How to check if my unhatched chicken is alive?

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Debbie292d
I have hatched many eggs over the years and have never heard of this. I'm going to test it out because it intrigues me.

You could use some more information in your article and could run your own tests try to prove your method works. For example, test 12 eggs, and say you deem two dead via your float test. Mark those two and put them back in the incubator to show us.
A little more detail would really enhance the article.
Never ever put hatching eggs in water unless you want to make sure you kill it.
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Article is short and doesn’t offer much info.
Water candling can easily be a deadly practice, it's not recommended for any eggs you even suspect are alive.
ikoCRO
ikoCRO
I don't know how to describe the procedure in more detail, when it is very simple and there is no need to complicate it.
I don't know how it can be deadly, except to raise the humidity of the egg and make it easier for the chick to get out.
In my many years of practice, I have never had a problem - nor have all my grower friends who do the same procedure
azurbanclucker
Interesting technique. It would be helpful to give a time frame for people to monitor the egg when they do this. Something like "if it hasn't moved in a minute it's probably not going to" or the like.
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ikoCRO
ikoCRO
If it is water from the tap, the chicken will start moving immediately. It is necessary to wait about 10 seconds for the egg to calm down on the surface due to our action when we immerse it in water. If the egg does not move after 30 seconds, it is a sign that something is wrong.
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