hatching round 2

[kshultz]

Your comments were very helpful after my last failure with incuabtion. I am now on my second batch of eggs on day 20. I have had 4 chicks hatch but one died, other 3 chicks are very activie and healthy so far (they just hatched within the last 12 hours). I still have 11 eggs left to hatch. Two of the eggs have peep holes, one of them I can see the beak but no movement, should I help that one out? How long once you notice a peep hole would it take the chick to hatch completely?

Kristi

 

[countrygoddess]

Seems like the time between my pips and when the chicks actually emerge tend to be anywhere from a couple of hours to 10 or 12 hours. So far, I haven't had a chick pip and not hatch. I helped a chick a little bit yesterday because it was being knocked and rolled so much by the other chicks that its "zip" was starting to travel down the length of the egg instead of around it. After the "zip" was over an inch long, I just went in and pulled the top off a little. It squirmed and pushed with its legs and got its head out from under its wing and ejected itself out once that "lid" was push-off-able.

 

[sumi]

It could take them 24 hours or more to hatch after pipping, but thankfully most of them don't take that long! What I do if my chicks don't make progress and I'm sure they are not going to be able to hatch unassisted (for example if they are malpositioned and cannot turn) is carefully open the pip hole just enough so I can see the membrane. I then dampen that membrane with a wet Q-tip to see if there are any active blood vessels in it still. If there are still vessels I out the egg back in the incubator and wait 2-3 hours. Then again I dampen the membrane and check, until I don't see any more vessels, after which I slowly open the shell more, dampening the membrane as I go, as sometimes you may not see vessels near the pip hole, but there will be more "deeper" in the membrane, especially near the chicks belly. Be very careful when you get to this area. If you are 100% sure the blood and yolk sac has been absorbed you can remove enough of the shell for the chick to get it's head and feet out and remove the inner membrane so it can hatch by itself.

But for now make sure the chick can breathe and is o.k. in there and leave it. Just check on it now and then. The longer the chick stays in the shell the longer it has to finish absorbing the blood and yolk and the better the odds of it being ready to hatch when you start assisting. It's just much easier this way! If it hasn't made progress after 18-24 hours it will probably need some help and this is where you start assisting.

 

[Alaska Fowl INC]

Yes Sir<<<,They kn0w when its time

 

[nettifer]

this is my 2nd time, i got 3 out of 10 hatch last time

they are 4wks old now, im on day 19 with 20 eggs on lockdown

some are blue & green eggs cant see in shells but hopefully i will get something

there were 7 wriggles on day 18 candling , but my last lot hatched on days 24 & 25 and some on here day 29

some im much calmer this time and waiting for