Worried about eggs.

[Lalo Moreno]

Today is day 25, 2 of my eggs are yet to hatch. I did the float test and they look good they are floating about 15-20% above and they wiggle a little. What should I do?

 

[ChickNanny13]

Wait & see What date did you start? What is your temperature? Humidity? What kind of eggs; Chicken, Duck, Turkey, Quail?

 

[Lalo Moreno]

Wait & see What date did you start? What is your temperature? Humidity? What kind of eggs; Chicken, Duck, Turkey, Quail?

They are chicken eggs. I started roughly 25 days ago temps and humidity are good.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Wait & see ... Chicken eggs "normally" take 21 days to hatch counting the day after placing in the incubator as day 1. Humidity usually starts off low (40 - 50%) until day 18, then raise to about 65 - 70%, temps 100* but I'm not experienced, just what I read.

Hopefully @oldhenlikesdogs @junebuggena @Pyxis got some advice?

 

[JaeG]

Trust in the process - that's all you can do. You can candle them to see what's going on/check they are still alive as long as you don't turn the egg - keep it in the same position it has been in for lockdown so as not to confuse the chick who may try to turn around and get stuck. There will be a little shadow beak in the air cell if it has internally pipped. You should see it moving slightly. A dead chick will look very black and lumpy and there won't be any hint of movement.

You may have a cold spot in your incubator where these two eggs were. And the incubation times are just the average time the eggs take to hatch. Fingers crossed they'll pop out soon.

 

[MountaingateHomestead]

What humidity do you have the eggs at? Also make sure you aren't constantly opening the incubator to check on them. It can mess with the humidity and not allow them to hatch. If you shipped the eggs through the mail it can add an extra day in my opinion. The date in which you set the eggs calculate 21 days. Hope this helps!

 

[ChickNanny13]

 

[Lalo Moreno]

Today is technically still day 24 by 6:00pm it will be day 25. Still no pip or sounds from eggs. When should I call it a quit? And how will I dispose of the eggs? I’m not giving up just asking. I have lots of fertile eggs so I’ll give it another try if they don’t hatch.

 

[JaeG]

Candle them and see if there's anything moving in the air cell. A dead chick looks lumpy and there will be yellowish, clearish liquid gaps between it and the air cell.

 

[ChickNanny13]

You could do an eggtopsy; open carefully to see when they gave up. When you see "sweating" & smell they're rotten, time to quit. I wrap in newspaper (carefully) put in a plastic bag with no holes & take to the nearest landfill.