What day are they?

[Clodill4rel]

What day are they? They are chicks in our incubator….. I had to bring them inside from our broody and one looks further than the others (but it is also in a dark brown egg). Here are the pics if anyone can give us an estimate we have them for 5 more days set….. going into lockdown in two more days…..is this going to be ok if they go into it too early ? I can reset the incubator if I get enough opinions on an age here

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Clearly they were not started incubating the same day. So other hens volunteered eggs to the nest, and you didn't remove the newcomers.
The last picture is just about 4 days away from hatching. The first and third are only about halfway through incubation and the second may be a couple days further along.

 

[Clodill4rel]

Clearly they were not started incubating the same day. So other hens volunteered eggs to the nest, and you didn't remove the newcomers.
The last picture is just about 4 days away from hatching. The first and third are only about halfway through incubation and the second may be a couple days further along.

 

[Clodill4rel]

yes they are different stages that’s what I think as well. we had a few things that happened and moved them inside. They are from three hens ….we also had a good week of heat wave here in Las Vegas. Do you have a recommendation on incubation? I’m more concerned about lockdown and what I am suppose to do here

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Are you still turning them? I believe the critical time for turning has passed. So the way to proceed at this point is to raise the humidity if air cells are an appropriate size for this stage of development and you can stop turning soon.
The hen has already turned them religiously for over a week and the extra embryonic membranes (chorion, amnion and allantois) have already developed.

 

[Clodill4rel]

Are you still turning them? I believe the critical time for turning has passed. So the way to proceed at this point is to raise the humidity if air cells are an appropriate size for this stage of development and you can stop turning soon.
The hen has already turned them religiously for over a week and the extra embryonic membranes (chorion, amnion and allantois) have already developed.

 

[Clodill4rel]

Thank you for your response! We have decided to pull out the other incubator and proceed with lockdown tomorrow night for the one that is furthest along and leave the others in for a few more days I think 3 before going into lockdown.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

good plan