Help !!Day 20 - egg stopped wiggling

[Cluckysnap123]

May be a normal thing, may be not. One of my roos (rescued from a slaughterhouse they said I could have 10 roos cuz they useless to the dumb old meat industry) actually sat and watched the eggs!

 

[gimmie birdies]

as they grow in the egg they stop moving for a bit they are resting worry after day 22.

 

[Arielle]

It's hard to say. I've had eggs quietly hatch with no sign of life until the chick started opening the shell. Others have wiggled and cheeped and went quiet and hatched. What I do when I'm unsure about an egg (usually for overdue eggs) is take the eggs and hold them against my ear and tap them softly with my fingernail. If there is a live chick in there it will tell you all about it! Just make sure you work quickly and don't let the eggs chill or the humidity in the incubator drop too much while you're busy. Fingers crossed!

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You can choose for yourself to assist or not assist. It is your choice. In my first year of hatching I did assist because I figured I needed every chick and if it was having problems it was do to my inexperience, not because the chick was genetically flawed.

Use the google search to find methods to assist hatching. I personally candle to see if internally pipped, and often open a small hole at the aircell, then go from there. Some asisted chicks lived, and some did not.

I know thiis is very nerve wracking-- this will get easier with experience. Good luck!!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I had 2 eggs it was day 20 grey chick hatched, his twin egg stopped peeping so i peeked in air cell could tell it that died, did egg topsy- no reason for it to be dead, not stuck to membrane, moist but not too moist, absorbed whole thing just never pipped, I think it just ran out of air.and it had a diff dad from above. chick

 

[sumi]

Nitin Kumar, how are yours doing?

 

[Nitin Kumar]

Nitin Kumar, how are yours doing?

There was movement in one of the egg since day 18 and few hours ago it stopped. I am really sad. I think its dead. Its day 21 complete and idk if its alive? do i still stand a chance. I am very sad it was my forst hatch ever.

 

[Nitin Kumar]

I had 2 eggs it was day 20 grey chick hatched, his twin egg stopped peeping so i peeked in air cell could tell it that died, did egg topsy- no reason for it to be dead, not stuck to membrane, moist but not too moist, absorbed whole thing just never pipped, I think it just ran out of air.and it had a diff dad from above. chick

I am really happy for your chick. I have the same case I guess. One of my eggs stopped wiggling after three days. Its day 21 complete now.Idk what to do. any chance that its alive. Air cell is intact.

 

[gimmie birdies]

the chick that didn't come out of the egg was in it's air cell- there was no air left.

 

[Nitin Kumar]

the chick that didn't come out of the egg was in it's air cell- there was no air left.

oh.sorry to hear that. My air cell is still intact but the chickis not moving at all. I just candled. no movement inside. t just stopped few hours ago. What should i do ?

 

[gimmie birdies]

with out it being in aircell you cannot save it by popping- If my chick was in air cell, and alive but not pipped- I would have put it back and let it breathe our air for 24hrs before deciding to help again. but if it is not even in air cell it has not taken first breath- first breath in aircell starts the absorbing the yolk process. I would leave yours until day 22 before opening.