Chirping but no external pip

[NorthernChick1]

these are photos of the one egg while i am rotating it. The qir pocket/egg white or what ever it is always stays at the top

 

[FortCluck]

View attachment 1955305 View attachment 1955306 View attachment 1955307these are photos of the one egg while i am rotating it. The qir pocket/egg white or what ever it is always stays at the top

That looks like it's a new egg that she just started sitting on the past week or 2, it's nowhere near 21 days.

 

[NorthernChick1]

That looks like it's a new egg that she just started sitting on the past week or 2, it's nowhere near 21 days.

They were all put under her the same day and she has been secluded in a cage so no other hen could of snuck eggs under her.

 

[FortCluck]

They were all put under her the same day and she has been secluded in a cage so no other hen could of snuck eggs under her.

I'd say they're quitters then. They started growing then stopped.

 

[NorthernChick1]

I'd say they're quitters then. They started growing then stopped.

Ok thanks! Ill throw out the two then. She will be left with two to hatch.

 

[NorthernChick1]

Hi! One another hatched this morning. We have one left, its very black, theres a big air sack but nothings moving along. No internal pip nothing and we are 44hrs past the 21day mark... is there anything i can do to see if its still alive? I dont want her to lay on it forever and then her babies starve or something.

 

[FortCluck]

Hi! One another hatched this morning. We have one left, its very black, theres a big air sack but nothings moving along. No internal pip nothing and we are 44hrs past the 21day mark... is there anything i can do to see if its still alive? I dont want her to lay on it forever and then her babies starve or something.

If you candled and there's no movement, it might have passed away especially with no internal pip. You can take it away so she can focus on the chicks that have hatched.

Put the egg in a baggy or put on gloves and start peeling the shell slowly. You can see what happened to the chick if you want or you can just choose to toss it. I usually do eggtopsies so I can learn.

 

[NorthernChick1]

If you candled and there's no movement, it might have passed away especially with no internal pip. You can take it away so she can focus on the chicks that have hatched.

Put the egg in a baggy or put on gloves and start peeling the shell slowly. You can see what happened to the chick if you want or you can just choose to toss it. I usually do eggtopsies so I can learn.

Its been 48 hrs., but one piped internally at 11 yesterday morning then hatched this am. Should i wait another day?

 

[FortCluck]

Its been 48 hrs., but one piped internally at 11 yesterday morning then hatched this am. Should i wait another day?

That's your call. I waited 48 hours, but you can leave it till tomorrow. The chicks are fine for a few days with food and such since they have their fill from the yolk. She can still care for them while sitting on the nest.

 

[NorthernChick1]

There a small part of the egg that when i turn it, the membrane that separates the chick from the air sac is "loose" it looks like its not completly attached properly to the shell which makes look loose. I did not see this happen in the other two that hatched.