seeingidog67
In the Brooder
- May 12, 2021
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We had 16 eggs in my classroom. They were candled at day 12 and looked great. We saw lots of movement. On day 20 we heard cheeping. Day 21 faint cheeping. Today is day 22. Until today they've been on lockdown but I did open it today.
I wanted to perform the water test on them to see if any of them still had any possibility. I perform the water test and every single one of them passed the test even though I know a couple of them can't be good at this point. The very last one I went to pick up I realized had an external pip. Upon studying it, I realized the opening was not in the air sac but in the center of the egg and the chick was dead. It was starting to dry out so it might have pipped the night before. The pip was on the bottom of the egg, so I couldn't see it from the top of the incubator.
It didn't absorb the yolk fully either.
The rest of the eggs, though they pass the water test, are silent and not moving. I'm leaving them for the night.
It's probably over, right? Why did this happen? I have a picture of the dead one if that's helpful.
I wanted to perform the water test on them to see if any of them still had any possibility. I perform the water test and every single one of them passed the test even though I know a couple of them can't be good at this point. The very last one I went to pick up I realized had an external pip. Upon studying it, I realized the opening was not in the air sac but in the center of the egg and the chick was dead. It was starting to dry out so it might have pipped the night before. The pip was on the bottom of the egg, so I couldn't see it from the top of the incubator.
It didn't absorb the yolk fully either.
The rest of the eggs, though they pass the water test, are silent and not moving. I'm leaving them for the night.
It's probably over, right? Why did this happen? I have a picture of the dead one if that's helpful.