Day 18, am I going to have a runt?

[BGcoop]

it is lock down day. This is going to be my first hatch. When checking all the eggs prior to lock down, one chick seems much smaller than the others. There is still about a quarter or so of the egg we can see through. (S)he is moving away inside though just like the other eggs. Is this chick just a late bloomer, will it take a few extra hours to hatch? Is it going to hatch at all? If it makes it out alive, will it be a runt? Oh these last few days are going to kill me!!!

 

[Keeperofmunchkins]

It could be smaller due to a cool spot in the incubator making it develop slightly slower or it could have some other problem. It may take an extra day or so to hatch or it might not make it. I had one embryo that was smaller and behind in development in my last hatch and it died around day 19 unfortunately.

 

[BGcoop]

It could be smaller due to a cool spot in the incubator making it develop slightly slower or it could have some other problem. It may take an extra day or so to hatch or it might not make it. I had one embryo that was smaller and behind in development in my last hatch and it died around day 19 unfortunately.

Oh sad!