Chicken egg with a spot in the air cell

[Lxsburry]

Hi there, on March first I was given a chicken egg. I didn’t have an incubator so after many YouTube videos I decided to try to hatch it with a lamp... After many days I’m worried it’s not going to hatch. I’ve been trying to figure out if it’s still alive so I did the float test. I did it a day ago and then I did it again and today something is showing up in the air cell but it was still moving in the water. Somebody PLEASE tell me if I should give up or if it’s okay

 

[bpoore04]

May I ask how are you trying to do this with a lamp?

 

[Lxsburry]

May I ask how are you trying to do this with a lamp?

Ha ha ha... I feel very dumb but I basically put a lamp facing the egg with some water on the side idk if it worked but everything seemed fine until now

 

[bpoore04]

Ha ha ha... I feel very dumb but I basically put a lamp facing the egg with some water on the side idk if it worked but everything seemed fine until now

Don’t feel dumb. I just have never heard of it before. It’s ok to try something new. And you never know, this could be a really great method. A woman on here almost hatched an egg with her boobs. Good luck! Sorry I can’t help you with the egg I don’t really know about incubation.

 

[Lxsburry]

Don’t feel dumb. I just have never heard of it before. It’s ok to try something new. And you never know, this could be a really great method. A woman on here almost hatched an egg with her boobs. Good luck! Sorry I can’t help you with the egg I don’t really know about incubation.

oh wow that’s interesting & do you think I should try opening the egg? I read that someone opened it through the air cell and it survived

 

[MGG]

I think it was definitely alive at one point. I get those spots in the air cells too sometimes, I dont think it's amything to worry about. What day is your egg on? It doesn't look very alive to me...

 

[MGG]

oh wow that’s interesting & do you think I should try opening the egg? I read that someone opened it through the air cell and it survived

No don't open it, if it is alive it will die. They dry out a lot, and it allows in bacteria. Its generally a bad idea, if one survived it is a rarity

 

[Lxsburry]

I think it was definitely alive at one point. I get those spots in the air cells too sometimes, I dont think it's amything to worry about. What day is your egg on? It doesn't look very alive to me...

It’s already past 21 days :/ but when I did the float test it was moving for sure

 

[Lxsburry]

No don't open it, if it is alive it will die. They dry out a lot, and it allows in bacteria. Its generally a bad idea, if one survived it is a rarity

Okay but could it explode? I’m afraid of that happening

 

[MGG]

It's a goner then, sorry. The float test is horrible. Just to test it I put a 15 day quitter in who I knew was definitely dead in a dish with water, and it wiggled a whole bunch too! I opened it up - rotten. I have zero faith in that test, I'll never do it again. Its super unreliable at best, youd have better luck reaching into a hat and pulling out dead or alive cards than float testing. I'm not trying to be mean, just I don't trust the float test. I would open it up. I do think it could, I would make a small hole when you open it and let out the pressure, then open it up. I have had some eggs die very early, they usually never explode.
Edited- I typed this on my phone, had a few typos