Baby having problem hatching?

[moeell1]

So one of the babies has a slit and a hole and I see his beak poking out but it's been like that for about 12 hours....can i help him hatch or not?!

 

[Plain_View_Farm]

I do it when they go too long. What kind of Quail?
Just try real hard to not tear the inner membrane. And if you see any blood stop immediately.
It doesn't take much blood loss for such a little one to bleed to death.

Best of luck,
David

 

[moeell1]

bobwhite quail, I put in more water to see if we could make the egg weaker.......thanks!!

 

[Plain_View_Farm]

Don't leave them in the water but for a few seconds. You will starve the chick of oxygen.
Your better off putting a wet sponge in your incubator than to remove the eggs and put them in water.

David

 

[Animallover606]

When my bobwhite hatched he peeped for about four hours than was zipping for an hour and then out in a minute but I have had other birds hatch like yours is. Good Luck

 

[moeell1]

I meant i put in a wet sponge I didn't leave him in the water...he is still not out but I see his beak sticking out, I really don't know what to do?!

 

[Plain_View_Farm]

Do you have a pair of blunt end tweezers? Thats what I use to pick off shell a little at a time in the same circle that they started.
Once it is most of the way around they can usually push the shell in half.
I have had to open the shell for htem and leave them in the base until they work themselves out.

Hope ya good luck,
David