How long before.....

[happyfrenchman]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/assisting-chick-to-hatch.478109/

 

[happyfrenchman]

Try this one.

 

[Shorty22366]

I try to get it so that the cap is only secured by the part with the blood vessel, if that is an issue. do not rupture the blood vessel.... you might work on it a bit, to get it going and then replace it with it's mother again.... You want to make sure the egg is ready to hatch. The chick will not die if it still has yolk and blood supply, but there is a point where this ends and the chick has to transition.

Ok. I will do everything I can not to break blood vessel. So it is in the part of the shell that will be on top of the baby's head.

 

[happyfrenchman]

No... the blood vessel actually goes down as it is part of the umbilicus. I have encountered it while pipping the shell horizontally as would a chick. It is primarily the chicks umbilicus but it can go up and then route back down so you might encounter it.It could be totally dried up which means it is definitely time to get that chick out. If you do encounter the blood vessel, reverse and go the other way and then you can let the chick get out itself if possible. (Once I get to the point where I have avoided all the danger parts, I just go ahead and pick the chick as clean as I can then return it to the incubator. It is the membrane that has all the parts.... the shell itself, if you can pick that away from the membrane, you could then use a scissor to cut the membrane (stay away from the BVessel) and let it lay and recover. Sometimes chicks need assistance. Some very nice chickens have been saved by this intervention.

 

[Shorty22366]

Ok. I went out to check eggs 2 dead babies. I moved eggs to another nesting box and when I did the bottom of coop was wet. (Bad storms last night). I think maybe eggs cooled. What should I do now?

 

[happyfrenchman]

I am sorry Shorty.... nevertheless, I would press on, just because you don't really have any other options do you? Your remaining eggs only chance is to let them set.... eggs can cool a bit and be ok but not too much. What day were they on right now?.
Chicken keeping, like many things, is all about learning and you are continually learning. This might be a failure right now, but I would wager you have learned a lot and will be ready next time. The pipping birds that did not make it.... it is a difficult call, whether or not to try to break a bird out, especially if you have never done it. It has happened to me many many times. On the bright side, the chicks you do have.... the broody mamas might adopt them if you take away their eggs and put some chicks in there. Once you decide the eggs in question have had it, that is what I would do.

 

[Shorty22366]

I am sorry Shorty.... nevertheless, I would press on, just because you don't really have any other options do you? Your remaining eggs only chance is to let them set.... eggs can cool a bit and be ok but not too much. What day were they on right now?.
Chicken keeping, like many things, is all about learning and you are continually learning. This might be a failure right now, but I would wager you have learned a lot and will be ready next time. The pipping birds that did not make it.... it is a difficult call, whether or not to try to break a bird out, especially if you have never done it. It has happened to me many many times. On the bright side, the chicks you do have.... the broody mamas might adopt them if you take away their eggs and put some chicks in there. Once you decide the eggs in question have had it, that is what I would do.

Yeah
I am going to give them a couple days. I candles them and 3 had movement. Hoping they make it. I am sure 1 of my silkies killed her chicks when they started to hatch she was cover with blood
I moved her back to big coop. My other two are trying so hard. I will try to put chicks with them and keep them away from Elsa( my silkie) in the smaller coop.

 

[Shorty22366]

I am sorry Shorty.... nevertheless, I would press on, just because you don't really have any other options do you? Your remaining eggs only chance is to let them set.... eggs can cool a bit and be ok but not too much. What day were they on right now?.
Chicken keeping, like many things, is all about learning and you are continually learning. This might be a failure right now, but I would wager you have learned a lot and will be ready next time. The pipping birds that did not make it.... it is a difficult call, whether or not to try to break a bird out, especially if you have never done it. It has happened to me many many times. On the bright side, the chicks you do have.... the broody mamas might adopt them if you take away their eggs and put some chicks in there. Once you decide the eggs in question have had it, that is what I would do.

I have learned a lot since I got my first chicks in November 2017

 

[Shorty22366]

I am sorry Shorty.... nevertheless, I would press on, just because you don't really have any other options do you? Your remaining eggs only chance is to let them set.... eggs can cool a bit and be ok but not too much. What day were they on right now?.
Chicken keeping, like many things, is all about learning and you are continually learning. This might be a failure right now, but I would wager you have learned a lot and will be ready next time. The pipping birds that did not make it.... it is a difficult call, whether or not to try to break a bird out, especially if you have never done it. It has happened to me many many times. On the bright side, the chicks you do have.... the broody mamas might adopt them if you take away their eggs and put some chicks in there. Once you decide the eggs in question have had it, that is what I would do.

I am so excited. I left my eggs under hens and when I went out to take eggs and one had hatched and it is doing great.

 

[happyfrenchman]

Bravo Shorty... persistence.... it is the most valuable of traits. Congratulations. You have been working on this pretty hard. You got a nice chick... more to come my fingers are crossed....