Chick still hasn't hatched after 21 days?!

[Chicks in VA]

Hello everyone! looking for advice... all the eggs that made it to lockdown had hatched EXCEPT for one egg. It is day 21, and this one has not pipped, but I cant tell if it has internally pipped. I candled it, and it is still moving, but i'm worried if something is wrong with it. Is this normal? Should I make a pip in the egg around where it's beak/head is? I've never had alive chicks not hatch after 21 days, or not hatch 24 hours after all other chicks have hatched. Please help! Thanks!

Did it hatch or is it still in the egg?

 

[littlechickenmama17]

Did it hatch or is it still in the egg?

It has not hatched yet, but it is still moving around in the egg. I'm still not sure if it has internally pipped, and I think it is now day 23, so am starting to worry, but i'm candling every morning and night.

 

[Chookwagn]

If all the other eggs hatched within 24 hours of each other then your egg on day 23 isn't going to hatch (by itself) there could be various reasons for this and to be honest it will have complications etc.

Do you want to help it out of the egg to have to spend hours and hours and possibly $$ to have it most likely die after a day or 2?

Sorry for being direct and unemotional but that's how life works

 

[littlechickenmama17]

If all the other eggs hatched within 24 hours of each other then your egg on day 23 isn't going to hatch (by itself) there could be various reasons for this and to be honest it will have complications etc.

Do you want to help it out of the egg to have to spend hours and hours and possibly $$ to have it most likely die after a day or 2?

Sorry for being direct and unemotional but that's how life works

Thank you for the advice, it is still kicking strong and the egg is rocking now, so I will not end it's life that fast until it is dead. I am in contact with many other hatchers that have experienced many late hatchers, so I am confident this chick will survive.
Also, I am very willing to spend "hours and hours" to help a chick that could just be malpositioned, or an egg that was set later than other eggs.

 

[Chookwagn]

Thank you for the advice, it is still kicking strong and the egg is rocking now, so I will not end it's life that fast until it is dead. I am in contact with many other hatchers that have experienced many late hatchers, so I am confident this chick will survive.
Also, I am very willing to spend "hours and hours" to help a chick that could just be malpositioned, or an egg that was set later than other eggs.

wish you luck with it.


I hope I'm wrong

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

Thank you for the advice, it is still kicking strong and the egg is rocking now, so I will not end it's life that fast until it is dead. I am in contact with many other hatchers that have experienced many late hatchers, so I am confident this chick will survive.
Also, I am very willing to spend "hours and hours" to help a chick that could just be malpositioned, or an egg that was set later than other eggs.

If it's rocking it sounds like it's trying and hopefully you'll see a pip soon. I know how nerve-wracking it is at this stage. I've done a few assisted hatches and most turned out great, only 1 didn't make it. And sometimes they just take a little longer. I hope this one makes it!

 

[littlechickenmama17]

If it's rocking it sounds like it's trying and hopefully you'll see a pip soon. I know how nerve-wracking it is at this stage. I've done a few assisted hatches and most turned out great, only 1 didn't make it. And sometimes they just take a little longer. I hope this one makes it!

Thank you, I hope it does too

 

[Finnie]

or an egg that was set later than other eggs.

I did not know this was a possibility.

To be sure, any egg set significantly later than the others would have a later hatch date. How much later did you add more eggs?

 

[nuthatched]

What day did you set? Is your incubator calibrated? Is this a staggered hatch?

 

[Chookwagn]

Any update on this?