Jayson_Black
Chirping
- Dec 27, 2017
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Just a heads up, the video does feature a dead Chick. Its not at all gory. no horror. Its a little sad, but I dont hink theres even any blood. But yeh I think it would be naughty if I didnt give a heads up!
Greeting Everyone!
I have uploaded and published a video of the Egtopsy I performed. I am hoping people with more experience and knowledge than I, can look at the video and perhaps give me an idea why the chick died.
I personally think that it was "Shrink Wrapped" But this is both my first ever Eggtopsy and the egg featured was part of our first clutch of eggs set in an incubator.
We had very low humidity (I believe) in the beginning, then extra high (85%) shortly before and during lockdown.
Personal observations during the Eggtopsy: The yolk had been 95% (possibly 100%) absorbed. The Belly Button (I keep calling it umbilical in the video for some reason) appeared to have closed over. It would appear the chick was ready to pip, but was unable to move enough or not strong enough to pierce the membrane because of what the humidity (or lack of) had done to it. One more thing, there was NO smell. Perhaps the most weak/faint smell of vineagr. Or vinagar like smell, but it was crazy weak. I could barely smell it. Other than that, no smell at all.
In the end, I really don't know for sure why it didn't hatch. so hopefully this video will help. Thank you in advance for your help on this. Also, Special thanks to all the people in the other thread who helped me after day 20 etc.
Here is the Eggtopsy Video:
Greeting Everyone!
I have uploaded and published a video of the Egtopsy I performed. I am hoping people with more experience and knowledge than I, can look at the video and perhaps give me an idea why the chick died.
I personally think that it was "Shrink Wrapped" But this is both my first ever Eggtopsy and the egg featured was part of our first clutch of eggs set in an incubator.
We had very low humidity (I believe) in the beginning, then extra high (85%) shortly before and during lockdown.
Personal observations during the Eggtopsy: The yolk had been 95% (possibly 100%) absorbed. The Belly Button (I keep calling it umbilical in the video for some reason) appeared to have closed over. It would appear the chick was ready to pip, but was unable to move enough or not strong enough to pierce the membrane because of what the humidity (or lack of) had done to it. One more thing, there was NO smell. Perhaps the most weak/faint smell of vineagr. Or vinagar like smell, but it was crazy weak. I could barely smell it. Other than that, no smell at all.
In the end, I really don't know for sure why it didn't hatch. so hopefully this video will help. Thank you in advance for your help on this. Also, Special thanks to all the people in the other thread who helped me after day 20 etc.
Here is the Eggtopsy Video:
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