Hatching on the wrong side?

duckncover

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Jan 17, 2009
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I noticed 2 eggs have pipped but it's in the middle more towards the pointy end of the egg. Is this something to be concerned about? Is there something I did to cause this? 6 eggs are due for hatching today or tomorrow. I'm pretty sure one is a late death so I'm a little but concerned. I'd really like to see some fluffy butts out of this batch!
 
Edited to add: The chick that I assisted is not in too rough of shape. Head is now up and she is getting around and pecking at her chick starter. I mixed up some chick vitamins and probiotics and touched a few drops to her beak tip. She acted like I gave her a redbull lol. Instantly more alive.

I did assist the first chick (the first middle of the egg pip one) but she's weak and I'm up right now making sure she perks up a little bit more. She was positioned in there so weird. Didn't seem like she would have gotten out on her own. I knew there was something wrong between the amount of noise she was making and how long she was sticking her beak out until finally things got quiet and I felt like it was time to check it out. The problem is that the camera isn't going to show what I'm seeing as the eggs pip is right up against the other eggs and its pipped right on the egg number so you can't see the pip as well. There is a normal pip in there too now.

I am so sorry I missed this reply notification. It's been a crazy day trying to build a 3 tier quail hutch and severely misjudging the space that they'd end up with once it was fully built so I needed to extend it another foot to make sure they have plenty of room.
 
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Can someone at least tell me how long I should wait before I should try to help it. I assume they run out of energy after a certain point if they don't make it out. Hole hasn't changed since last night. The one I helped is doing fine now and is in the brooder. There was another one waiting for me this morning how has hatched. Fully dry just waiting on her friends. At least 2 more normal pips besides the one in question. I feel like egg 2 was a really late quitter.
 
Sadly it looks like the little one has suffocated. Someone told me to stop interfering and be patient and I was hoping someone else would have given me a second opinion in the mean time. :(
 
Well I have 3 dried off. And one I'm going back down to check on the last one now. Aasisted out of the shell and looks like she might pull through. These are seramas that are possibly mixed with Japanese bantam. The Japanese have short legs causing a problem that they can't position themselves properly to hatch from what I've gathered so I guess I'm going to have to watch more carefully because I have 18 more eggs set to hatch still but not until the 26th
 

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