Emergency please help! Chicken pup outside aircell

[ourrune]

Hello I have a chick who's hatching outside of her air cell I'm on day 20 she had a detached air cell but when I candled her before lockdown her aircell seemed fine and she was moving. What should I do she completely pipping upside down from the aircell is there anything I can do or is she dead? It's barely a crack. The other two have not begun anything so is there a way to reach inside and save this chick?

 

[ourrune]

Hello I have a chick who's hatching outside of her air cell I'm on day 20 she had a detached air cell but when I candled her before lockdown her aircell seemed fine and she was moving. What should I do she completely pipping upside down from the aircell is there anything I can do or is she dead? It's barely a crack. The other two have not begun anything so is there a way to reach inside and save this chick?

I saw the egg wiggle earlier today maybe she's getting in place and just popped the egg a little from her behind because her air cell is. A little big,???

 

[ourrune]

I candled the egg she is RIGHT outside the air cell almost made it please help someone! Should I pull back the egg shell? The membrane may still be intact though I thought I may have heard a chirping it could have been another egg

 

[cluckintexan]

There are a couple people that know about this but idk how to tag.

 

[Mylied]

Nothing really to do but wait and see. If the pip is pointing up that's good. Seems the two biggest problems with no pipping in the aircell is hitting a vein and drowning. If it's still alive it probably didn't hit a vein. Pip being up helps prevent it from drowning. It might take extra long to hatch since they usually internally pip and then wait up to 24 hours to externally pip. Then up to 24 or so hours to start zipping.

 

[ourrune]

I took her on a wet towel and paper towel and sprayer and I took off the shell from where she popped her membrane is intact she is chirping and looks to be completely out of the air cell but I put her back. Am I wrong or should I do more? Thank you SOOO MUCH for any and all help!! I'm freaking out!

 

[ourrune]

Nothing really to do but wait and see. If the pip is pointing up that's good. Seems the two biggest problems with no pipping in the aircell is hitting a vein and drowning. If it's still alive it probably didn't hit a vein. Pip being up helps prevent it from drowning. It might take extra long to hatch since they usually internally pip and then wait up to 24 hours to externally pip. Then up to 24 or so hours to start zipping.

Thank you! She is alive and hasn't gone through any membranes. She sounds healthy. It's up toward air cell right outside of actual candled air cell. But I think the actual pip (if I understand you correctly) is in fact upside down. Because the crack up pointed toward air cell so that would mean her beak would open upside down? And that's what you mean by drowning? Is it possible at all the aircell could be where she is even though when candled its dark and the air cell line is cut off right above her chirping. Thanks for taking your time out to help!!

 

[ourrune]

Should I angle the egg so it's aircell end is up just a bit so invade it will help her from drowning ? One other egg has internally pipped so is it safe to still reach inside since it isn't extrenal

 

[Mylied]

You want the crack pointed up towards the sky. I'd leave it alone for now. If it just pipped a couple hours ago it is no where near hatching. As hard as it, sit on your hands. I've 'helped' a bunch of times and it usually just leads to more problems.

 

[LittleBird123]

leave her in the incubator, It sounds like she is fine. if she is chirping and has made a pip then that means that she is able to breath. If they pip around the edge of the air cell then that is fine. You should only really be concerned if they piped at the wrong end. But if you keep messing with the egg at this point it will only do more harm. The chick is in its resting phase now that it has pipped, it is positioning itself so that it can start unzipping. You should not disturb it during this time, just wait and most likely it will hatch sometime tomorrow mourning. Also don't keep opening the incubator especially now that it has pipped, it can cause the membrane to dry out and shrink wrap the chick.