Hands on hatching and help

[WVduckchick]

I replied to your pm. It still amazes me that an air cell that large would not float the egg! It is either way behind developmentally, or for some reason can't hatch on its own. You could try assisting, by making a small hole in the air cell to investigate. But I honestly don't feel the prognosis is very good.

Or just leave it in the incubator longer and see if it eventually hatches on its own.

 

[Pyxis]

One chick is out! The down coloring isn't great for sex linking but no head spot so I'm saying pullet.

 

[kyleigh]

Hello, have any hatched? I'm concerned about the flooring of your incubator. The holes are very big, do you have something else down for when they start to hatch?

 

[americantasha]

Hello, have any hatched? I'm concerned about the flooring of your incubator. The holes are very big, do you have something else down for when they start to hatch?

I will put a towel down under them as they get close to hatching still a week to go.

The stubborn one I will assist and lay on a wet towel

 

[americantasha]

Okay so I made a hole int he air sack and I saw movement right away in the membrane, couldn't tell if the beak was showing, dark feathers.
Put it back into the Bator and we will see.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Well, my sex linked EE NN is pipped and my 55 flowery hen is internally pipped!

Now, my luck they'll both hatch and both be roosters, lol.

Good luck.

I ended up with 9 out of 11 hatch.  One I feel bad about because it pipped right behind its air sac and drowned.  The other stopped growing between day 14 and 18.  I am about to start batch 2!! I am excited.  I do have a question though.  One of the 9 is already getting tail feathers.  They are a week old today and it has had little tail feathers for about 3 days.  I can post a pic if yall need but why would only one be growing tail feathers.  

Birds feather in at different rates. Especially if they have different parentage.

Good morning. Its me again, so I did the float test and it's still sinking but boy is it wiggling. It's 3 days past due...

What can I do?? I feel bad for this chick.

Honestly prognosis is not very good on helping a chick that hasn't at least internally pipped. Plus, the further you go past day 21 the slimmer chance for an active healthy chick. Not impossible, just improbable.

Hello, have any hatched? I'm concerned about the flooring of your incubator. The holes are very big, do you have something else down for when they start to hatch?

I agree, even with toweling (which I would have thought would restrict humidity), I'd not like areas of less support that wide.

 

[americantasha]

I have it moistened with Vaseline, through the small hole I made. Everytime I look at it there is a lot of movement in the membrane. Strong kicks.

I wonder how long this will go on and if it would pop it's self

 

[BYC910]

OK got it .Get something smaller for your floor like quarter inch wire cloth stainless steel if you can find it. You have had two problems heat and humidity .I don't know how far you have progressed with the assist at this time but the reason your have a twenty four day egg that is still alive is your temperatures have been low for the entire incubation . Shoot for 101.5 to 102 .102 being the max . The range is 19 to 25 days for normal size eggs . I'm quoting from a UCONN college text that is forty years or more old . Incubators have become more efficient and the average now is 19 to 23. days . But that is just an average . And remember that it is absolutely a must that those temperatures are taken at the top of the eggs .

It's a still air stirofoam container. I have it stable at 100 and 30% now.



I really want to save this chick, should I do the assist? It's wiggling crazy in the water test, but no pips or chirps.

If it hasn't internally piped What ever you do don't break the inner membrane . Ever time I've done that it was instant death for the chick . the ladies are much better at assisting than I am. I break them out with a chisel . Good luck I hope your chick makes it . And the egg sinking doesn't matter.

 

[americantasha]

OK got it .Get something  smaller for your floor like quarter inch wire cloth stainless steel if you can find it.   You have had  two problems heat and humidity  .I don't know how far you have progressed with the assist at this time  but the reason your have a twenty four day egg that is still alive is your temperatures have been low for the entire incubation . Shoot for 101.5 to 102 .102 being the max . The range is 19 to 25 days for normal size eggs .  I'm  quoting from a UCONN college text that is forty years or more old . Incubators have become more efficient and the average now is 19 to 23. days . But that is just an average . And remember that it is absolutely a must that those temperatures are taken at the top of the eggs . 


If it hasn't internally piped   What ever you do don't break the inner membrane . Ever time I've done that it was instant death for the chick . the ladies are much better at assisting than I am. I break them out with a chisel . Good luck I hope your chick makes it . And the egg sinking doesn't matter.

Thank you so much everyone for your advice.

We will keep an eye on it and see what happens. I have not touched it since the hole has been made, but watch it a lot and I see lots of activity inside.

My temp is at 101.6. Keeping it there. I hope this fella comes out in its own.

 

[GraceHomestead]

This is my first time incubating and this morning is day 22. Last night I came home to the humidity at 35% so quickly got the water in the incubator and it came up to 65%. We have 9 eggs that at day 18 had great air cell pockets and were moving with candeling. I had one egg that had pipped last night. This morning there is 3 pipped, 2 are small holes and 1 is a lot bigger. Is this normal? Last night I heard a lot of chirping and a tad this morning.