Chick pipped wrong end of egg

[oregonkat]

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Nope, they all made it to hatching except for these 3, the one pipped a vein and bled to death while zipping last night. 6 successfully hatched and are doing great thus far. I went out to my chicken house and my Sizzle hatched 2 more Belgian Quail/silkies herself, so my one bantam I hatched won't be alone. They're the same age too so that's a blessing. (I'm in my coop trying to type and my RIR/Silkie is pecking my screen attempting to eat the letters )

You could probably teach her to take dictation so you could work in the coop and not have to stop and respond to all these pesky messages .

 

[Samitche]

The chick has stopped moving and peeping altogether!! Should I do something??? He's tried so hard, it's been about 32 hours!

I’m going through the same thing now with my last egg of 7. I thought it was cracked and died but it just piped the wrong end. Any advice?

 

[HuskerHens18]

I’m going through the same thing now with my last egg of 7. I thought it was cracked and died but it just piped the wrong end. Any advice?

I made sure the pip was ALWAYS facing the sky, that way I could observe without opening the incubator every few hours.
I think I waited until about hour 35, the membrane turned an ugly brown color and was dry. He was the only living egg left, so I took tweezers with a round end, (Any tweezers than aren't sharp/pointy will do) and SLOWLY chipped away the shell only! All I did was make a zip for him, he felt the egg shell was zipped so he started kicking and hatched right in my hand while I was finishing up.
You never want to help an egg hatch if you're unsure they finished obsorbing the yolk. Also, if you're trying to help and you see any blood, stop immediatly and put the egg back.
This chick is currently doing very well. I can answer any other questions for you too

 

[HuskerHens18]

Thought I'd update this thread. The chick is doing great, but is visibly smaller than his siblings. He's currently living happily with my bantam flock, making friends with all my little tiny Belgian quails.
I'm fairly certain he's a cockerel, as he has quite a comb for his age. But we will see. I'll go out and get a picture

 

[alexa009]

Thought I'd update this thread. The chick is doing great, but is visibly smaller than his siblings. He's currently living happily with my bantam flock, making friends with all my little tiny Belgian quails.
I'm fairly certain he's a cockerel, as he has quite a comb for his age. But we will see. I'll go out and get a picture

Glad he is doing well! Post a pic!

 

[HuskerHens18]

He's camera shy he's the Lavender Orphington in the center

 

[alexa009]

Looks more like a pullet, how old?

 

[HuskerHens18]

Looks more like a pullet, how old?

8 weeks, almost 9

 

[alexa009]

Definitely a pullet then!

 

[HuskerHens18]

Definitely a pullet then!

Oh that's good! I might be able to leave her in the bantam flock then. Maybe she'll catch up to the standard size too, who knows!