How long to break out of shell?

[gumpsgirl]

No problem! I learn better with pics, so I was trying to give you a visual. Good luck with your hatch!

 

[crowpecker]

Thank you for your wonderful photos. I got 1 baby today that looks exactly like yours. I am doing the hatching for the 1st time and chickens for that matter. I now understand pip and zip. Thank you. I had to add warm water as I think they lacked humidity and now are starting to be more active to get out.

 

[chickadee101]

NO DON'T ADD WATER!!!!!!!! DON'T ADD ANYTHING THEY CAN DROWN WITH ANY LIQUID ON THE SHELL!!!!!!! you can help them break out a bit, BUT NEVER DO THAT!!!!

 

[rebelboy]

please be sure to give them time some are a lil slower than others and be careful not to give them to much help dont open the shells completely. the chick may be still absorbing the yolk.

 

[jadeegriffin]

Thax
at the moment I am incubating chicks and on is hatching as I type
so exciting.
yours

jade

 

[coldinnh]

Did I doom this chick?
I saw that it pipped this am at 8.... When I got back 12+hrs later it was in a dry shell with membrane sticking to it. It is COLD tonight in the negative numbers so I removed some of the shell ....ok most of it. The egg sack was absorbed--- I have the chick wrapped in a towel and heating pad.

 

[lazy gardener]

How is it doing now? Do you have a brooder for it? I wouldn't trust to leave it wrapped in a heating pad because it may be too warm for it. Was it in an incubator? More eggs to hatch? I'd stick it back in the incubator.