Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry

Great article, very helpful with my hatch

I found this article very interesting and I am certainly not disappointed that I read it, however I found that the author used jargon assuming that everyone would know what is been referred to. An example is the word 'zip' - having read through the article I still do not know what it means. But overall the article was informative. Thank you.

Thank you for this article! My little BM is out and Chirping away!

This article is a life saver, literally.
This article alone taught me everything I needed to know about assisted hatch. I had a very problematic hatch earlier in the year where, had I not assisted, I’d only have 5 / 13 ducklings right now. With this article, I was able to save 5 more, and successfully hatched 10 / 13. Everyone is happy, healthy, and growing oh-so fast! Thank you so much!

i loved reading this and i have call ducks and i hatched one of them i helped her hatch and she is a beutiful girl sadly nobody else in her clutch hatched so we got her some freinds and the lady we got them from assisted them hatch
in my beleve that you should help when babys are hatching and i loved the pictures of the mums helping the babys

This is amazing advice thank you so much, my chick pipped 5 hours ago and is moving its beak and I now know that it’s absorbing the yolk, Thanks!

Before reading this a couple of months ago now, I lost a Lot of eggs.. but since reading, I've managed to save most that made it to day 21.. to make sure I got it right, I read your article 4 times. I'm so pleased that I did because I've got some cute bundles that are growing fast.
Now, when it comes to hatching, once the first 2 have hatched and absorbed all the moisture, it's time to help. Most I only partially break out, but some that have been upside down in the shell, I open completely and set back into the biggest part. So far, it's been successful..

The 2 in mini incubator were hatched to where they could do it themselves, the other 3 were natural, and a healthy 5 girls in last 2 pics. Without your help, these 2 would be dead.
Thank You!! By far, the Best article online!!

I wish I read this sooner. I lost a beautiful showgirl silkie because all i read was don’t assist. But on hatch day power went out and eggs were ice cold and it allready started to pip and then we moved them to the car to get warm again until power was back on. who know if it would of helped. i just wish i know i could and how to assist. so thanks for the good information.

This was the most helpful and comprehensive article I have read. Thank you for taking the time to go over this step by step. I also loved how you were gentle to broach the topic of assisting. Thank you again for sharing your expertise.

Very informative!

Awesome explanation to give confidence to those of us who don't want to mess it up! Very thorough and great pictures too!

Thank you so much!

I appreciate this lengthy article and images. A very good read. I shared with my nieces, they took turns reading. Thank You.

This was a great article. Very detailed. Should help a lot of beginners as well as others.

Excellent discussion.

Very informative! Thanks for this info. I'm currently hatching my first runner ducks (day 26), and I'm a nervous duck parent!

Amazing!! This is a very informative article. You should make some more of these!

I have avoided assisting for years now. I had an experience where I assisted too early, and killed a chick, and was convinced had I left it, it probably would have been okay. It was devastating. As a result, I usually share my experience with the intent to lead someone away from assisting.

With that said, I wish I would have known about this article. It is well written, and I love these articles where it feels like the author really cares about the chicks and my/the chicks success.

Thank you for taking the time to write this, and I will just refer folks here moving forward.

Side note: I will however avoid call ducks.

This was a very helpful article to read. For anyone who is thinking of hatching eggs this is a must read.

What an excellent wealth of information. You can never learn to much - thank you!