HELP I CAN NOT FIGURE OUT MY BABY CHICK IN THE EGG!!!!!!!

[Carson20034433]

Hey guys today I went out to my coop and took a look at two of my eggs under my feather legged bantam hen and I thought well why don't I just candle em?!?!? So I candled them and one of them has been stuck in the same spot for two days but is still moving in the shell (I think).... the other one has a weird looking air sac and on one side it's higher than the other and in some spots it looks like a foot or beak or whatever but I had a chick hatch the other day (she's so cute btw) and she was the same way but she was chirping in the shell... idk what is wrong or if it's just a normal thingy plus the air sac is like starting to go lower to the bottom of the egg so idk what to do.. also the one egg that has been stuck in same spot is starting to stink but I see what I think is a chick moving in the egg!!! HELP PLZ... thanks... Carson

 

[Carson20034433]

The chick I hatched the other day is my profile pic btw guys

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Can you post pics please? Of the candled eggs on the candler.

 

[bhaugh]

The one thing that I have learned about hatching whether it be chickens Quail or ducks is that you just don't know how it's going to turn out. I no longer jump to the conclusion that I know what the deal is but wait for hatch day or even a few days after. It's when we humans step in that things go awry. I've seen air cells that I thought would never allow a bird out not be an issue and perfect air cells that killed the chick inside. This is a wait game that I always recommend we humans do for the sake of the birds.

 

[Carson20034433]

Can you post pics please? Of the candled eggs on the candler.

No I can't sorry.... I can only provide info right now I also don't have a candler I just have a candlig light that I bought from TSC and it's a plug in I might go in a minute and do that for y'all and reply with pic in a minute

 

[Carson20034433]

The one thing that I have learned about hatching whether it be chickens Quail or ducks is that you just don't know how it's going to turn out. I no longer jump to the conclusion that I know what the deal is but wait for hatch day or even a few days after. It's when we humans step in that things go awry. I've seen air cells that I thought would never allow a bird out not be an issue and perfect air cells that killed the chick inside. This is a wait game that I always recommend we humans do for the sake of the birds.

Thank you for the reply but just the fact that I had one hatch the other day worries me bc I'm afraid this one won't hatch!!! Plus I have no clue when hatch day is all I know is the egg is full and baby but the air sac is "weird"

 

[Carson20034433]

That pic was from 8 days ago on the candler

 

[Carson20034433]

Shoot it didn't send

 

[Carson20034433]

That is from 8 days ago same egg just can't see air sack

 

[JeanR]

We learn.....Next time:Hope that if you are wanting eggs to hatch, that you collect them every day, date them in pencil and keep them in an egg carton on your kitchen counter, until a hen sets. (She will set when Mother Nature says SET, not when the hen "decides" to set.) Hen Set when it is time, whether or not there are eggs in the nest, although her last egg is usually under her. Be sure you give her the number of eggs you hope to hatch and the freshest last one collected--AND ALL at the same time, so they will all hatch about the SAME TIME. Write it on your calendar--day you set the eggs and count ahead 21 days, for date they are due to hatch. Move the hen to a private place with feed and water, so other hens cannot not lay in her nest OR, if you do not, she may move to another nest where a hen as just laid her egg!! And her nest full could chill. Take no chance, if your want those chicks. CANDLE (flashlight with hands cupped around the egg.--and in darkened area) after day 4 with my bantams--day 5-6 large eggs. Fertile egg will have a "red spider and the red veins showing" FERTILE! If clear, take the egg out. I candle several times during the set. Next view will be a dark blob and later the air sack will show. Best and easiest hatch is when air sack is that the large end of the egg. If at the pointy end, keep watch, as that may be a breach baby and need help hatching, as there will not be enough air to take care of the time needed to get through that shell (it is hard work). It is such a neat project--love hatching, watching chicks grow--to happy hens! Good luck with this hatch and do not be sad if it is not a "perfect one"!