Roobaloo Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Well, it's the end of Day 22 and still no chicks...or even a sign of life. What should I do now? Do I leave it any longer? Do I risk the temp/humidity and examine them? Or call it a day and switch off the incy? I'm pretty resigned to it being over but a part of me doesn't want to just give up..."just in case" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I would candle them or leave them until day 24/25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I'm at the end of day 22 too and four eggs have just pipped so dont despair yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) I would candle them or leave them until day 24/25 What would I expect to see? When I candled on Day 16 I could barely see anything but shadow, one had the tiniest movement in it but it was brief. Edited July 23, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 I'm at the end of day 22 too and four eggs have just pipped so dont despair yet Is it quite common to go past day 21 then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 My pekin bantams were hatched on day 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madchickenlady Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Any news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Still nothing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 I'd leave it another day. Have you put the eggs to your ear? Can you hear cheeping? If you tap the egg gently with your fingernail, do you hear the chick tapping back? Sounds daft, but they often do. If the egg feels heavy and sloshy, it might be bad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 The OH turned the incy off. He misunderstood my comments about it looking hopeless and he unplugged it last night... Though, I candled them this morning (too creeped out to open them...) and the one that I thought was promising definitely obviously died shortly after I candled it on day 16 as there was less 'mass' in the egg...and it had moved away from the air sac (so there's now a clear section around the air sac) The other one had an unusually shaped air sac on day 16 and this had just got worse...there just didn't seem enough room for a chick. The other two weren't looking viable on day 16 (the shadow area was still small) so I think these had died before day 16 but left them in just in case but there's been no change. Once I saw the first one candled looked gone, I was pretty much convinced that it was all a lost cause but there's a part of me that feels sad that the incy got turned off....again, "just in case". Thank you to everyone for their help, support and advice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Sorry you've had rotten luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Oh heck. Bad luck. It is a very hit and miss business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 Well, at least I still have some little bundles of fluff...the chicks I bought in case I only had the one egg hatch!! So I guess it's not a complete loss...I missed seeing any hatching but I started with some eggs and have ended with chicks... Silver linings and all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madchickenlady Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 A shame that your eggs didn't make it, but glad you have chicks anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotz2612 Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 My 1st attempt of incubation resulted in 13 non-starters and 2 half developed chicks...it does happen, unfortunately thats nature...even if you think your taking the nature factor out of it...it will always appear somewhere! Keep your chin up and try again...I did, and i now have 3 beautiful 4day old bantams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Lamb Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 My first hatching I got four Columbian Pekins. Then one drowned, I was so upset. Then I put twelve Australorp bantams in along side another six columbian pekin's. There was movement with most of the eggs and one could here them make a sound. Two pekins hatched and decided to play running up and down over the eggs. The eggs being turned by the chicks.I took them out as soon as they had dried and put them into the Novitcal brooder, praying that the chicks not yet hatched would be all right. Two days on no more hatched eggs. All I can do is thank my blessings that two from this hatch have lived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
