Help help :( panicking.

[Ms Steak]

I can`t see it either, but I couldn`t on the last chick I hatched. I could tell it was breathing air as the membrane was going up and down in breathing movements. I took a chance and broke through it when the vessils had gone right down, about 7 hours later, and hatched it out. The head was kind of central. Goodness knows how it had pipped the membranes as it wasn`t facing the right way.

All I can say is go slow, because those vessels are very fragile. If you do happen to make one bleed, just get a piece of clean kitchen towel and press on it very gently, or sprinkle a tiny bit of cornflour on it.

 

[EmmaJane88]

Good luck!!!

 

[GeorgRodway]

I can`t see it either, but I couldn`t on the last chick I hatched. I could tell it was breathing air as the membrane was going up and down in breathing movements. I took a chance and broke through it when the vessils had gone right down, about 7 hours later, and hatched it out. The head was kind of central. Goodness knows how it had pipped the membranes as it wasn`t facing the right way. 


All I can say is go slow, because those vessels are very fragile. If you do happen to make one bleed, just get a piece of clean kitchen towel and press on it very gently, or sprinkle a tiny bit of cornflour on it.

This is the most nerve racking hobby I've ever had ! I'm shaking like a leaf because I don't know what to do, I think it's not positioned right in the egg if so how do I get it out ?

 

[Ms Steak]

I think you are going to have to pierce it at some point, but you can`t till the vessels go. Are any of the others alive still?

I was saying today what an anxious thing to do it is. One of my chicks is very sleepy. I have spent hours nursing it today.

 

[Ms Steak]

If I was taking a chance on where the beak is, I am guessing dead centre. That could be a beak.

 

[GeorgRodway]

I think one other is alive well it was when I did the float test. Should I do that one as well ?

 

[GeorgRodway]

If I was taking a chance on where the beak is, I am guessing dead centre. That could be a beak.

What the beak is in the middle ? Gosh this is just so hard

 

[Ms Steak]

YES!!!!!!!

 

[Ms Steak]

Sorry, I meant yes, do the other one too.

 

[caitanni]

And I have hatch day in a week....I will be a nervous wreck after this. Least I am learning....my first hatch. Good luck, I am following!!!