Should i assist?!?!

[Pyxis]

i set them may 26th so they were due yesterday and its almost 7pm right now.

Yep, so they are definitely a little late. I would suspect it was the slightly low temperature that has caused it - is it more than one egg that is running late? Or just the one?

If you candle the egg and gently tap it, do you see any movement?

 

[MearBear]

The others hatched yesterday and I remember setting one egg at 11pm so this one must be it. I candles it and tapped but I didn't see movement the whole egg is pretty much taken up by the chick but I can still see veins. Do the veins still being visible mean its alive?

 

[jvls1942]

try the float test.
float the egg in warm water and watch for it to wiggle.
If it wiggles, put it back and wait for it to hatch.

 

[MearBear]

try the float test.
float the egg in warm water and watch for it to wiggle.
If it wiggles, put it back and wait for it to hatch.

I thought of doing that but the egg has a small crack in it from the beginning, it looks like the water may be able to get in. I'm just too afraid it will ruin the egg.

 

[Pyxis]

I thought of doing that but the egg has a small crack in it from the beginning, it looks like the water may be able to get in. I'm just too afraid it will ruin the egg.

I wouldn't do the float test.

I would say give this egg a day or two more to see if it makes any more progress. I'm not sure you'd want to put a safety hole in, because if it's not internally pipped, that won't really help anything and it's best not to put a hole in the shell until it's nearly ready to hatch.

 

[MearBear]

I wouldn't do the float test.

I would say give this egg a day or two more to see if it makes any more progress. I'm not sure you'd want to put a safety hole in, because if it's not internally pipped, that won't really help anything and it's best not to put a hole in the shell until it's nearly ready to hatch.

Thanks for the help! If I do put a hole in it then should I raise the humidity? Just in case I do tomorrow.

 

[Pyxis]

Thanks for the help! If I do put a hole in it then should I raise the humidity? Just in case I do tomorrow.

Yes, you'd want the humidity at least 65% if you do put a hole in.

 

[MearBear]

Thanks sooo much for all your help I'll tell you how everything went tomorrow morning.