- Apr 11, 2016
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hello all,
So I’ve had several good hatches and my most recent resulted in 15 chicks out of 21 eggs. Some eggs I thought were further along then they were hatched late almost two weeks ago. My problem is there is one last egg that’s been in the incubator for at least 25 days, probably closer to 30 days. My daughter lost the paper where I had it written down so I’m not positive , but it’s definitly way overdue. I’ve had to take it out to candel it and it looks normal and every time I’ve done so I see fluttering or flickering where it looks like the chick is moving. My husband and daughter see it also. I’ve looked for internal pips and cracks and found none but water candeling hasn’t been successful. I thought I heard the little cracking popping noise they sometimes make before hatching this morning but then it stopped. Now I’m questioning wether I really heard it or not lol. My concern is the temp had dropped a few times to 76 degrees or around there. I know they can sometimes hatch late due to that. If the last chick is alive I don’t want to wait and find it’s died in the egg as of right now I don’t know what to do. What if it will hatch on its own and I mess with it and hurt it? What if I don’t step in and it dies? What if the movement I’m seeing is something else , although I don’t know what it could be. So I’m very much in need of advice!! I appreciate any help at this point.
So I’ve had several good hatches and my most recent resulted in 15 chicks out of 21 eggs. Some eggs I thought were further along then they were hatched late almost two weeks ago. My problem is there is one last egg that’s been in the incubator for at least 25 days, probably closer to 30 days. My daughter lost the paper where I had it written down so I’m not positive , but it’s definitly way overdue. I’ve had to take it out to candel it and it looks normal and every time I’ve done so I see fluttering or flickering where it looks like the chick is moving. My husband and daughter see it also. I’ve looked for internal pips and cracks and found none but water candeling hasn’t been successful. I thought I heard the little cracking popping noise they sometimes make before hatching this morning but then it stopped. Now I’m questioning wether I really heard it or not lol. My concern is the temp had dropped a few times to 76 degrees or around there. I know they can sometimes hatch late due to that. If the last chick is alive I don’t want to wait and find it’s died in the egg as of right now I don’t know what to do. What if it will hatch on its own and I mess with it and hurt it? What if I don’t step in and it dies? What if the movement I’m seeing is something else , although I don’t know what it could be. So I’m very much in need of advice!! I appreciate any help at this point.
