Help! Mama pecking hole in egg, is this baby ok or stuck

[Sierra67]

 

[SmiYa0126]

Mama is helping the chick! It's totally fine

 

[Sierra67]

Mama is helping the chick! It's totally fine

I’ve never heard of a bird helping a baby out of egg.

 

[SmiYa0126]

I've seen it. You can look up YouTube videos of broody Mama's helping chicks

 

[SmiYa0126]

There's actually a new thread right now where a mama chipped an egg to help the chick hatch.

 

[SmiYa0126]

How's the chick doing? Any progress? How long since external pip?

 

[Sierra67]

How's the chick doing? Any progress? How long since external pip?

It’s been about 30 hours since external pip, all 4 of my babies are out now, I made the hole bigger for 2 of them and they just popped out on their own the other 2 hatched almost entirely themselves mama poked hole in one of them

 

[SmiYa0126]

Wonderful news!