Hands on hatching and help

[casportpony]

Well I'm sure my duckling is trying to worry me as soon as I write on here it does the thing I was worried about!!! Just checked for life and I have a internal pip

so do I wait 24 hours for the external and then help out or just leave it?

I like to wait 24 hours, then I *might* pip externally for them, then another 24 hours before I think about assisting. Hopefully the others here will chime in.

 

[WVduckchick]

Well I'm sure my duckling is trying to worry me as soon as I write on here it does the thing I was worried about!!! Just checked for life and I have a internal pip

so do I wait 24 hours for the external and then help out or just leave it?

Ducklings test our patience. Give it some time. My opinion, wait at least 18 hours before even considering it.

My first hatch is wrapping up as we speak 21/30 sweet fluffy chicks. I am impressed with my first hatch percentage, but about 8/21 hatched through the narrow end of the egg. They did fine I didn't help them, but they definitely took longer to hatch. I have a hovabator genisis with a horizontal egg turner. I turned off the turner on day 18.


My question is why did so many of them hatch through the narrow end of the egg? I pulled them straight from the coop for 5 days and put them in a basket until it was time to put them in the incubator. Only thing I can think of in that I should have stored them in a carton to insure narrow side down before incubation. Does anyone else have any suggestions?

Did you check the air cells before you set them? I wonder if the air cell moved down the side of the egg. That could explain it. I suppose that's why most recommend storing them fat-end up. But I've also read about plenty of folks incubating pointy end up and not having issues.

I'm sure someone else will think of something...

 

[AmyLynn2374]

hope you have a great hatch!

First one already hatched!!

My first hatch is wrapping up as we speak 21/30 sweet fluffy chicks. I am impressed with my first hatch percentage, but about 8/21 hatched through the narrow end of the egg. They did fine I didn't help them, but they definitely took longer to hatch. I have a hovabator genisis with a horizontal egg turner. I turned off the turner on day 18.


My question is why did so many of them hatch through the narrow end of the egg? I pulled them straight from the coop for 5 days and put them in a basket until it was time to put them in the incubator. Only thing I can think of in that I should have stored them in a carton to insure narrow side down before incubation. Does anyone else have any suggestions?

Upright in a carton and stop turning at day 14 instead of day 18. Let them rest during the days they turn in the shell.

 

[casportpony]

Here is one I just found outside:

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I like to wait 24 hours, then I *might* pip externally for them, then another 24 hours before I think about assisting. Hopefully the others here will chime in.

Ditto, at least with my chicks.

 

[casportpony]

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[AmyLynn2374]

Ducklings test our patience.  Give it some time.  My opinion, wait at least 18 hours before even considering it.  


Did you check the air cells before you set them?  I wonder if the air cell moved down the side of the egg.  That could explain it.  I suppose that's why most recommend storing them fat-end up.  But I've also read about plenty of folks incubating pointy end up and not having issues. 

  I'm sure someone else will think of something...

I have a study saved about pointy end down vs up or laying on their side, I think those were the three positions...

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Here is one I just found outside:

She got a little crushed. Hope she makes it. It's still alive, right? Gonna post a pic of the new hatcher, just have to switch to desk top. Can't upload from the app.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

 

[newchickmama91]

I like to wait 24 hours, then I *might* pip externally for them, then another 24 hours before I think about assisting. Hopefully the others here will chime in.

I'll do that then thankyou! It's day 28 tomorrow so not to long to wait now. My other batch drowned and the eggs with this one were all quitters so this is my only one which I'm sad about as it'll be lonely!