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    Helping a stuck chick hatch?

    The two others that pipped this morning hatched too. They’re all up playing soccer in the incubator with the other eggs! Thank you for your help!
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    Helping a stuck chick hatch?

    The chick is out! Still peeping like crazy, but he managed it!
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    Helping a stuck chick hatch?

    Here are the pictures. It seems like it still can’t turn, but is kicking and breaking quite a bit of the shell off and cracked the other side. There’s a noticeable difference in the size of the hole now compared to a few hours ago! He/she’s breathing well and seems more comfortable.
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    Helping a stuck chick hatch?

    Thank you! It seems to be resting, but will occasionally chirp pretty loudly. I’ll see about getting a picture!
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    Helping a stuck chick hatch?

    No, I’ve kept the chick in the shell as much as possible. At the moment, I’m just chipping away little bits of dried membrane and shell every few hours when he/she seems stuck and keeping it as moist as I can without opening the incubator every couple of hours.
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    Helping a stuck chick hatch?

    Hello everyone! Apologies if I’m not posting correctly- I’m a long-time lurker, but never found a reason to post/register until today! We’ve had chickens for about 5 years now, and this is our first year hatching. Twelve eggs incubated and ten made it to viability. We had a silkie egg pip on day...
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