Hands on hatching and help

[jenniferlamar70]

The outside membrane, which is what you see under the shell at time of pic, doesn't have the veins. The inside membrane is where you want to watach for veins. In a pipper that has been pipped for hours, I will at least make sure the membrane is at least slit for air. In a malpo it's the first thing I do because they don't have the air cell to breath from. I'm sure an amount of air can and does pass through the membrane, but it makes me uncomfortable it it's not pierced.  It depends on your comfort level.

Ok I just made a tear in the membrane where I had already removed the shell. Down at the bottom where the chick first pipped I saw a little blood. I think what happened is the chick pipped to low and then moved up into the air cell. Now it's positioned higher up and in the perfect place to zip. That explains why it moved up. I just hope I didn't mess anything up by making a hole... :/

 

[audy5000g]

Not necessarily the hatchers fault either. Remember, these are shipped eggs. We have no idea how many times the post office flipped them, played soccer with the box, or anything. Or the temps they kept it at. Too many variables.
Yes, we can rule out some, and guess at others, but keep trying, and you'll get a good batch!

I appreciate that, thank you for the encouragement. The first time I got eggs was a couple months ago. And I went into the post office because they shipped it to the wrong place. And I said, how did you ship it to the wrong place? And they said the box must've fell off of the cart Yikes.

 

[audy5000g]

2nd hatch!! Not good at all.

 

[Laurel Meadows]

You are supposed to breathe when you have eggs hatching?? Oopsies! I completely forgot to!

Lol

Ive been guilty too

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Ok I just made a tear in the membrane where I had already removed the shell. Down at the bottom where the chick first pipped I saw a little blood. I think what happened is the chick pipped to low and then moved up into the air cell. Now it's positioned higher up and in the perfect place to zip. That explains why it moved up. I just hope I didn't mess anything up by making a hole...

You didn't mess anything up.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

You didn't mess anything up.

That's reassuring. Thank you.

 

[pipAchick]

The toe issues usually come from low incubating temps (delayed hatching), or too high humidity. In audy's case, I can confirm healthy parent birds, as they belong to me. ETA - These pics were taken 2 days ago.

Magnificent pair. Wow

(picking jaw up off floor) excuse me... So what's the incubater seem to be doing? I mean if you don't mind I specifically ask.

 

[pipAchick]

Lol

Ive been guilty too

Sheesh I third that lmbo

 

[pipAchick]

1st hatch. Lots of different kinds.

Very respetable birds audy you got nothing to be ashamed of.
Power surge took ours out a few times I have a generator now. Not going thru that again if I'm hatching Doms,polish,arcaunas OR pea. I keep half a can of fuel on hand&courze pray with all my might.

 

[pipAchick]

Too left appears to be a dom cross with a leghorn.
Bottom right possible an Americana cross