Muscovy egg, baby was moving day 30 at lockdown…

[Melkor]

now on day 38 no pip so candled and no air sac, what do I do?

 

[Melkor]

Also want to add there is blackish colour development on the outside of egg

 

[Rock17]

That egg sounds very dead

 

[HollowOfWisps]

If there is black goo oozing out of the egg get rid of that egg asap otherwise it will explode.

 

[Melkor]

No it’s not oozing, the dhell just has a black colour

 

[Melkor]

Sorry shell*
Also I was wondering why the air sac would now be gone?

 

[My15Ducks]

If you are feeling brave (I say this because if it is dead, it could be stinky and rotten) you could try making a safety hole in the black area, in case the baby has bruised the shell there from trying to pip. It’s possible you aren’t seeing the aircell because the baby has now pushed into the aircell and is filling it. But it’s also possible it’s dead

 

[Melkor]

Hmm ok. So an outside job just incase. But what if it is still alive ? Then what?

 

[My15Ducks]

Well if it is alive and you make a tiny safety hole ( use a screw or drill bit, make it pin hole sized), you may start hearing clicking or peeping if it is alive.

If after doing that and you see or hear nothing after a few hours I might carefully chip the hole a little bit bigger, moisten the membrane, check for veins. You might discover at this point that it is dead or rotten

If you’re hearing nothing and seeing no movement - that’s definitely not good.

Day 30 was the last time you saw movement? If so it could be long dead

 

[Melkor]

Ok thank u so much!!