Chick's pip hole isn't that good Help!!

[ChickenPerson]

also the chick hasn't made any progress but it has done a tiny work on the hole

 

[ChickenPerson]

50%

 

[ChickenPerson]

also how rare is it for a pellet egg to be fertile with only one rooster around?

 

[9chickenwhisperer]

50%

If it’s possible I would add some warm water to up the humidity to at lest 60%. It can take up to 48 hr before it makes any progress.

 

[ChickenPerson]

Could I take the piece off or would that kill it?

 

[9chickenwhisperer]

Could I take the piece off or would that kill it?

I personally would leave it. It most likely is getting enough oxygen and I wouldn’t want to risk ruining the rest of the hatch by opening up the incubator and shrink rapping them.

 

[9chickenwhisperer]

Could I take the piece off or would that kill it?

If you just took the small piece off it wouldn’t kill it.

 

[TheLittleFarm18]

It' could still be absorbing the yolk and vains and will bleed to death if you rip off to much shell . I would totally leave it be. You will be even more upset if it dies and you blame yourself

 

[ChickenPerson]

I took off a really tiny piece of the pip area and it reveled the hole in the membrane. Its not moving and it wasn't moving earlier. Is it just resting? Or is it dead?

 

[TheLittleFarm18]

I took off a really tiny piece of the pip area and it reveled the hole in the membrane. Its not moving and it wasn't moving earlier. Is it just resting? Or is it dead?

At the very least it should respond to your touch ie taking a piece of shell off