Intervention: Helping Your Chicks Hatch

[Ravynscroft]

Can you see the duckling better in this pic?

To me, the duckling looks fine... just very not ready yet... at this point, there's really not much you can do but wait, in my opinion... it will start struggling mightily when it's ready, if there's internal damages then it just may not make it... not your fault either way...

 

[WVduckchick]

I don't fault anyone for assisting, except myself when I do it too soon....or too late! "If" is the easy part for me, I am going to help if I think they need it. I hatch seramas, and they need help often. It's the "when" that is tricky! So educating first-timers can be tricky also.

C'mon little duckling. Hang in there!

 

[Ravynscroft]

I would not intervene unless it has been over 24hrs from external pip... general rule of thumb is to give 24hrs from internal pip to external pip, and 24hrs from external pip to zip... zipping shouldn't take more than an hour, but every other stage usually has a lot of wait time between the next...

 

[WVduckchick]

What day are they on? What has your temps been? Have you candled them to see if they've drawn down or internal pipped yet?

Ravyn, Pyxis is helping this member on another thread.
Darn, I lost my copy/paste of the link.

 

[WVduckchick]

Here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-assist-hatching.1202315/page-6#post-19057047

 

[igorsMistress]

Quail I had to help this morning. Very thankful for the help from this thread.

 

[Agathas]

Can you candle an egg now in a dark room and get a clear photo of it?

Can you candle one now and get a picture?


Do not try and open an egg.
If they have not externally pipped they are not ready to come out and if you try and take it out too early you will kill it.

 

[Agathas]

I am not an expert in incubating, but if you incubated them at 39.5 c that is too hot. 37.5 c is what they should have been.

Should I start piping one to make sure it's dead or ?now I'm so lost.

 

[casportpony]

This looks dead:

 

[casportpony]

Sure will I'll be posting pics soon. Can't believe I'm doing this. I'm gonna be so heart broken. I can't even kill a bug..

Go slow and start with this one

Do just this one, then post pictures. do not proceed with others.