Don't know what to do.

[Egghead_Jr]

25 days and not internally piped and not moving in water....

Yeah, I'd say it's time to toss it. It was moving in water a few days ago right? Tap the shell and see if it was sleeping.

 

[Rudkin]

Yes it was moving a few days ago. If I tap on it and don't hear anything should I just toss it or break the egg on the end with the air sac and make sure it is dead?

 

[JDchicks]

Please don't toss. I would check. The in and out of the incubator could have caused shrink wrapping and the baby just can't move.

Just my personal opinion, though.

I never throw anything way without making absolutely sure first.

 

[Rudkin]

How do I check? Do I just open the side with the air sac and see if it has piped or what do I do. This will be the first time hatching chbicks.

 

[JDchicks]

If you are sure you want to check, heat up your bathroom full of steam (so kinda like in the incubator). I do this anytime the eggs come out of the incubator, for candling or such.

You would need tweezers, q-tips and warm water.

But yes, you crack the air sac end carefully. Believe it or not, but it is actually hard to crack a small hole. Then just chips the shell as you need to see in.

 

[Rudkin]

So I just make a hole that I can see in. I don't try and take the chick out of there? Or how do I know if i need to go further than just a little hole?

 

[JDchicks]

Do not take the chick out of the shell!

There is no way to tell if it absorbed the yolk yet,

The best is a small hole that you can see in. If you can not tell ...just make it a little bigger. But never past the size of the air sac. Then put back in incubator.
And check often for movement.


Here is one I had to help. Only her beak is sticking out. She stayed like this for 36 hours and finally, finish out on her own.

 

[JDchicks]

If there is no movement, try touching chick with a warm damp q-tip. If still no movement, she most likely didn't make it.

 

[Irishgirl]

What I do is I use scissors or wire cutters and VERY carefully scratch a small hole over the air sac. I have accidentally killed a chick before when I thought it was dead, tried to make a hole in the shell, and accidentally stabbed the sleeping chick.

That is a HORRIBLE feeling, so precede with extreme caution.

 

[JDchicks]

I just use the blunt end of my tweezers, and just keep lightly tapping until it weakens and cracks. Then use the tweezers to pull the pieces back.