Hatching

[Cphy]

Hi I'm new and have chickens pig and ducks. And of course our dog. And several eggs in the incubator. Imy first egg started. Hiring yesterday and after ready about hatching eggs I didn't want to help it. And now I think k it is dead. It isn't moving or chirping. I took some of the shell away to see if it would move and if it was breathing a. I don't see any movement. I see yellowish stuff but no blood. Dhow do you k ow for sure it is dead? Or is the simple fact that it isn't moving or chirping anymore the answer it is dead? Pls help

 

[BYCforlife]

When you say it started hatching, you mean it poked a little hole in the shell? After it does that, you're supposed to give it 24 hours before helping.

How long has it been since it started hatching?

 

[Cphy]

When you say it started hatching, you mean it poked a little hole in the shell? After it does that, you're supposed to give it 24 hours before helping.

How long has it been since it started hatching?[/QUOTEit started poking a hole thru the egg around 12 pm yesterday and it was chirping. And everything I read kept saying not to intervene unless u know u need to. I didn't know til a few hours ago today that it stopped moving and chirping.