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I think I messed it up 😭

EriLynCap

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Aug 11, 2022
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Please help!
I had a broody hatch her first clutch she had 15 or 16 eggs

Out of 10 hatches we lost 3... The remaining 7 are doing well
There was one rotten egg that burst and may have been one of the lost babies. After the 3rd baby was lost I removed the remaining 5 eggs rinsed them but didn't scrub and put them in the incubator.
The next morning one of the eggs was weeping and stunk so I removed that one.
I then watched a video on how to float test for viability as we were at day 24/25.
I had 2 with life and 2 that looked like they did but I wasn't 100% so I decided to give it some time.
One of the 2 eggs with obvious movement and even wiggling in the incubator is now weeping even though the chick is obviously still moving around...
What do I do?
 
Not since bringing them in... I did a float test the next morning to see if there was movement because last I had checked I couldn't see in the eggs
The float test is not a safe method to determine if eggs are viable. Water can seep through the pores and drown the chick. Candle the eggs and see if you can spot movement or active veining.
 

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