24hrs, pipped at the wrong end...when to intervene??

[UrbanMama]

It doesn't look like it can turn in the egg and it's pipped at the wrong end....when (if at all) should I intervene? It's a blue silkie that has been pipped since yesterday around 3:30pm.....

 

[willowcol]

You will get alot of different answers, but its your egg. If you think its time to help then I would help. Thats just me though. I helped 2 of mine, they are doing just as good as the others.

 

[skand]

Go ahead and help it out. If he doesnt make it, at least you know you tried. It's your egg, like willow said.

 

[silkiechicken]

I'd give at least 24 hours or day 22 before thinking about helping. Then, click on the sticky on the top of this section and you will find info on helping.

 

[UrbanMama]

I ended up waiting until 5:30 to help the baby (26hrs from pipping) I really think this little one would have ended up dying in the shell. It was upside down in the egg and wedged in a way that it couldn't turn. (It had pipped at the wrong end of the shell) I read the sticky (thank you silkiechicken!

) I helped zip it a bit(not the membrane, just shell) wet the membrane and then put it back in. A couple of minutes ago, it finally hatched!

Tired but so far so good.

 

[willowcol]

Glad it is doing ok, sometimes everyone needs a little help.

 

[SGM]

Had you seen it move in there to make you think it was still alive? I think mine might have already passed. I haven't seen any movement through the little pip in a long time.

 

[SGM]

I took it out quickly. It was already gone. Congrats on getting yours out quick and saving it!

 

[UrbanMama]

Quote:
:aww I'm sorry!

Yes, I could see the beak and it just couldn't move. I really think I would have been in the same boat if I didn't help when I did. It's a blue silkie and she's alternating between sleeping, bowling with the other eggs and sleeping some more!

 

[SGM]

Last time I saw mine move in the pip was this morning. I felt it was gone and was right. I have another I'm starting to doubt, but I'm not opening the bator again till I'm ready to take chicks out.