HELP day 23 still movement but no hatching

[Trinny]

hey in about 8 hours my silkie eggs would have been in for 23 days I have hatched silkies before and they take 21 every time but that was in the summer due to a cold week my incubator was a bit low 36.9-37.5 yesterday I was worried about the eggs so I candled them 2 of the 3 had clearly died but one of them I saw some movement so today I just candled this egg and there’s no noise but I can see it breathing and a tiny shadow in the air cell but I’m afraid that it won’t hatch is there anything I can do to help it ?!

 

[Laodicia]

hey in about 8 hours my silkie eggs would have been in for 23 days I have hatched silkies before and they take 21 every time but that was in the summer due to a cold week my incubator was a bit low 36.9-37.5 yesterday I was worried about the eggs so I candled them 2 of the 3 had clearly died but one of them I saw some movement so today I just candled this egg and there’s no noise but I can see it breathing and a tiny shadow in the air cell but I’m afraid that it won’t hatch is there anything I can do to help it ?!

right now, just keep it in the incubator. It sounds like it's pipped internally, so give it 24 hours to pip externally, before you start to worry. low temps will slow them down a bit.

 

[Trinny]

right now, just keep it in the incubator. It sounds like it's pipped internally, so give it 24 hours to pip externally, before you start to worry. low temps will slow them down a bit.

Okay thankyou so much for responding fingers crossed

 

[Laodicia]

Okay thankyou so much for responding fingers crossed

hope it hatches for you

 

[Trinny]

Hey so I just cheeked the egg and she/he is cheeping but there is still no external pip should I make a safety hole or leave it I ha fit by my ear and I can hear it scraping

 

[Trinny]

Hey so I just cheeked the egg and she/he is cheeping but there is still no external pip should I make a safety hole or leave it I ha fit by my ear and I can hear it scraping

It’s also breathing very fast and looks stressed

 

[Laodicia]

It’s also breathing very fast and looks stressed

Sorry I was sleeping...
you can make a safety hole, if you would like by this point.

 

[Trinny]

Ok I’m out at the moment and should be able to make it in about an hour I have never made a safety hole any advice

 

[Laodicia]

Ok I’m out at the moment and should be able to make it in about an hour I have never made a safety hole any advice

candle the egg, and find where the air cell is the furthest down the shell, make sure you're above the line where you start, I've used a small (computer or glasses size) flathead screwdriver to scrape the shell, you could used a sewing needle but it's harder, or you could probably use a pair of tweezers that has pointy corners. you need to scrape an X into the shell until there is a small hole.

this is where I learned how:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching.64660/

if you use ctrl+f type in this: ONLY IN THE AIR CELL AREA!!!

it'll take you right to the instructions.

this is actually a great article to read all of at this point, you might need to assist chickie later. hope it all works out.

 

[Trinny]

candle the egg, and find where the air cell is the furthest down the shell, make sure you're above the line where you start, I've used a small (computer or glasses size) flathead screwdriver to scrape the shell, you could used a sewing needle but it's harder, or you could probably use a pair of tweezers that has pointy corners. you need to scrape an X into the shell until there is a small hole.

this is where I learned how:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching.64660/

if you use ctrl+f type in this: ONLY IN THE AIR CELL AREA!!!

it'll take you right to the instructions.

this is actually a great article to read all of at this point, you might need to assist chickie later. hope it all works out.

Ok thankyou so much I’ll get right to it