Hands on hatching and help

[AmyLynn2374]

Six out so far, and one assist. The chick started to zip then went into a complete stall. I could see through the shell opening there was some crusty yellowish gunk on the beak, not clean like the other chicks. After a few hours I pulled it out and started to peel some shell. It was totally stuck like the one Kathy just posted up. I think the yolk sack must have ruptured or something - even after it hatched out it was covered in this really hard material, and it still had a small umbilicus. I left it to dry some, but it just got a hard crusty build up on its feathers instead of fluffing. I pulled it out again and gave it a bath & blowdry - now it's chilling with its peeps under the heat lamp. No way this one could have gotten out on its own! Will see how it manages after all the extra stress.

Good job!

Yes Ruby she pipped right under the fan - I'm wondering if that had something to do with it.

Morning dav 21, 10 hatched - all 6 ameraucana out and doing well, 3 light Sussex and one Marans. Pips visible in all but 2 remaining eggs

Had one more assist, the pip was in the center of the fat end of the egg, so I already thought, hmmm, may need extra help. It zipped all the way around, and tried to shove out but the hole was too small since it was so far towards the end of the egg.

It was wedged in shoulder first and drying to the membrane when I woke up, no progression for a few hours, so I helped it the rest of the way along. It was wedged pretty good and quite relieved to get out!

We've actualy had this discussion. How the fan will affect pippers if it's blowing on them.

 

[jlashaw]

Yes Ruby she pipped right under the fan - I'm wondering if that had something to do with it.

Morning dav 21, 10 hatched - all 6 ameraucana out and doing well, 3 light Sussex and one Marans. Pips visible in all but 2 remaining eggs

Had one more assist, the pip was in the center of the fat end of the egg, so I already thought, hmmm, may need extra help. It zipped all the way around, and tried to shove out but the hole was too small since it was so far towards the end of the egg.

It was wedged in shoulder first and drying to the membrane when I woke up, no progression for a few hours, so I helped it the rest of the way along. It was wedged pretty good and quite relieved to get out!

Congrats on your cute babies! I have to rotate my eggs around the bator because I've noticed the fan helps them lose weight and hatch really fast. Not sure if this is true, but every egg I've left next to it seems to progress a lot quicker.

 

[jlashaw]

My best broody momma duck, Peep, is hands on. I've witnessed her tap hatching eggs and pick shell bits off a pip/zip. And she's got this incubation/hatching thing down. It's like she knows what she's doing!!

A few days ago, I posted about my broody. I'm not sure what to do if she doesn't assist because I'm a hands on hatcher! I only use the incubator so thank you for answering my question. I didn't know if hens actually assist. This makes me feel better.

 

[boymeetschicken]

I'm glad I found this thread. I'm having a lot of trouble with this hatch. This egg got rolled over pip side down so I removed the two hatched chicks, righted the egg, and added water to my Brinsea. This morning no progress and the membrane was brown and stiff. I applied a wet q-tip and it immediately started to pip more but it's stuck at this stage. Looks like the membrane has hardened and it can't get out. What to do? There are two more eggs in the bator, no visible pips, but I haven't checked yet to see if they are also pip side down.

 

[caesargirl]

Do u see any veins when the membrane is wet? When did it pip at first?

 

[Sarkchick]

@Lacrystol
CindyD is having hatching problems with her Pekins. Looking for help

 

[boymeetschicken]

Do u see any veins when the membrane is wet? When did it pip at first?

It pipped sometime last night. I didn't know for ages because it was lying on its pip. When I finally saw it that's when I turned it over and took out one chick. This morning another chick had hatched and turned it over AGAIN. So I took out the second chick and righted it and gave it some q-tip treatment. The chick is cheeping and moving lots and it has made a lot of progress in punching out the shell but can't seem to break the membrane.

This morning when I applied the q-tip there were no veins on the visible membrane. Right now I can see some veins on the membrane and it looks hard and tough. Poor chick.

 

[Lacrystol]

@Lacrystol
CindyD is having hatching problems with her Pekins. Looking for help

Thank you, I got her back.. lol

 

[caesargirl]

Try adding some bacitracin (I keep a tube in th bator to keep it melty, easier to use). Now I'm sure I'll get jumped on for what I'm about to say but,.... When the membranes harden I use tiny scissors to snip into the membrane in the dry spots so the baby can tear through. Since you're still seeing veins, only do the dry crispy places. Veins mean not ready. Still absorbing yolk.
I keep my eggs on little rings I cut from paper towel tubes. Keeps em from rolling.

 

[Blooie]

Forgive me if this has been asked and answered (probably a dozen times). I did try to search the thread but I must not be using the exact, perfect keywords. The eggs I have in the incubator were all shipped. In almost every one of the 27 eggs, the air cells were floating all over in them, which I expected. So they sat for a time, then they were checked again. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, most of them seemed to be stable. I think I counted 11 that were still very wobbly - I'll have to recheck my notes. Anyway, when they went into the incubators I put them all with the pointy end down, fat end up, because of the air cells. Now, Blooie's stoopid question of the day - (and I'm sure will be many more) I see that most people incubate and hatch with the eggs on their sides. Is there at time in this process that I should shift mine to that position, or should I leave them the whole time? I dunno - I'm wingin' it here!!