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    Day 21 bantam egg... no pip, peep, or movement

    I know how you feel. I hope your egg hatches. As for the whole how to tell if they're alive thing, I don't know. I've been candling and float testing this one from the start and I never saw any movement from it at all, but I'm sure the vessels would have disintegrated a long time ago if it...
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    Day 21 bantam egg... no pip, peep, or movement

    No, it won't. But I'm not sure if in your case it will actually help anything-you already know that your egg has developed already, and the point of the float test is to find out which eggs were infertile or quit early. Because the embryo in your egg is probably developed already, your egg will...
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    Neighbor hates my chickens- will she do them harm?

    You need to be careful. We live way out in the country, were the first people to live out here and named the dead end gravel road we live on, and my family started raising goats. Well, when some neighbors moved out here, even though we're spaced well far apart, they decided they didn't like the...
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    Yes! Thank you
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    Good point! Ironically it might have saved them.
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    lol cute. Well three thermometers are now registering it at around 90 degrees, so I'm guessing that's the correct temp. I always thought that the smaller thermometer (that was supposed to be more accurate) was the correct temp, but maybe that one's been off all along. That would explain why my...
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    Yeah, it does :/ Sorry about your bad luck. And it's so weird because you think you'll get better at it as time goes on and you'll get it down to a science after so many hatches... but my latest one has been the worst yet. The first hatch I did had no deaths and I just figured that it would...
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    Day 21 bantam egg... no pip, peep, or movement

    I have the same exact thing happening to me. Out of 11 peafowl eggs only one developed. Was due to hatch 5 days ago and still no movement, tried the float test but no wiggling around (https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/383525/float-testing-checking-egg-viability-for-late-or-overdue-hatching)...
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    Yeah. Unfortunately I'm having more problems today that could jeopardize the rest of the eggs, during the incident the thermometer got wet and warped the cardboard backing. So now I don't know if it's the right temp in the incubator. It's registering as being 110 degrees this morning but I don't...
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    Bad news So I was keeping an eye on the chick for several hours after the incident. It seemed to be okay, no more bleeding, I could see it breathing, but other than that it was relatively still and quiet. The membrane was staying moist and soft with the damp paper towel partially covering it...
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    Really overdue peacock egg?

    I had 11 peafowl eggs in the incubator, have been candling them, but it looks like only one developed. I was keeping an eye on this one and the embryo was growing, could see the blood vessels, but no movement. If peachicks are due to hatch in 28-30 days, then this egg is now 4-6 days overdue...
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    Yeah, that's what I've been hoping!
  13. mtgrl

    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    Thanks! This has been a rough hatch. Strangely enough the one egg that was actually developing (out of 11 peacock eggs, only 1 showed any life when I candled them) I just candled and... I think I can see blood vessels still. It was due to hatch 4-6 days ago, and I haven't seen any movement...
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    I know, unfortunately I think most of them have died already! This is actually sadly not the first mishap I have had this hatch. I am actually surprised any have survived at all. I had some eggs due to hatch on the 26th, no movement, I'm thinking I might just open those ones.
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    Good news is, the incubator seems to be working properly again! Must have dried out. Now to adjust it...
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    Thank you! Sorry if I'm freaking out but so many things are happening at once lol! I had some fish (which is how this all happened to begin with, I got some from petsmart but the bag they were in broke and I didn't realize it until I'd set the grocery bag on top of my incubator) that I had in a...
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    Ok I did put a damp paper towel over part of the exposed area but not over the hole in the membrane where I can see it breathing... could that still cause the membrane to stick so the chick couldn't breathe though?
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    I would put a damp paper towel over it but because the membrane is kind of wrapped tight around the chick I'm worried it won't be able to breathe if I do that or may drown or something... is there really a concern with the chick drying out, is that the reason for the paper towel? What if I just...
  19. mtgrl

    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    Ok so I looked at it again and the chick has stopped bleeding but the incubator is DEFINITELY messed up because it was on the lowest setting and it was STILL like 10 degrees too hot! And I gave the thermometre time to adjust And what about the chick? I mean the membrane looks wrapped around it...
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    So a couple hours ago I accidentally spilled some water on my incubator and now it's gone whack! I tried to wipe it up but I don't know if it's still working or not because the temperature shot waaay up after that and I tried to readjust it, thinking I might have knocked off the temperature...
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