Chick pipped well below air cell, should I worry?

[chickenmomma16]

I can hear it peeping so I assume it can breathe. The crack runs length wise just below the air cell. I don’t see any blood, should I be concerned? Anything I should watch out for or do for it?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I can hear it peeping so I assume it can breathe. The crack runs length wise just below the air cell. I don’t see any blood, should I be concerned? Anything I should watch out for or do for it?

My air cells draw down a LOT after marking on day 18 so I usually expect pip below that line a little.

And yes, peeping means breathing!

 

[chickenmomma16]

My air cells draw down a LOT after marking on day 18 so I usually expect pip below that line a little.

And yes, peeping means breathing!

Well I know it’s below the air cell because I candled it before I saw the crack. They are at day 21 and a half. I left the top off the incubator for 12 hours half way through their incubation. I just wanted to make sure they were still alive and check the water level (I have a Brinsea octagon 20)

 

[chickenmomma16]

It’s been 10 hours and absolutely no change with the progress of hatching. The other egg just pipped no problem and looks normal. How long should I give the chick before I investigate?

 

[lena_]

It’s been 10 hours and absolutely no change with the progress of hatching. The other egg just pipped no problem and looks normal. How long should I give the chick before I investigate?

I'd give it an hour. You may need to assist. Good luck and keep us posted.

 

[lena_]

It’s been 10 hours and absolutely no change with the progress of hatching. The other egg just pipped no problem and looks normal. How long should I give the chick before I investigate?

Crap, just reading that it's been 10 hours... Do you have a small, sharp object around that you could use?

 

[chickenmomma16]

Crap, just reading that it's been 10 hours... Do you have a small, sharp object around that you could use?

Oh! Oh! I just went to move the incubator out of our room so the peeps won’t wake us up (hubby likes the incubator white noise normally) and it looks like a big chunk of shell is coming off!! So relieved! Hopefully I will have 2 chickies in the morning! I went to Wilco Friday and bought 4, I mean 6 (wait how did 8 chicks get in my box??) friends for these 2 eggs I was incubating just in case one didn’t make it.

Trouble egg:

Other egg: (yes it’s in a plastic strawberry container, the eggs are form 2 different pairings of my Wheaten Ameraucanas)

 

[Rose Quartz]

glad you waited! Usually for chickens wait 24 hours after external pip before assisting. unless you suspect they missed the internal pip in which case wait 48 hours before assisting. Hope you have 2 cute babies in the morning

 

[lena_]

Thank goodness it was okay! Hoping for a great hatch for you

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Crap, just reading that it's been 10 hours... Do you have a small, sharp object around that you could use?

I usually give it 24 hours... a 10 hour break is not uncommon in MY experience.

To me... you might also need to let your two hatchers get some more strength before adding to the older chicks or they could easily be trampled. Chicks are usually at least 2-3 days old by the time they arrive at feed stores. And you would be surprised just how much of a difference there is in even just a couple hours difference at hatch. Example... new hatchlings stay on paper towels or wood pellets for a few days while they learn what feed is before switching to shavings here at my house. Where as the feed store chicks are usually well on their way already. Just be careful and watch, I'm sure you can figure it out.

I left the top off the incubator for 12 hours half way through their incubation.

Maybe being summer will have helped some... That's on par with a power outage... which aside from decreased hatching can actually cause deformities like bent toes and splay leg... VERY likely other internal stuff (digestion system trouble) we can't see. Don't try to judge that too early after they hatch though as it can take them several hours to recover from the ordeal and pull it together to get their land legs under them. One hatch I did with an outage... 50% of what hatched had deformities and the other 50% were perfect.

It's probably just the lighting that makes your Ameraucana egg not look very blue. I got bantam wheaten Ameraucana this year and it's a really fun color. Having a difficult time learning how to select in the females. The males are a bit easier since I already raise black copper Marans and they are a tad similar.

unless you suspect they missed the internal pip in which case wait 48 hours before assisting.

What is meant by missed the internal pip?