HELP! Assist Hatching!!

[Clucklandia]

Ok, enough criticism. What's done is done.

So today you are seeing no movement under the membrane?

Nope

 

[WVduckchick]

Nope

Do you have any other eggs in there?

 

[Clucklandia]

Do you have any other eggs in there?

I have one, but I think it's dead

 

[WVduckchick]

I have one, but I think it's dead

I would go ahead and pull the one that the air cell was broken into, and feel the membrane with the flat tip of your finger. Feel for a pointed hard spot under the membrane, being the beak. And feel for any movements from the chick. You can wet your finger with a dab of water. I suspect it has drowned, but hoping we are wrong.

 

[Clucklandia]

I would go ahead and pull the one that the air cell was broken into, and feel the membrane with the flat tip of your finger. Feel for a pointed hard spot under the membrane, being the beak. And feel for any movements from the chick. You can wet your finger with a dab of water. I suspect it has drowned, but hoping we are wrong.

Can I use gloves? Or do I have to use my finger?

 

[sherman7]

Incubating can be stressful i place my eggs flat at day 17 mine start hatching at about day 18 but I leave the unhatched til day 24 so much can change the hatching time I've had eggs hatch 5 days apart before so I give them time but in my experience after day 24 they start to explode so that's the time frame I use

 

[WVduckchick]

Can I use gloves? Or do I have to use my finger?

You can use a glove, if you want. Just make sure its tight to your skin and you have good feeling thru it.

 

[Clucklandia]

I would go ahead and pull the one that the air cell was broken into, and feel the membrane with the flat tip of your finger. Feel for a pointed hard spot under the membrane, being the beak. And feel for any movements from the chick. You can wet your finger with a dab of water. I suspect it has drowned, but hoping we are wrong.

 

[WVduckchick]

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Oh dear, I feel sure that one is gone.

 

[Clucklandia]

You can use a glove, if you want. Just make sure its tight to your skin and you have good feeling thru it.

It's so tight! As if air is in the membrane or something