Hatch along from day 17, Pekin Bantams 😄

[Debbie292d]

That's always a tough call to make. Let me see if I can find the article on assisted hatching.

@Debbie292d @TwoCrows

This one is the best one I know of:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

 

[Debbie292d]

Here is a great article!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

Oh that's the one I just posted, doh, I should have checked the replies to see if someone got it!

 

[Cheekychook11]

We have the first hatched!!
He would not keep still

 

[Cheekychook11]

Ok so two chicks hatched, then we helped one and it’s pretty weak, would feeding it some honey water stuff help? Or any other advice on it?

 

[Cheekychook11]

That chick seems fine now, never mind
There’s an egg that is moving but hasn’t internally or externally pipped, we took the cap off and saw movement, but a decent amount of blood, what should we do with it?

 

[Down Under]

Oh wow, you took the cap off of it. I know hatching time can be exciting, but please slow down and let nature take its course.

The best that you can do now is leave it in what is left of its shell and hope that it can absorb as much blood as possible.

 

[Cheekychook11]

We only took the cap off because we thought it was 100% dead, only to find it moving slightly
We only took a very small cap off

 

[2ndTink]

That's great a few have hatched! Just give the others time, they take awhile to absorb the yolk, bust out of the shell, and then it takes them a bit to rest and get their land legs.

 

[Cheekychook11]

8 have hatched, one was badly malpositioned but we helped it out, one was shrink wrapped and one was missing an egg tooth, and the rest hatched without help, and two more I think will hatch overnight

 

[Cheekychook11]

Mum was in a rush to see them hatch