assisted hatch

  1. L

    Is this little guy gonna make it?

    This is my first time hatching eggs and it has been an adventure. They were Ebay eggs, a second batch because the first was smashed in the mail. 2 of the 18 hatched and are doing well. My incubator was great. It maintained 45-50% humidity and 99-100.5° pretty much the entire incubation period...
  2. R

    Call duck hatching newbie

    I have 9 call duck eggs in lockdown, hatching day starts tomorrow afternoon (day 26). Wondering what other people’s experiences are with the day that call duck eggs internally pip. 1. Is it right on hatching day or day(s) before? im also feeling concerned because the air cells vary from the...
    • RafterB_ranch
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. L

    HELP Weak chick won’t stand one day old

    I had to assist a chick last night who had pipped and then not done anything for 24 hours. She had started to get shrink wrapped. I only removed half the shell and half the membrane came with it- but no blood or anything. The chick ended up coming out of the other side of the shell almost...
  4. Ch2098

    Movement but no pips, a day behind other

    Hi all, I’m currently mid duckling hatch, we’re well experienced with chickens but this is our first attempt at hatching ducklings. I set 10 duck eggs at the start of the month, they all started wiggling and moving around day 22. Today is day 29 and so far we’ve had 6 successfully pip and...
  5. auzzvacha

    duckling assisted hatch advice UPDATE: she is happily hatched and seems healthy!

    Hi I have a mallard duck egg that internally pipped on match 2nd (3 days ago) I started the incubation on February 2nd (so it was on day 24). I was worried because the air sac was smaller then normal, I think from too high of humidity during the whole incubation, between 55-65, other then the...
  6. B

    Day 23, broke “dud” eggs but there’s chicks! Help!

    I had a dozen orp eggs and 4 hatched on night of day 20 and then day 21. No new activity on day 22; remaining eggs quiet and no pipping. I went to dispose of the eggs today (day 23) and do so by carefully cracking them open juuuust in case there’s bubs still in there. 3 of the eggs have fully...
  7. M

    Help! Assisted hatch, wing stuck to head

    Hi! We are hatching our first round of chicks, we have always bought chicks before now, but a friend of my husband’s thought it would be a fun project for our daughter while on stay at home. Not a great hatch rate, but we had one pip and then she kept fighting and just couldn’t get unzipped. I...
  8. N

    Egg hatching disaster! 2 eggs 8-6d younger than the first hatched chick, Leading to a whole episode of mistakes and misunderstandings

    DISCLAIMER: i am not fully aware of what happened around the start but i know more about it at the current time. Ok, so the story begins somewhere around april 5th. Momma hen (proud mother of 4 generations) decides that she needs to raise chicks again. There were 3 eggs under her. So you would...
  9. Sophie-lou

    Wry neck!! Please help!! Indian runner duckling

    Hi there, I'm new to hatching and have just hatched 3 Indian runner ducklings. One of them has a crooked neck. It's not as bad as some of the pictures I have seen and he/she is able to drink and eat on there own. I have ordered some vitamin D infant drops, which have vitamin D3, Vitamin E and...
  10. C

    4 chicks hatched day 18, did float test on rest day 23, do I assist?

    4 chicks hatched on day 18. They got fluffy and were racing around the incubator, knocking all the other eggs around and playing with each other so I took them out and put them in the brooder. Remaining 12 did nothing. On Day 23 I took them out and float tested. 2 didn’t develop but remaining...
    • CarleeG
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    • assisted hatch hatching advice quail quail hatching
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Quail
  11. D

    Wild mallard successfully hatched- Thank YOU- please read

    I want to thank all the people who have responded to my cries for help hatching the 3 wild mallard eggs I rescued. I never imagined this would be so emotionally trying. An update: one egg hatched with no problem. The 2nd egg required assistance and thanks to your responses and this wonderful...
    • ducklady1010
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    • assisted hatch duckling mallard
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    • Forum: Ducks
  12. napinkerton

    Late/Assisted Hatch Duckling Rejected by Mama! Ideas?!

    Ok, for the issue at hand, skip to the next paragraph!! If you’re bored and want to read the whole saga:caf, here’s the background on our problem: Our sixth and final duckling (Trooper) made her debut almost a week after her siblings. Mama was getting a bit impatient and was obviously torn...
    • napinkerton
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    • assisted hatch ducklings ducklings with mama mama duck issues rejected
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. Thetomsfam

    Help with Silkie Egg

    Hi there, my second batch of eggs have all but hatched, except for one, a silkie egg. The first few (French black marans and barred rocks) hatched in succession in the wee hours of the 20th day.... 19.5/20th day. They pipped and zipped without any problems. I woke up to sweet little babies. Now...
  14. C

    New chick seems weak, difficulty standing up

    I decided to assist a chick in hatching after it pipped at the narrow end of the egg and then didn't progress for 24+ hours. I unzipped the shell and left it and it was able to push out on its own. It has been out for an hour at least and is weaker and less exuberant than its siblings were (I...
  15. fatcatx

    Hatch turning into glue mess :-(

    I need some guidance with what is going wrong with my hatch and when to intervene. I will start with that I've read the guides to assisted hatch and realize DO NOT RUSH THE HATCH is the take away message. (I've done minor assists in the past but they were one-off-ers when the rest of the hatch...
  16. operachicken82

    2 day old chick is hopping on one leg and won't put weight on other

    Hey gang! I hatched some silkies on Sunday. One of the chicks needed to be assisted during the hatch and has had some issues. At first, it was expected weakness and flopping around. The chick was standing on both feet until last night. It's not putting any weight on one of its feet and holds...
  17. HenniesInMyHeart

    PLEASE HELP! Chick Pushing Against Membrane: Help Or Wait?

    I have made external pip holes for my silkie chicks because I keep losing babies at the end and just figured out because I am at high altitude, they don't get enough air in lockdown! I made holes in the top of the shells because I don't want to lose these babies. My question is this: If my baby...
  18. S

    Helped a malpositioned chick out of its egg...now what???

    The chick had its foot over its head and it couldn't zip. I chipped away some of the shell for it. (Please..no comments about not assisting chicks..it's already been done and it's not what this post is for. Thanks!) It quickly got out on its own, but it is having trouble getting on its feet and...
  19. HarmonyFox

    Muscovy positioned wrong in egg?

    I think my Muscovy might be backwards in its egg. What could I do for it? How could I know for a fact? I thought it enternally pipped on day 31 but I heard no peeps so I ignored it. As the days went on it kept moving like crazy and looked even more like it was enternally pipped. Yesterday I made...
  20. vrsilver

    Chick hatching trouble

    I’m not sure if this is the right place to put this but I need help! I have a chick that pipped on the wrong end of the egg but I was not super worried because within 6 or so hours it started the unzipping process. Except it started 12 hours ago and it isn’t making any progress now. Is it...
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