Caecillia
In the Brooder
- Apr 14, 2020
- 10
- 12
- 39
Hello all!
We incubated 6 eggs and three of them were duds at day 10, but we waited till day 14 to make sure before throwing them out. Of the remaining three, one was added in a week late (don't ask) so it's still developing nicely, one has hatched, and the last one..... well that's my question. It's day 22 and we've looked for 4 things:
1) Pips, sound, and movement? -none.
2) Candling?- large air sac with cloudy outline
3) Float test? Floats low. Doesn't sink. But no movement.
4) Warmth? It's still warm (going off of how the three duds felt)
Thoughts? We will keep it until day 25 regardless. But I was looking for any hope I could find.
The one chick that hatched is lonely. We gave it a stuffed animal that it seems to like. It took 31hours for it to fully zip out after the initial pip, which was on the small side of the egg and under it! We thought it was stuck for sure. No progress at all for 28 hours after the first pip and a little struggle that knocked off a few small pieces in a counter clockwise direction. Just sat there breathing and peeping. Finally started moving again, but clockwise this time and hatched perfectly fine.
This has been a very weird incubation.
We incubated 6 eggs and three of them were duds at day 10, but we waited till day 14 to make sure before throwing them out. Of the remaining three, one was added in a week late (don't ask) so it's still developing nicely, one has hatched, and the last one..... well that's my question. It's day 22 and we've looked for 4 things:
1) Pips, sound, and movement? -none.
2) Candling?- large air sac with cloudy outline
3) Float test? Floats low. Doesn't sink. But no movement.
4) Warmth? It's still warm (going off of how the three duds felt)
Thoughts? We will keep it until day 25 regardless. But I was looking for any hope I could find.
The one chick that hatched is lonely. We gave it a stuffed animal that it seems to like. It took 31hours for it to fully zip out after the initial pip, which was on the small side of the egg and under it! We thought it was stuck for sure. No progress at all for 28 hours after the first pip and a little struggle that knocked off a few small pieces in a counter clockwise direction. Just sat there breathing and peeping. Finally started moving again, but clockwise this time and hatched perfectly fine.
This has been a very weird incubation.