Dropped egg on top of another egg!

[Snowchicken56]

My 5 shipped eggs are on day 17. All are doing well, so I am hoping they all make it to lockdown tomorrow. Well, I am an idiot and last night I was candeling to check out the aircells, and when I went to put one back, it slipped out of my hand and hit another of the eggs. It was only a few inches, and there are no cracks in either of the eggs, but I am so worried that the hard jostling of the egg might have hurt the chick inside! I could still see it's little foot moving when I candled again a few minutes later, but I haven't checked since. Has anyone else done this? Hoping it will be alright!

 

[lazy gardener]

If the eggs weren't cracked, all should be well. You might want to candle for cracks, but at this late stage you may not even see a crack b/c the egg is so full. What ever you do, don't do a float test on those eggs.

 

[Snowchicken56]

Thank you! I felt terrible, I should have just let them be. I think I will skip any candling on day 18, and just go straight to lockdown that night and hope for the best!

 

[lazy gardener]

Keep us posted!