Chicken egg with a spot in the air cell

[365username]

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

How many days

It's a goner then, sorry. The float trst is horrible. Just to test it I put a15 day quitter in who I knew was definitely dead in a dish with water, and it wighked a whole bunch too! I opened it up - rotten. I habe 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.

but at the same time it doesn’t mean it’s dead nor alive

 

[Lxsburry]

It's a goner then, sorry. The float trst is horrible. Just to test it I put a15 day quitter in who I knew was definitely dead in a dish with water, and it wighked a whole bunch too! I opened it up - rotten. I habe 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.

I’m going to wait 1 or 2 more days, I was going to ask my dad to open it up because I’m kind of afraid of opening it up but he thinks we should wait a bit more.

 

[MGG]

How many days

but at the same time it doesn’t mean it’s dead nor alive

Yeah, but it is just a bad method in my opinion. It would look totally different by now if it was alive

 

[Lxsburry]

How many days

but at the same time it doesn’t mean it’s dead nor alive

It’s been 23 1/2 days so I’ll wait 2 more days

 

[Lxsburry]

Yeah, but it is just a bad method in my opinion. It would look totally different by now if it was alive

Could it be bc of the egg color or because I use a phone flashlight?

 

[MGG]

I’m going to wait 1 or 2 more days, I was going to ask my dad to open it up because I’m kind of afraid of opening it up but he thinks we should wait a bit more.

That's fine. If it were mine I would discard it, but it certainly won't hurt to try. What has your temp and humidity been?

 

[MGG]

Could it be bc of the egg color or because I use a phone flashlight?

Can you candle it again and post a few more pics? Probably not, but you never know

 

[MGG]

It’s been 23 1/2 days so I’ll wait 2 more days

That's a really long time. If it hasn't hatched by now, it isn't going to. What breed of chick is it? Where'd you get it? And why only one?

 

[Lxsburry]

That's fine. If it were mine I would discard it, but it certainly won't hurt to try. What has your temp and humidity been?

The temp has been at around 102 and sadly don’t have a way of measuring the humidity

 

[MGG]

The temp has been at around 102 and sadly don’t have a way of measuring the humidity

Oh ok. That sounds like a good temp.