made it 4 days past hatch day so they died in the shell.
A float test would not harm at all to confirm they are dead and what I would do. You place the egg in water to check for tiny movements. It should only be done to confirm most likely death but is better than opening up the egg sometimes.

There can be many reasons to eggs not hatching from the parents genetics, vitamin deficiency, wrong incubator temps or not the right humidity levels.

Opening the dead eggs can maybe reveal a bit more about the possible reasons things went wrong. If the membrane looks dry and tight then they might have gotten stuck in the shell but a lot of times it is just pure speculation. Figuring out if it was the incubator parameters should be the top priority. You haven't actually mentioned what you went for, bantams are tricky anyway as the eggs are smaller. The most likely culprits if it was incubator parameters will be too high temperature or too low humidity - either throughout or lockdown. If you are 100% your thermometer is accurately calibrated and you think everything was right then I'd blame where they came from.

 

[Karaski]

Float test is one of the worst things you can do.
Did you make sure that the temperature and humidity were reading right.

Yes I did I have a humidity gage in the incubator.