Help! Peachick hatching

[HatchHatch]

We've been incubating some peafowl eggs for the first time. Candling showed at least 2 of them are fertile. We heard noises coming from one of the eggs today along with slight movement. However, the noise stopped after a while. The temperature has been 99-100 F consistently, and the humidity for the last 3 days has been 71-73%. Was this too high? Could the chick have drowned? Should I try break a tiny part of the shell to allow the chick to come out if she's still alive? Please help! This is our first time hatching eggs via incubation and we're stumped.

Thank you,
Ash

 

[HatchHatch]

Just an update, it's been 30 mins since I originally heard the sounds. Just checked now, there is still chirping sounds coming but it's much softer. There is also egg movement. The temperature is now from 98-99F and the humidity has been lowered to 62%. Is this an alright temperature and humidity. Is there anything we can do to help the little one out of the shell? Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[MtnFamilyFarm]

Our first peachick eggs are due to hatch next week so please keep us updated! Hoping all is going well!

 

[PlatteRiverPs]

Temp and humidity sounds good. Best thing you can do right now is leave it alone. Most of the time when you hear a chick, it has pipped into the air cell. It will start chipping away soon.

 

[HatchHatch]

Should I keep the humidity between 60-65% (I've seen this recommended by some people online) or revert it back to the original 71-73%?

 

[HatchHatch]

There's also no chirping sounds no. Just a rare slight movement. Is this normal? I'm really worried that the baby might be exhausted or dying.

 

[zazouse]

How can you see movement?
it can take 24 hours or more to hatch once they crack the shell or pip as they say, at this time they are absorbing whatever yoke is left to keep the going till they can get to their feet and eat, if you help them to early and they are not ready you can cause them to bleed to death plus they have not yet absorbed that much needed yoke.

It is best to leave eggs during lock down, at this time the baby gets into positing to hatch, it is gonna take breaks ,absorber the yoke for energy and rest for the next push out of the shell, if you move the egg around to much it may not be able to get oriented to emerge.

Hatching is a learning experience, I was lucky I had practiced eggs for years with the different birds I raised already , but I still got nervous when it came to my very first pea eggs.

Sit on them hands and let nature take it's course, if you see a pip right down what time, if it is not out in 38 hours, give it a hand, because going in to early and not knowing what you are doing or when to stop can be very bad for baby.

Hope to see photos of your pretties soon .

 

[birdeo]

We've been incubating some peafowl eggs for the first time. Candling showed at least 2 of them are fertile. We heard noises coming from one of the eggs today along with slight movement. However, the noise stopped after a while. The temperature has been 99-100 F consistently, and the humidity for the last 3 days has been 71-73%. Was this too high? Could the chick have drowned? Should I try break a tiny part of the shell to allow the chick to come out if she's still alive? Please help! This is our first time hatching eggs via incubation and we're stumped.

Thank you,
Ash

what day are they on ?

 

[birdeo]

that should be fine, I run mine 55-60 % the entire time and do well with them .

 

[johnskoi]

i will not be in the majority here and may very well be wrong

.....3 years ago i had a lone pea egg in the bator ..... this chick was literally screaming ...took all that i had to NOT intervene.....screaming got quieter and i said to myself "good, he must be getting ready to pip" ... chick went silent for two days and NO pipping ... opened the egg -- the chick was dead and i could've saved him...that being said, i've also killed quite a few by intervening too early ..... my gut on this one says to take a peek and see what's going on ...

(always candle and do so from the center of the air cell end to see what's going on) -- i use the tip of the blade from a box cutter to poke the first hole and toothpicks to slowly make the hole larger... if you haven't done it before practice on a few chicken eggs, but remember the pea egg is thicker walled... if you 've got questions i'm gonna pm you my phone number(i'm a slow typer and not always at the computer)-- john