Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

Pups are playing LOL ... The whelping box is soooo full of puppies right now, aside my chair in the livin room..what a blessing to be able to see them birth and grow!! AWESOMENESS!!! gonna cry like the dickens when they gotta go. But look how nice they are growing so BEAUTIFUL love them sooo much!

 

[sumi]

Oh my goodness, they are adorable!

 

[Sparkypatriot15]

OMG how can anything be soooo cute?!?! Have you named them yet? I love their eyes!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

We call the one we r planning on keeping Boo .... see why? Casper is to boyish so Boo it is!! lol plus its fall!

my niece and our girl Boo

 

[chicksooner]

Sweet puppy cuteness. Makes me want a puppy but then they have to become the 6 month old beasts that chew on everything.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

LOL but they dont just chew on everything!! they make u clean up their poop and pee too!

No matter I love them no matter!!

 

[Haloclimb]

Hey guys, I have a question. If an egg has it's air cell slip a few days before hatching, is there any chance of saving the chick? I candeled one of our eggs tonight and saw that the air cell had gone entierly to one side, and I couldn't see any movement, and since the chick was already overdue to hatch (all other fertile eggs were out by that point) I was pretty sure the chick was dead, but now I'm not so sure.
The chick would most likely drown in that situation, right? I couldn't imagine how it could enter the air cell side-on and pip ):

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hey guys, I have a question. If an egg has it's air cell slip a few days before hatching, is there any chance of saving the chick? I candeled one of our eggs tonight and saw that the air cell had gone entierly to one side, and I couldn't see any movement, and since the chick was already overdue to hatch (all other fertile eggs were out by that point) I was pretty sure the chick was dead, but now I'm not so sure.
The chick would most likely drown in that situation, right? I couldn't imagine how it could enter the air cell side-on and pip ):

Hi Halo, I love the name! he he he

the air cell acutally moved this late? have u seen it move? when did you last have a good cell and moving chick?

if she is alive perhaps if you keep the air cell upright it may, but I am not sure what u got, did u take pic of candle? how overdue and have you dont the float test on it? the following and more is in a summary of this thread in article https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101 towards the bottom.... and if !u need to help it hatch in a malpositioned chick is on that article as well... just in case u need it!

Float Testing, Checking Egg Viability For Late Or Overdue Hatching Give Eggs A Full 24 Hrs Overdue Before Float Testing. It Works On All Bird Eggs- Period! Takes Very Little Equipment Or Time To Do And Is Easy To Perform.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/383525/float-testing-checking-egg-viability-for-late-or-overdue-hatching

Eggtopsy: What happened to my egg?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/363717/eggtopsy-what-happened-to-my-egg-graphic-pictures

check out
Trouble Shooting Failures with Egg Incubation @ http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/trouble.html

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Oh and you see no internal PIP in that air cell?

 

[Haloclimb]

Hi Halo, I love the name! he he he

the air cell acutally moved this late? have u seen it move? when did you last have a good cell and moving chick?

if she is alive perhaps if you keep the air cell upright it may, but I am not sure what u got, did u take pic of candle? how overdue and have you dont the float test on it? the following and more is in a summary of this thread in article https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101 towards the bottom.... and if !u need to help it hatch in a malpositioned chick is on that article as well... just in case u need it!

Float Testing, Checking Egg Viability For Late Or Overdue Hatching Give Eggs A Full 24 Hrs Overdue Before Float Testing. It Works On All Bird Eggs- Period! Takes Very Little Equipment Or Time To Do And Is Easy To Perform.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/383525/float-testing-checking-egg-viability-for-late-or-overdue-hatching

Eggtopsy: What happened to my egg?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/363717/eggtopsy-what-happened-to-my-egg-graphic-pictures

check out
Trouble Shooting Failures with Egg Incubation @ http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/trouble.html

Oh and you see no internal PIP in that air cell?

No, I couldn't see an internal pip. It must have moved a few days ago- I candeled them about a week ago and it was fine! It was about 2-3 days overdue now. I didn't see any movement in the egg at all though, but after looking through that guide I'm kicking myself...I was so sure it had drowned, but there was no internal pip!
I was so absolutely sure that I took it out from the nest and put it in an egg carton to dispose of tommorow. The poor egg will have been stone cold for hours by now

I even though about leaving it under, but I thought this was a death sentence! The poor baby, I feel so bad now. I should have tried to open it anyway, just in case, but I just didn't want to see a dead chick......
Thank you for the link anyway, if this ever happens again I'll have a better clue. If they've not internally pipped, can you still try and hatch them out?