can you hear a chick's heart beat with a stethoscope?

[Kelly FG]

through an egg at 14 days?
I have one at work I can bring home, does it work?
I'm candling my first ever egg & it happens to be a welsummer & I see what I think is a vein & an air sak but I really don't see any movement. The egg is not stinky at 14 days.
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[fowlwoman1]

if you see A vein, then it's probably a blood ring, which means bacteria got into it and it is dead. I've wondered myself before if it were possible to hear a chick's heartbeat with a stethoscope. I don't see why it wouldn't be possible.

 

[suebee]

Kelly, I never tried the stethoscope but looking at your candleing pictures, the egg seems to be good. I wouldn't handle it too much. Good luck!

 

[crystalmichelle]

What should I do if my chick hasn't hatched by day 23 how can I make sure it's still alive ?

 

[Wantaraisechick]

What should I do if my chick hasn't hatched by day 23 how can I make sure it's still alive ?

I suggest waiting a couple of days. If your incubator has been a little cool, even a degree or so, it can prolong the hatching process. At least that's what I've read and think that's what happened to me. I gave up at day 24 and started throwing the eggs out. That's when I heard some little cheeps and realized most had formed. The second incubation I made sure to put a thermometer on top of the eggs and not trust the one on the top of the incubator. There was a 3.5 degree difference. After some research, reading everything I could, I realized what had happened.