chicken12311
Hatching
- Jul 1, 2016
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Hello, sorry for not introducing but this is my first post and i need help.
I have seven eggs under my broody hen and now five have hatched but two are still unhatched. One of those two has a piping hole and was peeping and moving. I went out this morning and came back home to find the hen and chicks away from the eggs and the pipped egg was cold. But when i checked it the chick was still moving and peeping a little but it was weak.
Let me just add that the pip hole was there since last night so it's been about 18 hours since piping. But now the hen won't sit on them. I've brought them in and placed them in a bowl with a damp tissue and then placed that bowl in to a bigger bowl of warm water and covered it all with a towel.
The pipped chick has brightened up considerably and is now peeing a lot more but I'm wondering if I need to help or doing anything else? This has never happened before, usually they all hatch together.
Thanks in advance. I'm really worried.
I have seven eggs under my broody hen and now five have hatched but two are still unhatched. One of those two has a piping hole and was peeping and moving. I went out this morning and came back home to find the hen and chicks away from the eggs and the pipped egg was cold. But when i checked it the chick was still moving and peeping a little but it was weak.
Let me just add that the pip hole was there since last night so it's been about 18 hours since piping. But now the hen won't sit on them. I've brought them in and placed them in a bowl with a damp tissue and then placed that bowl in to a bigger bowl of warm water and covered it all with a towel.
The pipped chick has brightened up considerably and is now peeing a lot more but I'm wondering if I need to help or doing anything else? This has never happened before, usually they all hatch together.
Thanks in advance. I'm really worried.
Unfortunately i don't have a heating pad and the only other heat source i can think of is the incubator i used on a previous set of eggs last year but the heat lamp is broken so it's useless. 
For now though I guess it's a waiting game then and the chick is still loudly chirping from the egg.
Unfortunately no sign of anything from the other unhatched egg still :/ and this is like day 24.
