Over excited/ impatient due to hatch 28th May

[Ambray]

You're absolutely sure it's day 28? For a chicken egg, that's very late... If I were you, I'd take a sharp nail or needle and poke a tiny hole in the end of the air bubble. That way you can take a look at what's going on. It doesn't hurt the fetus, but I'm starting to think it might be dead. A dead-in-shell chick can swell, and that will look like it's growing. If it's alive, you can also assess if it's deformed and need help getting out.

Here I've made a hole to check on a duck egg with wrongly placed air bubble.
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I'll try it but are you absolutely sure that's safe also I'm waiting on one because the friends who gave it to me only had one fertile egg and didn't want chicks. Also I know they can get depressed if their alone and I feel bad but I also don't want it to die...

 

[AquaDuck]

I'll try it but are you absolutely sure that's safe also I'm waiting on one because the friends who gave it to me only had one fertile egg and didn't want chicks.

It is safe. Just be sure not to poke the screw too far down, you only need to get through the shell and the thin membrane under. Use a flashlight to make sure you don't hit anything and go slow. If it has internally pipped and is malplaced or otherwise unable to break the shell itself, it will suffocate. You're breaking the shell for him to add fresh air into the air bubble.
The only thing it changes for the chick is the humidity inside the egg. It needs high humidity once the shell is broken, as high as you can give it really.

 

[Ambray]

It is safe. Just be sure not to poke the screw too far down, you only need to get through the shell and the thin membrane under. Use a flashlight to make sure you don't hit anything and go slow. If it has internally pipped and is malplaced or otherwise unable to break the shell itself, it will suffocate. You're breaking the shell for him to add fresh air into the air bubble.
The only thing it changes for the chick is the humidity inside the egg. It needs high humidity once the shell is broken, as high as you can give it really.

So humidity at 70 then? Also I poke through the membrane? And no temp change either? This is my first time hatching so I'm not exactly an expert. I also want to add that it's a silkies egg so a lot smaller than regular ones.

 

[AquaDuck]

So humidity at 70 then? Also I poke through the membrane? And no temp change either? This is my first time hatching so I'm not exactly an expert. I also want to add that it's a silkies egg so a lot smaller than regular ones.

Poke through the shell and the membrane directly attached to the shell, not the membrane between the air bubble and the chick, that contains blood vessels. Silkie eggs are tiiiny! You should use a needle if you have one, and not a screw. Make the hole just big enough for you to peek through.
Temp the same, yes. You're basically just helping the chick take a step in its natural hatching process.

 

[Ambray]

Okay thank you I'll try it and I'll add extra water and set the humidity to 70, also double check it wont crack the egg right?

 

[Ambray]

Forgot pictures!

Last pic is same as the first accidentally added it.

 

[AquaDuck]

Forgot pictures!

Last pic is same as the first accidentally added it.

Looks like it's dead, unfortunately. Did you try to open it?

 

[Ambray]

I'm going to once I get home I made a little progress yesterday the chickened out I also did the water test and the air bubble was facing the top and out of the water but was a little tilted, does it still have a chance or is it done dealing?

 

[Jensbetty]

Any luck ? Been routing for this lil guy

 

[Jensbetty]

Mines due to start hatching in 6 days exciting times :-D getting impatient now