- Mar 9, 2014
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So I am a first time hatcher, out of 12 eggs, one was bad from the beginning, 2 were lost later in the process and at day 22 I lost all but one. We are now on day 23 and I checked the last egg and it wasn't moving. Yesterday I had gently opened the eggs that were lost and the chicks were fully formed with the majority of their yolk absorbed but died for some unknown reason. A little while ago I was opening up the last egg to see why it died and to my surprise, it moved. I checked VERY carefully before it was opened and there was NO movement at all or else I would have left it. I am keeping the internal membrane moist but there are still thick veins and some yolk and I am pretty sure that the movement is a chick butt. I think the little guy is also upside down.
Unfortunately these were shipped eggs that were iffy to begin with.
I have kept the temp between 99 and 100 for the whole time, they were on an automatic turner until day 18 and the humidity was at 50% until lock down then raised to between 65 and 70.
I didn't start checking them with the light again until day 22 since there were no pips or chirps. I was also very careful not to move them too much when I checked or let the temp or humidity drop in the incubator.
Any advice on how to help the one that is still alive but open and possibly upside down?