Hands on hatching and help

[Revan]

Many times the earlier pippers end up hatching after the later ones, so don't let that timeline worry you... is it chirping, moving, active? Resting in between? As long as the pip hole doesn't look like it has gotten dry and it is not in distress, I would leave it longer... how is your humidity?

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Awesome, thanks!



Well, I haven't seen it move for a long while, no chirping either. And it does seem a bit dry around the little pip hole it made, but I might be wrong. I'm not overly experienced with incubating.

Humidity is a bit high right now from the other chicks who've hatched (82%), it was at around 68-70% before they started coming out of their shells.

Here's the egg in question and the little hole it made yesterday. No other visible holes or cracks in the shell that I can see on this egg.

 

[ronott1]

Aww thank you!!

Happy Birthday!

 

[WVduckchick]

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Happy Birthday!

Thanks Ron! Appreciate it bunches!!

 

[Ravynscroft]

Awesome, thanks!



Well, I haven't seen it move for a long while, no chirping either. And it does seem a bit dry around the little pip hole it made, but I might be wrong. I'm not overly experienced with incubating.

Humidity is a bit high right now from the other chicks who've hatched (82%), it was at around 68-70% before they started coming out of their shells.

Here's the egg in question and the little hole it made yesterday. No other visible holes or cracks in the shell that I can see on this egg.
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Kinda hard to see in the pic, but membrane looks white at the hole to me? No sounds worries me though... if you feel comfortable, I would go ahead and quickly/carefully crack the lid open enough to slip your hand in and pull it out to check it...

 

[WVduckchick]

Kinda hard to see in the pic, but membrane looks white at the hole to me? No sounds worries me though... if you feel comfortable, I would go ahead and quickly/carefully crack the lid open enough to slip your hand in and pull it out to check it...

Is the pip on the wrong end? I can't tell for sure.

 

[Revan]

Kinda hard to see in the pic, but membrane looks white at the hole to me? No sounds worries me though... if you feel comfortable, I would go ahead and quickly/carefully crack the lid open enough to slip your hand in and pull it out to check it...

Yeah, sorry, it was the best I could do picture wise. You are right though about the membrane being white there. I'll give it a go and check how it's doing. *crosses fingers*

 

[Ravynscroft]

Is the pip on the wrong end? I can't tell for sure.

Might be, good catch... I can't tell on my phone...

 

[WVduckchick]

Yeah, sorry, it was the best I could do picture wise. You are right though about the membrane being white there. I'll give it a go and check how it's doing. *crosses fingers*

Is it pipped closer to the air cell end or the pointy end? Can't really tell from the angle of the pic

 

[Revan]

Is it pipped closer to the air cell end or the pointy end? Can't really tell from the angle of the pic

Pointy egg of the egg. I did as Ravynscroft suggested and pulled it out fast and carefully pried a little bit of the shell off with tweezers. It IS alive, which is good. Still a lot of blood vessels going on in the membrane, so I put it back in the incubator for now. There's a big enough hole now that I can see a part of the chick and it's movements, so I'll keep an eye on it.

 

[AmberKnits]

Neurological

Oh, yes that chick died.