Okay I'm ready to be yelled at lol what did I do wrong?

[CluckNDoodle]

Update: The baby didn't make it. I'm going to go ahead and say this one was my fault. Looking at the embryo, the chick seemed to have formed correctly and just needed time to absorb its yolk. I also had tghe day wrong - yesterday was day 21, not day 20 (meaning today is day 22).

I think the power outage must have messed with their metabolisms or something, because they should have already absorbed the yolk and moved into position by yesterday. If I had been more patient and not messed with the egg, it probably would have hatched, just a day or 2 late.

I will say, though, that chick did appear fairly weak. It was moving at 5am today and seemed like it was getting into position. I opened the egg the rest of the way right now when I saw it had stopped moving entirely. It's head was still on the pointy end of the shell. I don't know if leaving it alone would have affected anything, but I can say this was definitely a learning experience.

Thanks everybody for your well wishes! I have more eggs that start lockdown today. I might post pics or videos in a few days if things go well.

I'm sorry it didn't make it! Fingers crossed for your next hatch. Just keep I mind that absorbing the yolk sac is one of the last things the chick does before starting to unzip the shell so be patient with the little ones. Hatching is hard work and it's not uncommon for them to rest for hours in between piping internally and externally. Good luck!

 

[DancingCrow]

Sorry it’s been so difficult! I think that you are actually using common BYC practices of incubation (aside from the power outage), but it took a few posts to get all of the info... I’ve only tried shipped eggs once and that didn’t go very well - there seems to be a lot of luck and skill combined in successful incubation of shipped eggs. Hope that your chick makes it!

I'm sorry for your loss. Thank you for allowing this to be a learning experience for others.

 

[AmyJane725]

Sorry it didn't make it.

You'll use the knowledge you gained here going forward. Good luck with your next batch

 

[LittleMaiden]

Update: The baby didn't make it. I'm going to go ahead and say this one was my fault. Looking at the embryo, the chick seemed to have formed correctly and just needed time to absorb its yolk. I also had tghe day wrong - yesterday was day 21, not day 20 (meaning today is day 22).

I think the power outage must have messed with their metabolisms or something, because they should have already absorbed the yolk and moved into position by yesterday. If I had been more patient and not messed with the egg, it probably would have hatched, just a day or 2 late.

I will say, though, that chick did appear fairly weak. It was moving at 5am today and seemed like it was getting into position. I opened the egg the rest of the way right now when I saw it had stopped moving entirely. It's head was still on the pointy end of the shell. I don't know if leaving it alone would have affected anything, but I can say this was definitely a learning experience.

Thanks everybody for your well wishes! I have more eggs that start lockdown today. I might post pics or videos in a few days if things go well.

I'm so sorry it didn't make it! I hope the other eggs do well to make up for it. I don't blame you for being impatient especially with the other eggs you had

 

[FowlWitch]

I'm so sorry it didn't make it! I hope the other eggs do well to make up for it. I don't blame you for being impatient especially with the other eggs you had

Aww thank you. Yeah, I'm usually more patient but this was a weird batch of eggs for sure. I've had chicks hatch on day 23 before, so I know they can be late coming out. I was just too certain these ones had failed. Lesson learned