Help me out!! Quail egg zipping but I think the beak is stuck!!!

[BekahHah]

The hatch rate was absolutely horrendous, I incubated 6 and only 1 is still alive, 4 died in the process and one more still incubating (did a water candle test, it was still alive). Mostly since I kind of messed up my incubator after the first day...

 

[AltonaAcres]

Oh. That is still so cool you were able to make an incubator! I would not recommend the water candle test. It temporarily suffocates the chick. Even though the internet says it's ok, it really isn't! I would make a safety hole over the air cell of the remaining egg, it probably is mal-positioned bc it has been in there so long.

 

[BekahHah]

I canceled it with a flash light and I was still able to to see Red blood veins

 

[BekahHah]

Are you sure it’s not still absorbing?

 

[AltonaAcres]

I would just do a safety hole so when it's ready to hatch it won't suffocate. Was it developing at a different rate than the others?

 

[BekahHah]

I may have practically half zipped for it since when I cracked it there was a really white coating stuck on it. It was breathing. I did accidentally poke some veins which bled a bit so I was not sure if it was ready. I used a small paint brush and dampened the white layer and put it back into the incubator. It was in the incubator along with the others

 

[AltonaAcres]

Is this the first egg you helped or the one who still hasn't pipped yet? There is always going to be a tiny bit of blood, veins don't completely empty, but if it was fresh flowing blood he probably wasn't ready and you can put cornstarch on the bleeding areas.

 

[BekahHah]

this is the second one, the first one is doing fantastic!!

 

[BekahHah]

The chick is breathing but the membrane is not even connected to the egg, I have a weird feeling it may be upside down and I’m looking at its butt. What does an upside down quail look like?