Hands on hatching and help

[slordaz]

the rest of the eggs are sure taking their sweet time but being patient, got 3 or 4 internal pips I think but none have made it to external pips yet, eggs are moving round though

 

[mikeldb]

Help!
The last chick from my hatch had pipped last night, then when I came home from work this afternoon it was definitely stuck, so I assisted by slowly chipping the shell away, wetting the membrane which was really glued to the chicks down.
Now, it can't get its head up, it is out of the shell but I placed it back in the incubator because it seemed cold. I think the head is no longer stuck to the wing. Is there anything I can do?
It is laying there with its head still folded in.

when mine did this I gave it some water with a small medicine syringe just putting a drop on its beak at a time

 

[tracyjg]

On egg turners it may seem like they never move but they do you might not catch it because it may have gone back to reg position.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

On egg turners it may seem like they never move but they do you might not catch it because it may have gone back to reg position.

Oh I really hope so.

 

[neduckmomma504]

Hi everybody! Sorry for my complete ignorance. I've been reading as much as I can about this whole incubating stuff. I just need some clarification. When it gets close to hatch time....will I hear the chicks chirping in their shells? & when I read about pipping/piping, is that when they are beginning the breaking out process?

 

[tracyjg]

When I started the ducks and chickens and rabbits I didn't know if it would work for my son. Dr said he went from 50% to 70% in a year on his leg. So I want to do more with them to increase my sons skills. He said keep the hard work with the farm life up no restrictions.its has improved all of us so much.

 

[slordaz]

I hear chirping after they have internally pipped and started to get ready to pip. ,this hatch got more than 1 that actually hatched so was nice, it has not completed though with 3 in the brooder will be harder to tell now lol. depending on the bird in side wen they externally pip some will start to unzip right away and others can take quite some time. unzipping is when they are breaking out

 

[PD-Riverman]

Hi everybody! Sorry for my complete ignorance. I've been reading as much as I can about this whole incubating stuff. I just need some clarification. When it gets close to hatch time....will I hear the chicks chirping in their shells? & when I read about pipping/piping, is that when they are beginning the breaking out process?

Yes and Yes!! Good Luck with your Future hatches!

 

[Pyxis]

Well I now have two Isabelle leghorns out and four brown split to Isabelle. This is opposite of what people are used to hearing but...everyone think roostery thoughts for the Isabelles.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Hi everybody! Sorry for my complete ignorance. I've been reading as much as I can about this whole incubating stuff. I just need some clarification. When it gets close to hatch time....will I hear the chicks chirping in their shells? & when I read about pipping/piping, is that when they are beginning the breaking out process?

Sometimes. When the chick internally pips.... makes their hole through the membrane into the air cell, you can often hear them chirping inside. That doesn't mean that you always will and it doesn't mean something is wrong if you don't hear peeping before an external pip. The external pip is the pip you actually see in the shell. This can happen anywhere from a few hours to 24 hours after the internal pip. (Unless you are candling after lockdown, You won't "see" an internal pip, just hear the chicks peeping inside the egg, if they do.) The external pip may be no more than a crack in the beginning and take hours from that crack to progress to a hole where you can see a beak poking out. Like the internal pip, the external pip can take anywhere from a few hours to 24 before you can see the progress to the zip. The process of the chick turning and breaking a zip line around the egg followed by them pushing out. The zip itself usually does not take that long. Mostly mine take no longer than 20 minutes to complete a zip once they start. I personally would not let a zipper stall for any length of time (1/2 hour tops) with no effort and not help it out. But others do give them a bit more time before stepping in.