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It is a good thing I have a strong stomach. Likely from watching the 5 o'clock news growing up during The Vietnam war.I followed the hatching help article posted in Ron's signature line. I made a pip at its beak (kinda missed the first time, so the hole is bigger than the beak). I looked with a flashlight, and discovered the problem...first, it pipped a vein. Blood on its beak and blood inside the inner membrane. I also noticed a yellow blob...looks like it hasn't absorbed the yolk yet. Don't understand why it would pip internally if it wasn't ready??? I could see the veins running down the inner membrane, and they look like they are still pretty big (from a chicken egg standpoint).
So, I wet the membrane (it was a little dry), put the baby back in the incubator on a very wet paper towel, misted the bator, closed the lid, and walked away. Hopefully it will make it, if not, I guess it just means there was something wrong with it. I will wet the membrane every two hours as the article advises.
The other egg I had that didn't show signs of life was dead inside the shell. I candled, saw no movement, no inner pip. The aircell hadn't dipped either. I did the float test. It sank.
I did an egoscopy, and poor little one still had a huge yolk attached, but was fully formed it looks like. I'm guessing it died the day of lockdown...or over night before lockdown...since I hadn't seen movement since the 29th, and I went into lockdown on the 30th.
Here's a pic of the chick that died:
Good job on the Egg Topsy!
This one died right at lockdown like you thought. Shipping stress, flock health, low temps or heat spikes are likely causes.
