Stillborn egg?

[Sassah001]

I am midhatch right now, 2 of my 5 have hatched. I candled the last three:

Egg 1 has one dark end and one light end but nothing moving
Egg 2 has a chick in it but it is very small and not really swimming around
Egg 3 doesn't have anything going on


Whats going on with egg one? is egg 2 stillborn? I need to know whether or not to take her eggs from her!

 

[silkiechicken]

Ideally, if you are mid hatch, you should leave the eggs be. Even if under a hen, it is best to leave the eggs be from day 18-22 as any change in humidity can jeopardize their ability to hatch by drying out membranes. Since it sounds like they are under a hen, were the eggs all started on the same day? If they were not all started on the same day, some could be a bit behind. From the description, sounds like either the eggs were not set on the same day, or that the remainders are quitters.

 

[Sassah001]

They were started on the same day. And they are under a hen. we are right in the middle of day 22 as of now. Should I pull them if after day 22 there still isn't anything?

 

[silkiechicken]

I would give it until tomorrow and then pull them all. Egg 2 and 3 are not going to make it for sure, but egg 1 might have a chance if for some reason it was asleep when you looked. I would venture to guess though that the the ones that haven't hatched wont. Congrats on the two babies you did get though!

 

[Freebie]

I had 6 eggs under a hen. One hatched out on the 25th and two more just hatched yesterday. They all looked viable on Tuesday, like they could be anytime as I could not see a thing in them .(all dark, but no movement.) I think I will just let them sit now till she gets up. I hope the other 3 hatch too, but I will wait and see, I would def take the one with nothing going on out and leave the other one.