Hi all. We have hatched many batches of chicks and all had either pips or peeping sounds by day 22.
Ours seemed like a faulty batch this time. Only 5 out of 30 were viable by lockdown. This morning was Day 22 with still no peeping or activity at all.
So, based on previous experience of not helping soon enough, we decided to candle (no activity at all). So we put a hole in each at the air cell. Shell was VERY hard. First one dead. Second third and fourth we’re all alive! Jeez! But they had no indication of hatching. Abnormally large air cell so I assumed too dry and thought they would all be dead.
Well, darn it all….now what?! We’ve remove a large portion of shell around air cell on each before determine they were alive. Can’t remove membrane because we did a teensy but on one and it started to bleed right away.
We’ve dampened the membrane and put back in incubator with a moist sponge placed right in front of open area.
I have no idea what to do now?! Just leave them? Should I open the membrane a teensy for air? Don’t want them to bleed (one bled already) and they are all moving but with no peeping and no real look like they want to hatch. You can see this little ones beak and head.
Ours seemed like a faulty batch this time. Only 5 out of 30 were viable by lockdown. This morning was Day 22 with still no peeping or activity at all.
So, based on previous experience of not helping soon enough, we decided to candle (no activity at all). So we put a hole in each at the air cell. Shell was VERY hard. First one dead. Second third and fourth we’re all alive! Jeez! But they had no indication of hatching. Abnormally large air cell so I assumed too dry and thought they would all be dead.
Well, darn it all….now what?! We’ve remove a large portion of shell around air cell on each before determine they were alive. Can’t remove membrane because we did a teensy but on one and it started to bleed right away.
We’ve dampened the membrane and put back in incubator with a moist sponge placed right in front of open area.
I have no idea what to do now?! Just leave them? Should I open the membrane a teensy for air? Don’t want them to bleed (one bled already) and they are all moving but with no peeping and no real look like they want to hatch. You can see this little ones beak and head.