assisted hatching

  1. sjhart18

    Assisting without an internal pip...

    Hello! I know this is a super controversial topic and that there are very strong opinions about whether or not to assist in general. I'm asking specifically about what to do if the chick has been trying to break through the inner membrane for at least 24 hours. Stats: - Local chicken egg...
  2. Nervously Sweating

    Assisted Hatch Chick Problems!

    Hey y'all! I recently hatched 2 chicks; the first hatched early (18-19 days) and since the other one hadn't hatched yet (on the 21st day), my parents urged me to assist it. It turned out pretty bad. The chick came out alive, thank God, but it definitely wasn't fully done "cooking" in it's...
  3. Qui1980

    Please advise asap! Odd candling results? Muscovy Duck Eggs. Mom setting. Day 36. Pics included!

    Soooo… mom had been setting for 36 days today. These are the eggs, and have been this way for the last 4 days. Not sure what to make of them? No external pip as of yet, if they have internally pipped, it’s not the same as the last 40 eggs that have hatched🤷‍♀️. The beak is normally quite...
  4. A

    Callducks assisted hatching too early?

    My call ducks recently passed the 28th mark of incubation. I researched a lot on the internet about call duck hatching, and I have read on multiple sites that you should always assist call ducks because if their difficulties to break the egg. And today i decided to help them with assisted...
  5. B

    Help! My ducklings have pipped and haven’t hatched!

    I have some ducklings that are working on hatching, but haven’t yet. Five others hatched already, but needed me to assist them all. I think they were all accidentally shrink wrapped or something, because they started hatching early before I had set up the incubator for lockdown. My last 2...
  6. Turkey Girl

    Chick With Injured Leg!!

    So, I have this French Black Copper Marans chick that had issues hatching. Once it hatched, I noticed that it doesn't seem to be able to pull one of her legs under her. Is it a slipped tendon? Is it broken? It's not splayed leg or curly toe. I have attached a picture. She just hatched a little...
  7. H

    Chicks hatched with unabsorbed yolk!

    It appears that my broody hen "helped" two chicks hatch today by pecking their shells away after they creating the first external pip. This resulted in both having a partially unabsorbed yolk, one is a little bloody, and one has a head injury (probably from an accidental peck). They are...
  8. D

    Help! Duckling shell cracked open, but no pip!

    Hi - I’m not sure what to do! My mama Muscovy seems to have pecked open one of her eggs exposing the inner membrane, but there is no pip. It looked yesterday like the duckling had started to pip the side of the shell, rather than through the air sac. Then today, the shell is pecked open...
  9. Justagoose_18

    Shrink wrapped chick!!

    So I am hatching a large batch of eggs at the moment, and have had all sorts of problems. From one chick hatching with an unabsorbed yolk, to another hatching through the wrong end. Right now, I have opened the bator to transfer around 1/3 of the chicks to a different one, just so that they...
  10. DatCrazyChickenLady

    Egg cracked or hatching? Help!

    Hello! We have been letting our hen hatch a few eggs and this morning one was super cracked and crushed- but the chick is alive. We haven’t been tracking it super closely- but the eggs should be hatching this week I think. Is the egg hatching or cracked, and what should I do? It’s been like this...
  11. D

    Tried helping one with issues, could use input

    Hi all, got an issue here. New to hatching, well, haven't done it since I was a kid anyways. Ok, so it's only day 21(and 3/4 at this point) but I had a few pip on day 19 and this little guy pipped wrong side, then unzipped halfway by 4am on day 20. Its now about 10pm day 21. So about 30 hours...
  12. BokBokBaa

    Internal pip but not external?

    I set an egg on 9/9. I noticed an internal pip yesterday afternoon, I have heard a few chirps since then but there has been no progress. I've read the assisted hatch thread several times but I'm still unclear and nervous about when it's time for me to score an X to create an external pip hole...
  13. C

    Dire Emergency with last 2 eggs in incubator

    I have just done the most stupid thing. We have successfully hatched bantams well over a week ago and had two other eggs in the incubator which were added 3 days in to replace the non fertile eggs I removed at day 5. When they were overdue I candled for internal pip and there was nothing, nor...
  14. MelissaRose

    Help! assisting a hatching chick! There is blood! *pictures* HELP

    Hello all, I have an egg that is having trouble hatching. The chick opens and closes their mouth which I heard means they a still absorbing their yolk. I have the egg in a box with a heat lamp and jar of warm water and its about 95f. I know its supposed to be 99-100f, but does it matter with it...
  15. K

    Help please! We've made a hole in the air sac but the chick hasn't pipped internally yet. Oops!

    Would love some info please - we had nine eggs in the incubator that were shipped over and only one has would up being viable. It is day 21 today and yesterday we were positive the chick had pipped internally, and today still no external pip so I've made a hole in the egg where I was positive...
  16. Sara L

    Help! Broody left pipping chick behind-covered with white things?

    Help! We had a broody set a clutch at my folk's house without us figuring it out until she was in lockdown. She left the nest late today with 5 fluffy chicks and still had about 8 eggs left in the nest. I wasn't able to get there until this evening and checked on the eggs, which were cold to the...
  17. R

    Day 24, movement in egg

    This is my first hatch and on day 21 I had one hatch, then on day 22 the second one and day 23 the third on hatched (with wry neck). I have three more eggs in the incubator that had movement at day 18 when I went into lock down. I candled again last night (day 23) and one had movement inside of...
  18. H

    How long till I intervene?

    7 eggs in the incubator - 3 pipped that I can see. It's day 20ish (don't remember the exact time I put them in - sorry, I was kid free and it was a project I did while drinking wine... don't judge me lol). Anyway, this one I can see is alive and has been working since about 8am through this...
  19. Carlswani

    My first assisted hatch

    So I had two bodged hatches (incubator issues it turns out the new one worked!) but 10 days into my second hatch I got my first egg from a new frizzle rooster. I thought I could just put it in to find out if it was fertile or not. Turns out it was and even though he’d been through humidity hell...
  20. R

    Humidity Problem in Lockdown- Help Appreciated.

    Hi. So we have twelve mixed breed chook eggs up to day 21. Last night the incubator was briefly opened and unfortunately the lid didn't make it back down with a complete seal. The humidity dropped to around 30% for an hour or so. The lid was repositioned for overnight, and in the light of day...
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