day 22 and nothing :( *UPDATE*

[CayuseRanch]

Did you notice if its internally pipped?

 

[koakritters]

no it had not when i checked it about 4 hours ago. but i did see it still moving in there, so as of then it was alive.. i'm kinda bummed these were my first silkie eggs from my hens and only 3 were fertile and only this one looks to still be alive. I have silkie eggs being shipped to me right now, i hope someone elses eggs hatch better for me, that always seems to be the case. I had 10 of my own eggs and 15 from someone else once and 2 of mine hatched and 14 of the others hatched..

 

[koakritters]

i checked it again still moving, no internal pip. got couple fast pics

the first side



the other side

 

[bardies]

What happened? I am on day 23+, have two eggs that moved during float test - no internal pips though and no chirping. I checked 7 eggs that I was pretty sure that had died. 3 had died earlier, but 4 looked like they were fully developed. Only one had pipped internally - and was wet...possibly drowning?. All the others (most in correct position) were shrink wrapped. I had had some early lockdown humidity issues.

I would be in the same boat as you though - still alive, late, no internal pip, and a history of potential shrink wrapping.

 

[koakritters]

i finally opened it it died... idk why. not one egg hatched...

 

[mommissan]

Bummer. Some things just don't happen the way we want.

 

[bardies]

I feel for you...same thing with mine. The two last ones that showed movement during the float test - I finally opened and they were also dead...just a little less wrapped. I wonder if it would have made a difference if i had opened earlier - but am told that they had already been significantly weakened already - so were just the last to go. I know though, that I had had humidity issues during the first 10 hours or so of lockdown...that is probably what did it. Lessons learned, I guess - just stinks that these lessons involve killing stuff.
Am day one into my next batch, with adjustments as needed.

 

[mommissan]

I always suspect humidity when I lose them so late in the game. I had a dozen fully developed chicks on hatch day that just died. The humidity jumped to 86% somehow overnight. It was in a classroom, so who knows what could have happened. The chicks were just covered in ooze. I've botched up another batch of 18 eggs right after. I vowed not to torture myself again, but, a friend gave me 4 possibly fertile duck eggs this week..... so here we go again!

Don't let it get you down. Keep trying!

 

[koakritters]

Well I've got 26 eggs in right now 13 of mine and 13 shipped bearded silkie eggs that I had already bought before this happened and were shipping.. Just candled them tonight on day 5 and 23 are growing, 2 are suspected growing but still can't be sure, and 1 I'm pretty sure isn't.... I've got to figure out this humidity thing ASAP! I'm letting it sit at around 15% right now cuz every time I add water it goes shooting up... Grrrrr

 

[bugglesmommy]

I hope you get things figured out this time!!