Hands on hatching and help

This is the egg that is zipping on its own but the zip marks look dark. Last time I lost chicks and they dried up in she'll. Humidity is at about 70.

flamingoqueen said:

This is the egg that is zipping on its own but the zip marks look dark. Last time I lost chicks and they dried up in she'll. Humidity is at about 70.

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That is not a healthy membrane, They should be white and dry not dark like that. Have you ever checked you hygrometer for accuracy? That one has dried membranes as well and may not be able to finish zipping without help. You might want to at least moisten the membranes there too and/or assist it out.

AmyLynn2374 said:

That is not a healthy membrane, They should be white and dry not dark like that. Have you ever checked you hygrometer for accuracy? That one has dried membranes as well and may not be able to finish zipping without help.  You might want to at least moisten the membranes there too and/or assist it out.

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I have a second meter in the incubator because of what happened last time. They are all black chicks does that make a difference. This one pipped at 8 pm on Friday and at 1 am this am did the zipping.

flamingoqueen said:

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I have a second meter in the incubator because of what happened last time. They are all black chicks does that make a difference. This one pipped at 8 pm on Friday and at 1 am this am did the zipping.

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The membrane should look like this:




Nice white and papery is what you want to see.

AmyLynn2374 said:

The membrane should look like this: Nice white and papery is what you want to see.

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Thank you for the pictures. Thsee chicks are not due to hatch until Monday. So these two are early I guess. The 48 hour pip chick that I zipped is peeping away. I dampened the membrane and no veins show so I peeled it back just at the air sack. There is a lot of condensation in incubator so the picture is not that great.

flamingoqueen said:

Thank you for the pictures. Thsee chicks are not due to hatch until Monday. So these two are early I guess. The 48 hour pip chick that I zipped is peeping away. I dampened the membrane and no veins show so I peeled it back just at the air sack. There is a lot of condensation in incubator so the picture is not that great.

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. If the other chick has not finished zipping in a few hours I will finish it for him.

lovesanimals101 said:

Thanks RubyNala97 The one that had died was peeping when I candle before it had died......the other isn't peeping though so I will keep you updated.

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lovesanimals101 said:

I think the last egg died also I think it got flipped around somehow I made a small hole and it looked nothing like the other one its foot was at the top and no movement I don't know why or how that happened.

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Yes, what I was going to say is that something is wrong and we can figure out what it is so that you don't have this happen again. Let me know what you find when you open the air cell. For some reason they are pipping before they are ready because there is to much blood. Can you give some details about the hatch? Such as your incubator, temps, humidity, breed of eggs and where you got them. Are you calibrating your thermometers and hygrometers?

flamingoqueen said:

0 I have a second meter in the incubator because of what happened last time. They are all black chicks does that make a difference. This one pipped at 8 pm on Friday and at 1 am this am did the zipping.

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If the chick is zipping then usually they are ready. The zip shouldn't take to long, 30-60 mins tops. If it stops zipping for a prolonged time you can finish the job for him.

I had temp at 99.5 about half the time then bumped up to 100 and at one point 101 for a couple day.... The first week humidity was low 30 then bumped up to 45 to 50

Hello- this thread gets a lot of posts. I have one or two ideas but I need to be sure weather or not that egg is alive? Thankyou!!! The more opinions the better

Ask for a photo at a different angle of you need it
I am a first time hatcher so I'm not too good at this yet :/ but I'm going to get better!!

flamingoqueen said:

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Looks like I waited too long the one that partially zipped on its own I just tried to help out and it was dead. Ugh. The other one that I have been helping is out of its shell with my help it was totally stick and the membrane was drying to its feathers. The shell is still attached to its bottom. Just a tiny bit of yoke left at the bottom. Do I just leave it in incubator