Late hatching chicken eggs | Float testing egg viability 

It’s “she” not “he”, but thank you, yessss! 😅👌🏼

@@FarmLifewithKids sorry lol! 😂

Are they from lavender Easter eggers?

Don't forget the brown ones too 😮‍💨

​@@anakatana777 I came to this comment to reply the same.

@Jordyn Jacobson There is a lot of information to convey. If everyone, who wanted to share this method, was actually thorough, then there would not be so many confused by the method. There would not be so much misinformation out there. I see what group you fall into. Hope people know to never look to you for knowledge. You will take a short cut and leave out important information. good to know

@Jordyn Jacobson Read what you typed again. It doesnt make sense. I think maybe typed a wrong word somewhere. I dont care what you think of my post. I shared information with those who want it. And for those who may use this method. If they read my post, then they will be informed. If you like to stay ignorant, then by all means, knock yourself out. I've never known anyone complain about receiving information before you! amazing! Hope you dont own chickens

Thanks I’m hatching chicks soon good to know so I don’t give up too early on some

@@cerberusxd6491 Good luck! I have been pleasantly surprised by some that I just knew would not hatch. Lol It well worth the wait.

@@cerberusxd6491 Good luck with you chicks 🐣 Here’s a link to other helpful chicken videos ru-vid.com/group/PLRor-rh0O1lXgo4YassMExk9s0Yq-dS4c

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yes thank you!

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Thank you. Yes I agree, I should have shown the candling process as well.

That’s is a great idea!

Thank you for telling your story. We got five years ago a shepherd dog and chickens and we love it. Every time we go outside we cherish them it’s our family make us feel good. Now we got eggs in incubator and today it’s the 21 day and nothing yet but we hope so latter. Have a blessed day.

Thank you! I’m glad it helped. 😊

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Candling is great, this is just another alternative to check for viability 😁

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I just noticed your like!! There's 2 brahma barred rock mixes and one Easter egger silver laced wyandotte cross. They hatched shortly after I watched your video. 💜

Update : one egg hatched at day 29

@@KM-bg7ii great to know, thanks for giving me some hope.

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@@FarmLifewithKids I just subscribed. I'm having a similar issue where some of my chicken eggs hatched on day 21, some others hatched on day 22, and the remainders are still in the incubator on day 23. I think it has a lot to do with temperature inconsistencies. I just posted a video on my channel if you want to see the chicks that have hatched so far. Have a nice day!

According to the internet, Chicks should be kept in the incubator for 24-48 hours to give the time to dry. BUT I don’t agree with that. I leave them in for like 6 hours so that they dry and then I even get them carefully after hatching and help them dry themselves. Then you can move them to your brooder. The brooder is a separate place with bedding and a heat lamp where the chicks can walk around. Then, chicks don’t eat typically until after the second day because their bodies are still absorbing the yolk. And then, you can purchase chick food or you can make your own, watch this video to see how ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jeSeLqIjLL0.html. I hope this helps, here is a link to more of my chicken related videos - ru-vid.com/group/PLRor-rh0O1lXgo4YassMExk9s0Yq-dS4c 😊

Hi, thank you for watching! Hopefully you find this channel a good addition to your subscriptions . If you are on day 21, I’d wait until maybe day 23 to do the float test. Like I mentioned in the video, be sure the water is very warm and do it quickly. This way you can minimize the shock for the eggs. When you’re done, put your eggs back in the incubator. Good luck 👍🏼.

@@FarmLifewithKids ty Hh

@@FarmLifewithKids hi! I have a question for you how many degrees must the water be to do it?

@@user-yd2zg1jo7j as warm as your hand.

Won’t the water potentially kill the chick if it’s viable?

14 eggs! Nice 👍🏼, I’ve never had a hen hatch out more than 8-10 at once. The hen usually gets up at day 2 of the first chick hatched and then starts walking around showing them how to eat etc. If you can / want, as the chicks hatch, take them away so she will stay sitting on the rest of the eggs until every fertile egg is hatched. Good luck and THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING 😃 Here is a CHICKEN PLAYLIST I know you’ll enjoy 👉🏼 ru-vid.com/group/PLRor-rh0O1lXgo4YassMExk9s0Yq-dS4c This will give you lots of information on possible injuries you may encounter with chicks and also some basics on chicken keeping. 😊

@@FarmLifewithKidsrecently my hen hatched out 19 chicks out of 20 eggs one was fully grown but it was weak so it died in the egg all the 19 chicks are healthy. This is common thing in India.

It's true bro I am not lying

The chicks are now 4 months old

Hi, how did you make your hen to sit on the eggs?

