lutz123
Songster
First, I realize the risks with helping vs. not. There is no way to know whether either choice would be best beforehand (or ever). I really just want to know what you would do. The first egg pipped late on day 24 - looked the same the morning of day 25. The pip is towards the narrow end of the egg. A little more pip by afternoon, but not much air hole. In the meantime 2 more had pipped. Today, day 26, one more pipped. The second and fourth hatched this afternoon. The first pip is still in the same state. The last one I expect will hatch during the night. 4 eggs with no pips yet (not worried at all).
I'm concerned about the first pipped egg. The baby is still moving inside - not much, but it never did seem to really be moving. No noise, but none of them peeped until they hatched. I helped two chicks with huge pips during my last hatch and was relatively confident that they were ready and healthy. This little one I'm just not sure. I'm a little worried about going to bed and waking up to a dead keet, but I am inclined not to help. I don't want to risk the rest of the hatch. Is there still a chance for this one? They are from several different hens so I'm not surprised about different hatch rates.
As you can see, it looks like I needed to vent frustration more than anything. I think I'll just hope for the best, even though it's been around 48 hrs...
I'm concerned about the first pipped egg. The baby is still moving inside - not much, but it never did seem to really be moving. No noise, but none of them peeped until they hatched. I helped two chicks with huge pips during my last hatch and was relatively confident that they were ready and healthy. This little one I'm just not sure. I'm a little worried about going to bed and waking up to a dead keet, but I am inclined not to help. I don't want to risk the rest of the hatch. Is there still a chance for this one? They are from several different hens so I'm not surprised about different hatch rates.
As you can see, it looks like I needed to vent frustration more than anything. I think I'll just hope for the best, even though it's been around 48 hrs...
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