I made a small hole today and immediately it became very obvious the chick inside had not made it. It was positioned with its head under its legs and unable to pip, and had never even finished absorbing the yolk. RIP, little one.
I still have a glimmer of hope, just don’t want it compromising the other eggs due next week! Sitting on your hands during hatching period seems the worst part of this process
What’s the latest you’ve had an egg hatch? I‘ve been intently watching a silkie egg of mine at the end of day 23, and figuring it was silent and not moving meant it was dead, I took it out to candle and there’s still visible veins in the membrane, and to all intents and purposes it looks like a...