HELP, we made a homemade incubator and the eggs started to pip last night (first one broke throught the shell at 4:40 pm). That first chick made the pip hole on the bottom side of the egg not on the top. The egg is not laying on the hole, its on the bottom side. Is this reason for concern? Should I rotate the egg? The other's are pipping on the top and look fine. It's now 7:30 am and the first little guy has not made any further progress.
I had an egg pip on the "bottom" They will figure it out just fine - they get to rockin and rollin and they'll get out and yes, leave the bator closed, don't help them. It does take at least 12 hours or more for them to pip out.
Patience, he should be okay, he will rock as he zips his way around the egg. Opening the bator can ruin the pips and dry them out.
HEY! Poking that hole was a lot of work!! That tiny little thing needs a rest!! Bet you didn't work that hard when you were an iddy biddy liddle thing!! hehe,,, seriously, they usually pip, then take a nap, then make it a little bigger, and then another break, and so on. Don't mess with em, if you open the bater the membranes dry out in seconds, and then gets more leathery and that's REALLY hard to tear. They're still absorbing yolk, and getting stronger from the rest-work, rest-work, rest thing.
