I have them in my incubator now cause I had 2 hens fighting over the eggs and I tried moving the mom with eggs and she didn't like that so I put them back and then another hen tried laying on them and they ended up breaking a couple eggs with babies in them....I'm just anxious and don't want to mess the process up since I had to incubate them now...
Ok, well I still wouldn't float test personally. You should be able to tell what you need to know by candling. If you see any kind of red veining it's most likely still alive. There really isn't much point in trying to assist if they don't internally pip. So you can watch for that, then you kind of have an idea how long to wait before attempting to assist. Hopefully you won't have to assist them at all.
You are in risk of losing the chick either way. I would open it up. Peel the inner shell back. So it will not stick to or shrink wrap the chick. Do not fully remove the chick from the egg. In case it has not fully absorbed the yolk yet. The chick will feel pain and stop trying to kick itself free. If it has not.
Faith made it threw the night and is doing so good! She is so beautiful and healthy! Thanks so much for all the help! We had another one hatch out through the night and now faith has a friend!
So did you end up helping it hatch or did it on it's own?
She went on her own!
Very cool. Thanks for the update!She went on her own!
