When should I throw away my eggs?

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

hello everyone so I just Finished incubating a batch of eggs and the last one hatched Thursday and none are piped I did the water float test thing and only like three tipped over maybe 4 or five but they didn't move and I don't have any more hope left in the eggs it's to bad because I think I did everything correctly but only 5 out of 41 hatched so and I spent 50$! On 19 leg bar eggs and only one hatched which made me scared to throw them away but none of them even tipped over in the float test so it's day 25 and I like to wait a few more days but only a few tipped and non piped what do you think?!

 

[SunHwaKwon]

With the float treat you need the water to be warm, obviously, and perfectly still and you look for the egg to move on it's own. It can be pretty hard to see, really. I just use candling to look for signs of life. Did you candle the eggs when you got them? Shipped eggs are a real Gamble and I've had some really great hatches and some zeros as well. In that sense they are like buying lottery tickets; don't spend more than what you're willing to lose.

Was this your first time incubating?

 

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

No it was my second and my first time I messed up everything but I got eight chicks thanks for the advice

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Have you candled them at any point?

 

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

Have you candled them at any point?

yes day 18 and all looked fertile but none moved

 

[SunHwaKwon]

In what way did they look fertile? Did you compare them to candling pictures?

I am starting to think you should call it quits on them.

 

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

Yeah I will toss them tonight

In what way did they look fertile? Did you compare them to candling pictures?

I am starting to think you should call it quits on them.