Emergency advice for a novice

[AmyLynn2374]

He's not just under the air cell, he's malepositioned. He pipped the wrong end of the air cell. The pip is all the way through the membrane right? I would keep an eye on him. If he's pipped through the shell and membrane he may be ok as long as he is getting outside air. Keep an eye on his progress and read this resource: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching
It has a good section at the bottom on malepositioned chicks and helping if it becomes neccessary.

 

[woolymammoth]

The pip is all the way through the membrane.

 

[woolymammoth]

Now I have 4 that have piped. One the shell has not fallen off there and I can't see if it is through the membrane. Can I turn the rest of them to make sure they haven't piped on the bottom or is that ok if they have and is that too mush stress on the rest of them

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I have 38 that made it this far out of 41. At lockdown all 38 still showed promise to be viable. They will be mutts. Roos and hens - BO, RIR, Doms, BR. And I have a buff banty rooster and 2 silver duckwing banty Roos. So there is no telling what I will come out with.

Mine are mutts. I love them!

Now to get ahead of myself. Do I clear shells as they hatch and when is the absolute day to call it quits on an eggs that has not piped

It's best not to open the incubator anymore than neccessary until the hatch is done. (Some people won't open even to assist a chick having problems. I will if I feel it's neccessary, but I also keep my humidity up there quite high at hatch.) When you open the incubator you risk a chance of shrinkwrapping any chicks that have pipped. The more it's open, and the humidity is lost, the higher the risk of the membranes drying and suffocating or glueing the chicks. So, don't worry about the shells.

 

[woolymammoth]

I bumped the table that the incubator was on and some of the eggs rolled a little bit is this bad since you are not supposed to turn them after day 18

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I bumped the table that the incubator was on and some of the eggs rolled a little bit is this bad since you are not supposed to turn them after day 18

No. Wait until one of them hatch and start knocking the others around. A little bump and roll shouldn't hurt them.

 

[woolymammoth]

Sorry for all the info and questions. Just excited

 

[woolymammoth]

I can see the malpositioned chick moving just not sure what part

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Sorry for all the info and questions. Just excited

Totally understandable. lol

 

[woolymammoth]

Ok I have 2 chicks this morning