When to give up?

[azrc]

My eggs are due to hatch today. I'd been candling the eggs with inconclusive results. I did throw out the clear eggs and something was growing in the ones that I left in the incubator, but I couldn't see through the shells enough to tell what.

Anyway, they've been 'locked down' for the last three days, but I hear no peeping from the eggs or any movement. How long should I wait before taking them out before they explode?

 

[CountryPantry]

It can take longer than you think. I leave mine in at least 4 more days. Never had an exlosion, even 7 days later,

 

[fancbrd4me02]

I leave mine 4 or 5 days. I just can't toss them until I am sure they won't hatch.

 

[MakNat]

I just had the same thing happen to me. My temps were low.... BAD thermometer... Mine hatched day 23... Not as many as I had hoped. Just be patient.... The hardest thing for me! I'd give the another couple of days!!! Good luck!!

 

[Sasquatch]

Last year I throw some eggs into the trash on day 24. An hour later, I heard peeping from the can. I apparently scared two into hatching.

 

[MakNat]

Did they hatch and survive???

 

[azrc]

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Thanks, I think I'm just more impatient to try again since I have a lot better idea what to expect this time around...and I have 80 eggs(!) waiting to have a go at it.

 

[Sasquatch]

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Yes and were a FFA project.

 

[ginbart]

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If you can't see in the egg that means a chick is growing. Give them time. I never hear peeping it drives me nuts. Let us know how you make out.

 

[duckluck]

Depending on how loud your incubator is, you might not be able to hear the peeping...I didn't hear any cheeps on my first hatch of 6 eggs, and I had to really strain to hear any on the last one, but I did catch them when I listened carefully. They were also not as easy to catch wiggling as the last hatch.