Day 24 float test should i help

[shelby hayden]

On silkie day 19 it had faint veins on day 18 and was moving. Now day 19 the veins are gone it kinda looks like some are where the chick is . And it looks as if the air sac has went from the top and down the side all the way to the small end of the egg on one side the other side is just dark.

I also have a hatching app that I use I could be off a day but would day 23 make a defence from day 24?

 

[shelby hayden]

And either egg that is 23 or 24 days it had very iminet veins and was moving yesterday but today the veins seem to be lightening alot.

 

[WVduckchick]

On silkie day 19 it had faint veins on day 18 and was moving. Now day 19 the veins are gone it kinda looks like some are where the chick is . And it looks as if the air sac has went from the top and down the side all the way to the small end of the egg on one side the other side is just dark.

Hmm, I don't suppose you took any pictures?
Let me see if i can find some for comparison.

I also have a hatching app that I use I could be off a day but would day 23 make a defence from day 24?

I have heard that the hatch-a-batch app for iPhone does start on day 1, so it does make a difference, if yours starts that way. Day 23 is much less worrisome than day 24. Most people toss eggs that don't hatch by 24-25.

 

[venymae]

Would you mind trying to calibrate your thermometers (or at least one of the main ones you use) just to satisfy our curiosity? It's pretty easy. Make an ice water slushy (small amount of water+ice+blender=slush) and pop the thermometer in. Give it 3 minutes and see what it reads.

It may not matter now, but could matter in the future.

EDIT: Another thing to think about is if your room temperature fluctuated, and your incubators thermostat couldn't keep up. It does happen to people.

 

[shelby hayden]

I would definitely help or at least try to before it ever tost.

 

[shelby hayden]

Doing that now.

 

[WVduckchick]

First 2 pics show draw down, just before hatching, and internal pip.


Draw down also, but a duck egg, no major difference, just noting because of the drawn lines, day 1,7, 14, 21. This was taken after the duck pipped.


This one is about day 15-16


Last 2 pics are late quitters. probably between day 16-19

 

[shelby hayden]

It is showing 30..

 

[shelby hayden]

First 2 pics show draw down, just before hatching, and internal pip.
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Draw down also, but a duck egg, no major difference, just noting because of the drawn lines, day 1,7, 14, 21. This was taken after the duck pipped.
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This one is about day 15-16
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Last 2 pics are late quitters. probably between day 16-19
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Do you know if the first one had veins around the air sac?

 

[shelby hayden]

One side you can't see anything and the other the air sac looks like it has started kinda peeling off the side of the egg and going all the way to the bottom tip