Day 24 - No hatching/pipping - Legbars

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Hi

Not first time incubating but first time with Legbars. Day 24 arrived today, nothing happening. Candled last night to see (Had been left since Day18 on lock down). All had big air cells, one mass switched from side to side with a gentle turn, the others all had mass but no noises from any of them. All were fertile with good vein development throughout.

Did the water test; all bobbed low float which I read means viable.

Any one had any hatch later? Using a Brinsea, temp accurate, humidity as per manual. Have had several successful hatches before, majority 100% hatch rate.

Want to try and look at all options before doing any eggtopsy and risking killing any.

Unfortunately, chicks tend to be really very punctual about hatching, and as there are no current signs of life, such as cheeping, I very much doubt that they are still alive :(

The one with the mass that moved would not have been viable. If they were pipping you would hear them tapping first and then cheeping a bit later. My hatch this month started on Thursday (day 20) and finished on Sunday (day 23) so there can be a variance. You really need to open them though to find out what the problem has been.

hubby did the deed - all our other hatchings have always been punctual too but first time we had tried blue eggs and they were very hard to candle though im still confused as we swear we saw veins but now im thinking blood rings perhaps?

1 had never got past yolk stage, 1 was between the two, and 2 had begun but quit very early on, enough to see something but not much, about an inch in length

eggs were full and stank, looks like we narrowly missed explosions - as soon as he cracked them, they just poured out with yolk and nasty things

any ideas why this would happen? is it genetics as likely as humidity for such early quitters? they were posted eggs but from a reliable source who we have had success with before so now im also wondering if they were damaged in the mail

never know i suppose :( still onwards and upwards!

It sounds like some kind of bacterial or viral infection. Although it could be temperature, ventilation or irregular turning but unlikely if you have an automated incy.

Where did you get your eggs from?

ebay but have used them before and had great results, incu is only a yr old and hatched successfully several times, only thing that isnt auto is humidity, am wondering if the humidity and being nr the tumber dryer might have drowned them

It's quite hard to get an incy too humid for an extended period of time. I would not worry too much , we all have problems on occasion - disinfect the incy properly and use an egg sanitant next time if you are worried

used that :( the one that comes with it, white bottle with yellow label

Sounds like there probably wasn't much you could have done - this was a very small sample, and you do get some eggs that are just duds from the beginning. Given that they stopped developing at different times, and that you've hatched successfully before, I suspect you just happened to be unlucky and pick 4 duds.

I'm sure you'll be more successful next time.