Help with chicken eggs please! urgent?

Question

my eggs were due 5 days ago and they have not hatched yet? tep and humidity perfect! about 4 days ago a egg got cracked and some off the shell came off it and it had a tiny chick in which only looked like a 14 day old chick when it should have been a 22 day old. how big are they when they hatch are they the full egg or 3/4? im so confused now also the other chick was only about 1 1/2 inch big,

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Answer 1

I don't think there are slow growers in an incubating egg ,a healthy chick will hatch on the 21st day give or take a day ,no more.All sort of things seem to be wrong with the clutch you have been incubating,the duration isn't right nor the size of the chick ,sorry but this batch needs to be written off .

Healthy chicks will pip the egg shell on the 21st day or thereabouts,soon the crack goes all round the shell,lifting off a tiny lid,out pops a bird that surely would have occupied all available space within the shell,after a spell of quiet to dry out,the chick is full of life & will scurry around the available space.Remember to candle the eggs around five to seven days of incubation , next time around,this will avoid disappointment at hatching time.

Answer 2

did chick come out at 21 days ?

Answer 3

The egg will be full; but if you have a severe thunder storm on the day they are to hatch, they'll die in the shell. This has been well known for 100's of years--but now we know why. The barometric pressure rising and falling kills the chicks. But, only on the day they are to hatch.

Answer 4

The chick should fill the entire egg. When the chick starts moving the shell would move also because the chick should be so big. I have never seen a tiny chick loosely inside a big egg.

As for your other egg, put it by your ear or a stethoscope. Try to listen for any sounds. If it is silent, then there is no chick. It is an unfertilized egg.

You can also try candling it. Bring it into a dark room and put a flashlight behind it. You should see an image of what is inside the egg. If it is clear, then throw it away.

Answer 5

Hi,

When chicks hatch they are on average 1½ bigger than the egg it came out of. People often wonder how they came out of such a small egg.

By day 26 of incubation, I suspect these chicks have died early in the incubation.Incubation temperature is 37.5°C, Humidity should be 35-40% The eggs need turning three times per day for 18 days. After this time, increase humidity to 55-60%,stop turning the eggs. If you do this, fertile eggs will hatch on day 21.