Help need advice

[Eyehartephotography]

I'm on day 22 and only have the one egg this baby has been rocking around since day 17 I candled late yesterday when upping the humidity to see if there was an internal pip because it seems like its struggling. I don't want to intervine to quick. I think it might not be facing the right way it looks like its butt end is moving into the air ell at least it did last night. I have so much invested i don't know what to do its my first hatch but I'm afraid if I intervene to soon l kill it but if I wait to long ill kill it. Help please

 

[diamondsilkies]

If it hasn't externally pipped yet, there's not much you can do. Some eggs just take a little longer. I've had chicks hatch as late as day 24. What has your temperature been throughout the incubation process?

Once it externally pips, let it be. If 24 hours have passed and it hasn't made any progress since the pip, then you should start thinking about intervening. But for now, there's not much for you to do. Hatching requires a lot of patience, especially the first time. Trust me, you're not alone in this. There have been more than a few times where I wanting nothing more than to open up the incubator and pull the chicks out! Good luck (and keep us updated if you can)!

 

[Eyehartephotography]

Incubation was a rocky road I was dumb and made a homemade incubator for the first 10 or so days Temps were all over the place after losing 18 outta 22 eggs to that incubator I bought a nuture right 360 for the rest of the time 4 thrived but then the other 3 quit but Temps were good for the rest of the time this is the lone survivor and I'd hate to lose it. Clearly its a fighter and I've learned a lot in the process what if it never pips through what if maybe the shell is to hard or something because of all my initial mistakes.

 

[Eyehartephotography]

We have an external pip

 

[Eyehartephotography]

Is it OK that there seems to be no puncture through the membrane?

 

[diamondsilkies]

Sorry to hear about your troubles with the incubation process. I know it's hard not to, but don't beat yourself up too much about it. Super-experienced hatchers still make mistakes every now and then. Even broody hens make mistakes. I used to have one hen who, no matter how many eggs I gave her, would always end up hatching just one chick. My most recent broody let a zipped egg roll out from underneath her and sit in the morning February temperatures for quite some time
(the chick ended up okay, but only because I took it in the house and warmed it up).

The later hatching time was probably due to lower/inconsistent temperatures during incubation, which is why I asked. But now that the process has started, no need to worry about the late timing.

Which end has the chick pipped into? It looks like there may be a very thin puncture (the line that the blood has followed).

 

[Eyehartephotography]

It all worked out so far I think we now have a baby chicky that hatvhed fully without help at around 1245. Its so cute we have named it lucky! How long does the umbilical cord stay attached?

 

[diamondsilkies]

Hooray! Congratulations! Usually, the cord falls off pretty soon after hatching, but it will sometimes last a few days before drying up and falling off. Are you planning on getting Lucky a friend?

 

[Eyehartephotography]

I have a polish chocken thats 6 weeks old I think a rooster not sure and 6 2week old barred rock hens we bought so yes lucky will have many family and friends

 

[Eyehartephotography]