Day 23 under broody gal

[Katejc]

Should I remove the egg? We candled on day 20 and the one that is about a week or so behind had obvious movement and this one did not. It was just dark with the air sac still in tact. Should I remove and candle again? I would rather not open it up to see the dead chick but I also want to be sure it is dead before I get rid of it. Our girl has been pretty good about sitting on them, we have had some cooler weather, I just don't know! I guess at this point I could:

Remove and candle again
Open it up (do I risk killing it?)
Leave for another day or two

This is a silkie egg under an easter egger hen

Thanks!

 

[Katejc]

Okay so I just candled it and its moving. Air sac in tact and no sign its been pierced by a beak. Do I intervene? I’m positive about my dates. We put it under her April 21.

 

[ChickNanny13]

@Pyxis @sylviethecochin

 

[Pyxis]

Any way another hen could have 'added' an egg to her nest later and that's why it looks so fad behind? Can you candle it and post pictures of it here?

 

[Katejc]

She definitely has stolen some eggs, she actually has a 2nd one under there that is also growing and we have no idea when/where/who. There was a 3rd that I removed but I candled it and it was a dud and I had previously candled the other one on day 6 or 7 and it was definitely growing. Next time I am writing on the eggs! Assuming this is a day 23 egg, I guess I should just keep checking on it? Im going to try and not touch it moving forward.

 

[Katejc]

Okay day 25 today. Last time candled was Thurs night and there was movement. I don’t think I will intervene. I was worried that maybe it was in a poor position to pip and I could intervene and help it but perhaps its just better to leave it. Though if its going to die anyway? I just don’t know!

 

[Katejc]

Ok, well looks like I am on my own. I’ll go search the threads again and see what I can dig up...

 

[Pyxis]

Sorry, I was hoping you were going to candle and post a picture like I had asked about earlier It's really hard to say what could be happening without that kind of picture.

 

[Katejc]

I candled but there is nothing to take a pic of, its completely dark except for the air sac and a small veined area where I saw movement but no way a camera would pick it up. I decided to leave it alone as moving it could complicate things but that was 3 days ago. I’ll probably remove it tonight as its most certainly dead now.

 

[Pyxis]

I candled but there is nothing to take a pic of, its completely dark except for the air sac and a small veined area where I saw movement but no way a camera would pick it up. I decided to leave it alone as moving it could complicate things but that was 3 days ago. I’ll probably remove it tonight as its most certainly dead now.

Sounds like it was fully developed but just didn't hatch for some reason. I would candle again tonight just to double check before tossing it.