the water test.

[woogie g3]

when you put a egg in water to see if its alive do you use warm water or cool water???
and its the end of day 21 should i be worried yet??

 

[TomG]

I'm not really sure but I don't think you use water to see if the eggs are alive. You candle (hold egg up to light) to see if it is alive. The water thing is to see if the egg is fresh. Floats old... sinks fresh. Temp shouldn't matter with freshness test. Water bath is not suppose to be good for living eggs at any temperature.

 

[abqferreira]

I'm in the same boat here, end of day 21 and not even a pip. I floated them in body temp water this afternoon and saw movement in all of them, then worried about it being too much movement for the chicks or causing them to chill. 1st hatch here, curious about what more experienced chicken owners think of this.