hatch assist

We came out today on day 21 and 2 chicks have hatched!!! 3 eggs still under her and no pips. They are maran blends (not her eggs) and I’m curious if they just have different timing, can’t pip or aren’t hatching? How long do we wait and should I try to help pip then like I would with an...

Hey guys, looking for advice. I set 23 eggs on December 28th. Today is day 23, 18 eggs hatched between day 21 & 22, I candled the remaining 5 for signs of life and sadly lost 4 after lockdown BUT...I still have 1 remaining olive egger that is clinging on, It was very hard to see, but I...

On my 3rd attempt at hatching duck eggs, I FINALLY got two to develop. Because I had two of nine take, and those two happened to be smaller than the rest of the eggs AND were slightly lighter in color, I convinced myself that I must have accidentally grabbed two chicken eggs. I started...

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...

My silkie hen has hatched and dried 8 of her chicks, there are still a few eggs in there that haven’t hatched. I can hear them peeping inside the egg, but they haven’t pipped. All the others chicks are dried out and ready to go. Do the others need help? Mom is still sitting in the nest with her...

hi i am getting quail hatching eggs soon and would like to find a great incubator but not expensive, what are ones you use and how good are they? how long do coturnix quail take to hatch? i am getting a mix of the diffrent colors. the eggs will come in march and i need to order the incubator...

Due to a humidity problem 2 of my chicks that have pipped are shrink wrapped. They are not ready to come out of the shell yet but they were unable to get their beaks through the membrane. They both pipped externally without internally pipping. I didn't even know that could happen. I chipped away...

hello! I have an egg in an aquarium with a metal mesh top, temp is around 100°F and humidity is at about 50%. When turning the egg by hand I noticed that there was a circular crack in the egg as if it had tried to break through but it did not create a hole, or pip. I immediately put the egg...

Please help! Today is day 19 and 4 of my eggs have started to hatch. The first pip was at about 8 this morning and so far they have only widened the holes a little. We have a Nest cam in my broody box and I’m noticing her standing up a bunch and checking out/moving the eggs. But now she’s...

I’m not sure how this happened, but ive been aiming for 70-80% humidity in my incubator. The lowest it has gone is 66%. We are at Day 14, and air sacs are pitifully small. Is there any way to fix this? Take humidity WAAAAY down for a while? I’m desperately trying to preserve the genetics of a...

Hi guys my du Kline just hatched legs and everything are out of egg but his / her butt still seems attached to the shell and he / she is peeling a lot and can’t seem to break loose? Is this normal? What do I do?

Hi, we have one chick that started hatching 33 hours ago. We thought they would all hatch over the weekend, this is the only one that started. The temp and humidity are where they should be. Now, there is a large hole with some cracks in the shell but that is it. I know it is still alive as...

Hi, I have a little duckling currently hatching. It had started pipping at the wrong end of the shell so i helped it out and now it is pipped and breathing and trying to get out. I have spritzed the membrane every hour and then i also put bacitracin jelly on it to keep it moist. i initially...