Under a broody hen they can go about 4-5 hours without her on them at a time as long as they make it back up to temp, slight differences in incubator temp may affect hatch times but not more than a broody hen

Hi and thank you for watching . In my experience, no my eggs don’t always move. So I don’t use movement to decide whether or not an egg is viable. I go by how it floats. I hope this helps. Good luck ! If you find this channel helpful, please be sure to subscribe. Thank you

Farm Life with Kids Thank you!!!! Day 22nd and (not so patiently) waiting :) The weather has been a little chilly and my eggs are under a broody hen. This is my first hatch and I’m trying not to worry :) haha. I did a float test on day 21 because an egg that had previously been cracked broke all the way open under mama, unfortunately, so I had to wipe off the other eggs and decided to float test them at the same time.

Tara 907 I too am very impatient when it comes to the hatching. Just try not to think about it too much. If the broody hen has hatched chicks before (and even if she hasn’t) , they know exactly what they are doing. Let me know how it goes 😊👍🏼

Farm Life with Kids She has not! She’s a first time mama! She’s 4 now and has been broody every year. But this year she would go broody every few weeks so I decided to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a mama and got some hatching eggs for her, since we don’t have a mature rooster at this time. :) She’s been a good setter. Leaves the eggs every couple of days very briefly. Tolerates her chicken BFF laying an egg on top of her every day. But she went a little wild on day 18 and sat in the wrong box after taking a dust bath. When I put her back on the correct nest she got a bit fussy and that’s when she cracked the egg that later broke open. Sometimes I’ll find eggs beside her and not under her. This was kind of an experiment but since it’s our first hatch I’m a bit emotionally invested at this point :) haha. Day 22 and no peeps yet. I’ll let you know the outcome! Thanks for your help! :)

Tara 907 Wow , I experienced the same thing recently with a hen of mine, as she was trying to sit on her eggs, the other hens would go and lay eggs right on top of her! Sometimes even two hens would pile on top of her at once. Of corse there is more nesting boxes , but nope, everyone wants the same box! Anyway, because I had hens laying eggs on her, I marked her batch with a crayon to make sure I knew what eggs were what. It was quite a mess. I’m glad your hen will soon finally be a mama. 👍🏼

Dis you get an answer ?

Hi & welcome! If you want to candle the eggs, it’s fine but it’s not necessary. The air pocket will float and the chick will sink. But candle will give you a good look inside. It is safe to take them out of the incubator, as long as you’re quick and the temp of the water is warm/hot-ish. I don’t know exactly what temp I do may water at, I just feel like if I were taking a newborn baby a bath, if that helps. Make sure there’s no peeps or cracks in the eggs because if submerged in water, they’ll drown. If you can, have someone help you so that it’s fast, and do it in the day while the weather is warm. Good luck hatching! Please subscribe if you haven’t already. Thank you for watching!

@@FarmLifewithKids thanks tonight at night I will do the candling , and see if kinda dark but has air pocket, its ok, if blood ring bad, but yer not necesary, then water test , warmish water, pretending for new born baby, if no cracks, then dont, and if it floats 10 percent above water like in vid, then its ok but my dad , coz its his incubator and he owns the egg, or my mum owns the chickens, he said hes gona throw away, coz he got new eggs waiting, anyways, I will see what hapens tonight, ye , I sub now

name name I wish you all luck in hatching those eggs. Sometimes it takes a few more days than 21. Yes candle them at night, and float them in the day when is warm. Good luck !

Thank you 😊

Did they hatch

@@Jelcy46 no. They unfortunately did not. 🥺

Oh okay

@@Jelcy46 we left them under her as long as she would sit on them, then they started to smell.

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I dry the eggs before putting back in incubator.

@@FarmLifewithKids should I just do this test if it's not hatch in the 21st day? Can I do this test even if my eggs are still 14th day

@@phillipbrizo1304 wait till after the 21st day

Yes , correct! 😄

It could be because although they are dead, the chick is still enclosed in the egg and egg sack which is essentially preserving it in a way. And also , we are not sure exactly how long the chick was dead for.

The addition of oxygen is what changes the color of blood, not the age. Old blood without exposure to oxygen will still be bright red.

@@missakialexandria oh so color of blood changes due to oxidation

Hi and thank you for watching! Eggs in the incubator smell a bit , but not like rotten, just a bit wet eggy if that makes sense. Have you candles or floated your eggs? How long have you had the eggs in the incubator for? Is it a new incubator or used from previous years?

I performed the float test to see if they were possibly still alive or “viable”. Although a float test is not 100% accurate, it’s more like 91% accurate. If the egg sank completely to the bottom, it normally means the eggs developed a chick but died at some point and there is no more air pocket holding that egg above water. If more than half of the egg is floating above water, than that eggs most likely did not develop any chick and was probably never fertile to begin with. Watch this video all the way thru a few times to make sure you understand. 😊 I hope that made sense. Good luck with your chicks. Here is a playlist of my other chicken related videos ru-vid.com/group/PLRor-rh0O1lXgo4YassMExk9s0Yq-dS4c I hope you consider subscribing 😁

@@FarmLifewithKids I did do the float test and they’ve all passed :). Maybe I’ll leave them another five or so days. Ready to be done with the incubator on the counter and the mama hen moved on from keeping them warm with the 12 other chicks.

