Floater test confusion...help?

[kvmommy]

Ok, so 5 eggs hatched out yesterday, with no pips, movement or chirps coming from the ones in the carton. So I float tested... I followed the instructions but am confused by the results. All floated vertically with 15% above water. 2 floated horizontally with 15% above water. What does that mean? It never says in the results how it should float...vertically or horizontally. Am I correct to assume vertically means duds? I'm so confused.

 

[jm93030]

If the chicks are alive you shoud be able to see the egg rocking in the water.

if the egg is just floating but not moving back and forward , most likely is dead inside.

sorry to say that

but I have water tested many times

 

[Baralak]

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[ZooMummzy]

I have to disagree. I float tested two eggs yesterday that were overdue - no movement, no chirping, just floating like still viable eggs. Since they were just 1 day overdue, I put them back in the incubator. Tonight, I have a baby and chirping coming from inside the other egg. Maybe it's just a fluke, but I seriously would not toss them yet. That's just me.

 

[kvmommy]

Ok, lets say they are alive but not rocking, what about how they float? vertical or horizontal?

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

I had the weird side floating recently too and I believe in that case they have pipped internally and the membrane has "shifted" so to speak so the air moved down the side of the shell. Unfortunately for me, and possibly you, all the eggs that didn't wiggle in the water at that point of over due were all dead in shell. Maybe you'll get lucky, though! Let us know!

 

[ZooMummzy]

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I had one float each way lol. Sorry that isn't much help. I had my last 4 hatch this morning - all of those were non-movers last night when I tested them. Have you candled them? I candle my non-movers and see if I can see movement or something that would lead me to believe they are in there. Usually a collapsed air cell tells me they have pipped internally. I am new to this though so I could be doing it all wrong.

 

[kvmommy]

They're too dark, I candled them but can't see anything and the air cells were pretty scrambled to begin with. Well, I'll give them a day or two but won't keep my hopes up. At least someone else besides me had weird floaters! I'll keep you guys informed.