Give me your best reasons why..........

[sweeterdeeter42]

Give me your best reasons why you should NOT take a chick out of the shell as soon as it pips. I have a friend that keeps telling me to take them out of the shell as soon as they pip and that mine died because I didnt, and I keep telling her that you are not supposed to do that. But I dont have really good facts or reasons why you are not supposed to, except that you just arent and that it obviously isnt the way it happens in nature. Help me inform her! She says that she has never had one die by doing that, but still.........

ETA: And I dont mean tell me why you shouldnt help a chick out if they are having trouble, I am talking about immediately striping them out of the shell as soon as they pip.

 

[smokeykk]

It has to dry in the incubator! Or it will diee!!

 

[lockedhearts]

Just because they pip, does not mean they are ready to hatch. If it did they would pip and immediately zip to hatch. A lot of times they pip, rest, zip a little, rest, and while doing that they are still absorbing the rest of the yolk.

 

[lockedhearts]

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No, they do not "HAVE" to dry in the incubator or die! They need to be warm , a lot of chicks have dried under heat lamps, and what about the ones that Hens hatch, they are not in an incubator.

 

[CCourson05]

I would say the strength required to get out of the shell ensures it fitness to survive. Therefore, a good creature to mother nature and fit to live and be a part of the universe... IMO

 

[Chick Norris]

The struggling is important for absorption of the remaining yolksac which provides nutrition after hatching. "Helping" them hatch can prevent this absorption from taking place.

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[kaitlyn_rae2003]

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[bel]

At pip they have not absorbed all the yolk sack yet, and they will still have heavy veining around the membrane that is easily damaged when shells are removed too soon. Removing a chick at pip is a death sentence, they will either bleed to death or die of infection from the yolk absorbtion being done outside of the shell.

I have helped chicks, its a long slow process and a very last resort.

 

[jenlynn4]

they have to fully absorb the yolk and it takes hours or even a day to do that...if you take it out to soon it will bleed and DIE! it can also get infection if the umbilicus is not fully closed.