@@michellealmonte6595 yes, give it another couple days. Keep me updated please 😁

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Hi and welcome to Farm Life with Kids I have not tried this float test with duck eggs but I would think it would work the same as with chickens eggs. I’m not completely sure, you may want to double check and do some more research. 🧐 I hope you you hatch all your duck eggs , good luck and keep me updated.🤗

This float test works with any kind of bird egg. All bird eggs must have an air pocket for the baby inside. However, there is more to this test than just simply "does it float". I just made a post explaining it, if you are intereested. Sho happy your ducklings hatched!

@@wordswritteninred7171 hi 🙋‍♀️, where did you post, I looked for it on your channel but didn’t see anything. I’m interested to see how to vetted conduct the test

@@FarmLifewithKids My appologies. I meant I wrote a post in your comment section under this video. If you cant find it, I can copy and paste it here for you to read.

@@FarmLifewithKids Here is what I wrote. I just copy and pasted it. It is posted under this video in the comments. section! So happy to find your channel actually, what you want to see, is the egg to move on its own, while suspended in the water. The amount of egg above the water line, tells you how much of an air pocket the egg contains. It is very important, because at some point, before the chick emerges from the egg, it will be dependant upon that air pocket for oxygen. But there has been eggs, with very small air pockets, that the chick still survived. If the chick can break the surface of the egg, before it runs out of air, it can still make it. So the next thing you ant to see, is the egg move on its own. Because the egg may have a great air pocket, but the chick may have died for other reasons. So it will float, but the chick may still be dead. SO you let the egg stop moving in the water. and wait to see it shimmy on its own! That means the chick moved inside the egg. Now, lets say the egg "stands up" in the water, but does not break the surface of the water. It is fully submerged, but not laying on its side at the bottom of the cup. That means, there is an air pocket. but a small one! still, wait for the egg to stop moving, from you placingin the water and it sinking. Then watch carefully for the egg to shimmy all under its own power! If it does, then the chick is still alive! Keep an eye on it on hatching day. If you hear chirping, you could poke a hole through the shell, at the spot of the sir pocket. This could increase the odds of the chick making it. Because it is still alive. And it has a very small air pocket. So you want to make sure it has enough air to be able to have time to break though the shell. When you hear chirping coming from the egg, that means the chick has broke into the air pokcet. If you make a tiny little hole in the end of the egg, air can continue to get inside of the egg, so the chick can breath, till it breaks throough the shell on its own. If the egg, floats, but never moves on its own, then most likely the chick has already died for some reason. I would still give it till day 25 just to be certain. If the egg sinks to the bottom, and falls on its side, then there is no hope for it at all. most likely it was not even fertile to begin with. And can be tossed out immediately. Hope this all makes sense and helps everyone! TAHNKS FOR A GREAT VIDEO THOUGH! I just now found you through the "recommends".

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Yes, there’s a possibility that the eggs are still ok. Just turn it back on or whatever needs to be done. And continue.😊 Thank you for watching, hope you consider subscribing 😀

@@FarmLifewithKids alright !i still do the water test to be sure the egg same fine 👌 it my first egg so i was woried i will follow bud 👍

@@fuckingclowntiki2233 No, the float test is to be done AFTER day 22. For now just leave them. What day are you at today? Maybe candle them. 😊

@@FarmLifewithKids normaly gonna hatch for the 19 may I did the water test cause the shed is very dark colored so it sometime hard to see well xc but a moment later after candle i see some crazy kick little guy probably pretty angry x)

The temp when doing a float test has to be lukewarm. Think of it like if you were taking a newborn baby a bath, if that helps. Sorry for the late reply. How did your hatching go?

Hi 🙋‍♀️ and welcome to my channel! Roosters ,depending on the temperament, tend to be nice to young chicks. NOT ALL THE TIME. So it’s best to keep chicks separate unless you have mama hen protecting her chicks 🐥.

If it sinks it was probably not fertilized from the beginning or died very very early.

Mine sunk, I opened the egg, and it was alive. So I don't trust this method .

I have never tried it with other than duck and chicken eggs. I suggest you research more and see if this test can work on those eggs.

He pinned the comment that these type of eggs can't be candle lit. Also water testing doesn't drown them if you don't quickly

They were supposed to hatch 2 days before. I'd think they already have increased chance of not surviving.

Hi and thank you for watching! Duck eggs hatch in about 28 days, so you’d have to wait til day 30ish to perform this float test . This test is only to see if an egg can still possibly hatch after the day they should have. PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE