Day 20 and weirdly alive under developed egg

[CocoPopz]

So I’m day 20 today, I’ve always kept a close eye on this one because it’s just a huge egg and to begin with I thought it was a double yolker. Well I candled it on day 17 and it didn’t have that bubble on the side, was totally normal other than the fact it looked like it had so much room left, like a chick on day 12 or something! So strange. All the other eggs are on track, just this one that seems behind. I have seen the egg physically wobbling from the outside of the incubator. The candler I’ve used isn’t the best so you can’t see the veining well in pics but it’s 10000% alive because it’s moving around. Is there a chance it’s just a really small chick for the size of the egg and probably normal size, never had this before. The air cell is still intact but then there’s this weird bubble on the side now too. And some what looks like dried yolk on the inside, the black stuff didn’t get a pic of that as was on underneath side. I’m so confused has anyone had this and the chick be ok?

 

[MiniBirdsMi]

That is super weird...following for updates. If you have the stomach for it I'm super interested to see what's going on in there weather it makes it or not.

 

[CocoPopz]

That is super weird...following for updates. If you have the stomach for it I'm super interested to see what's going on in there weather it makes it or not.

It’s really really strange, I’ve hatched so many times and never seen anything like it, it’s so active like the egg wobbles about but the chick inside is so small but when candle it’s moving all over the place, the dark stuff underneath literally looks like dried yolk or something, but there’s big chunky veins, just probably takes up a 1/4 of the egg. I just don’t understand or understand where the air bubble on the side has came from! Fair enough with it being a still air some get hot spots but because I manually turn every evening I always swap egg places to make sure they get as even as possible so it’s not like it’s stayed in one cold spot either. The egg is very large though so maybe it’s normal just the egg shell is big I don’t usually open the ones that die in the egg but if this one doesn’t make it I definitely will, just down to the fact it’s so strange! I really hope it makes it though, I’ll be well chuffed and confused

 

[MiniBirdsMi]

I'm wondering if it's possible that the wobble you're getting and air bubble are from gasses being released from decomposition? But it just doesn't look like the typical "dead egg", like you said almost like it kinda...stalled out.

 

[CocoPopz]

It’s definitely alive because the chick inside physically moves around, and reacts to tapping on the egg. It’s so weird

 

[CocoPopz]

I'm wondering if it's possible that the wobble you're getting and air bubble are from gasses being released from decomposition? But it just doesn't look like the typical "dead egg", like you said almost like it kinda...stalled out.

Better picture of the veining

 

[SharW75]

Is it possible that it was twins where one died and the other is just smaller in a huge shell? Maybe the weird stuff you're seeing in there is what remains of the second baby?

 

[CocoPopz]

Is it possible that it was twins where one died and the other is just smaller in a huge shell? Maybe the weird stuff you're seeing in there is what remains of the second baby?

That’s what I thought and maybe that’s why the chick is on the smaller end because it was destined to be a twin but the first twin died so early on in incubation. I’m not sure because surely the bacteria would’ve killed the remaining chick

 

[AltonaAcres]

SO weird. Are you sure the embryo is moving, not just shaking around when you move the egg?

 

[CocoPopz]

SO weird. Are you sure the embryo is moving, not just shaking around when you move the egg?

A million percent moving around, the egg is almost that empty I can full on see the head and beak outline perfectly when it moves around and sometimes what even looks like small wings moving, definitely alive, there’s also a lot of veining what my camera just doesn’t pick up, it’s weird