Chicken eggs Day 27 but eggs still wiggling

[AninaFFF]

Needing some more advice

Its day 27 of incubation and the eggs are still wiggling, slightly however still movement.
I tried candling last night and didn't see movement but my anxiety made me candle less than 30sec to not affect the hatch and the drop of humidity.

Some background that might help: I call them my survivor eggs, they experienced 3 power outages and survived all of them.
The first outage they were still small in embryo development and went without power for about 4 hours.
The second outage they were on day 14 and were without power for more than 24hrs (my guess would be about 28hrs).
The third and last outage happened on day 19 after they were already on lockdown where I placed them in the car with the heater on from fear of losing them to lack of heat but still the humidity was SUPER low, this was for about 4 hours.

I'm thinking of just leaving them until there is really no more hope. The wiggle indicates life, right?
According to Google: On day 27 of incubation, it's normal for chicken embryos to still be wiggling and moving inside the eggs. This movement indicates that the chick is alive and developing. The chick is preparing to hatch, and it's normal for the movement to continue until hatching occurs.

Some experience and insight or motivation welcome. Thank you all.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Needing some more advice

Its day 27 of incubation and the eggs are still wiggling, slightly however still movement.
I tried candling last night and didn't see movement but my anxiety made me candle less than 30sec to not affect the hatch and the drop of humidity.

Some background that might help: I call them my survivor eggs, they experienced 3 power outages and survived all of them.
The first outage they were still small in embryo development and went without power for about 4 hours.
The second outage they were on day 14 and were without power for more than 24hrs (my guess would be about 28hrs).
The third and last outage happened on day 19 after they were already on lockdown where I placed them in the car with the heater on from fear of losing them to lack of heat but still the humidity was SUPER low, this was for about 4 hours.

I'm thinking of just leaving them until there is really no more hope. The wiggle indicates life, right?
According to Google: On day 27 of incubation, it's normal for chicken embryos to still be wiggling and moving inside the eggs. This movement indicates that the chick is alive and developing. The chick is preparing to hatch, and it's normal for the movement to continue until hatching occurs.

Some experience and insight or motivation welcome. Thank you all.

yes, that many outages would totally slow development.

 

[BoundlessLove]

Someone posted on here that they had a chicken egg hatch on day 29. It had no complications.
I cannot remember who posted that extremely rare experience.

 

[CabritaChicks]

I’ve had eggs hatch at 28 days—and let me tell you, those extra six days after day 22? Absolute emotional chaos. I was pacing like an anxious chicken myself. I finally told myself, “Tomorrow morning, toss the eggs. Project fail. Move on.”

Then I woke up to my cat intensely staring at the makeshift incubator—no high-tech gear back then in the middle of no-where middle east, just a heat lamp, a sponge for humidity, and some good old-fashioned hand-turning. On that morning, arriving downstairs I muttered, “Great. One broke. Ugh.”

I leaned in closer… and nope—it pipped! Both 2 eggs hatched within 12 hours.

They were a little wobbly and weird for the first 10 days—kind of like hungover gremlins—but they made it, found wonderful homes, and actually outlived some of their more “on-time” siblings, but they had serious attitudes as I loved them a bit too much (so I hear).

Moral of the story? Never count your chickens before they don’t hatch. Hope sometimes shows up with a cracked shell and a lot of attitude.

Hang in there.

 

[casportpony]

Can you post some pictures of the eggs being candled?

 

[AninaFFF]

I’ve had eggs hatch at 28 days—and let me tell you, those extra six days after day 22? Absolute emotional chaos. I was pacing like an anxious chicken myself. I finally told myself, “Tomorrow morning, toss the eggs. Project fail. Move on.”

Then I woke up to my cat intensely staring at the makeshift incubator—no high-tech gear back then in the middle of no-where middle east, just a heat lamp, a sponge for humidity, and some good old-fashioned hand-turning. On that morning, arriving downstairs I muttered, “Great. One broke. Ugh.”

I leaned in closer… and nope—it pipped! Both 2 eggs hatched within 12 hours.

They were a little wobbly and weird for the first 10 days—kind of like hungover gremlins—but they made it, found wonderful homes, and actually outlived some of their more “on-time” siblings, but they had serious attitudes as I loved them a bit too much (so I hear).

Moral of the story? Never count your chickens before they don’t hatch. Hope sometimes shows up with a cracked shell and a lot of attitude.

Hang in there.

This was definitely needed. Thank you so much. We are giving them time until Saturday since there is definitely 3 still wiggling.

 

[AninaFFF]

Can you post some pictures of the eggs being candled?

We decided to leave them until Saturday since 3 eggs are wiggling. On Saturday night I will candle and post pictures before making the final decision.