I messed up this batch

[AshVau22]

If there is any kind of blood veins the chick isn't ready. Best to just moist the membrane and leave it be. Opening the incubator with pipped eggs does more harm than the humidity being low in my opinion. Best of luck.

 

[JordyGordy]

Here is another article on assisted hatching.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/
It does not say "leave it alone" quite as many times as the one I provided first, but when discussing the right time to help, it says:
"If it's been 18 to 24 hours since the chick externally pipped or you made a safety hole and there has been no more progress, it's time to start to assist in earnest."

So that's another recommendation for giving it a good long time before trying to assist.

There are some chicks that will die no matter what you do, and some that will live and hatch by themselves if you wait long enough. Then there are the hard ones, that will live if you help them at the right time and not otherwise. Unfortunately there is no easy way to predict which group your chick belongs to

I appreciate you so much. I had read the first article the first time and I think it just wasnt going to make it. The hens had been detoxing off meds for a shorter period than these ones and I did read that could cause an issue with that rates I'm going to watch this little guy like a hawk. The egg is still moving around so I'm hopeful. I did a necropsy on the egg that didn't make it and there wasn't anything wrong with the membrane, but the yolk was HUGE. So I think it didn't absorb enough before it pipped.

 

[JordyGordy]

How long has it been since the chick first pipped? And how long after that did you remove some shell? If it’s only been a few hours I’d wait a while longer and watch the chick’s breathing, it is normal for them to rest however they should breathe steadily
I tend to help earlier than many people as my chicks hatch on average no more than six hours after pipping and I’ve yet to lose a chick I’ve assisted, so long as you are very careful and have good dexterity and immediately stop if you see blood and leave the bottom half of the shell alone it usually goes ok
Is the chick in the egg making any chewing motions with its beak? If it’s doing that it means it’s still absorbing yolk do not assist

It does look like it's doing little biting/chewing motions so I'll leave it. Thank you for that! That'll help me A LOT in the future! I don't think I've had any take longer to hatch than 12 hrs and that was the longest. It's usually a very short span like yours. I'm not exactly sure how long they've been pipped. The first one fully hatched like 30 minutes after I came inside. I don't think the membrane is shrink wrapped, I think it was that one spot that dried out before I could get the humidity up. So that's good at least!

 

[JordyGordy]

If there is any kind of blood veins the chick isn't ready. Best to just moist the membrane and leave it be. Opening the incubator with pipped eggs does more harm than the humidity being low in my opinion. Best of luck.

Thank you unfortunately the ones that's out and about had fell in the water pit twice and I've had to open it and Jerry rig a cover so he won't do it again and I can stop opening the lid

 

[Rose Quartz]

It may have a hernia. I put it in a cup with a damp towel to keep it moist and it was able to fall off shortly after. But there is a little flesh colored bump with veins left where the umbilical cord was. It's back in the incubator and still breathing and VERY active. It just gets tired fast now. The temp is at 99.8 I don't think it's been too long, possibly an hour. It's been biting at the membrane but hasn't shifted to unzip. There was fresh red blood coming from the membrane when I pulled it back a smidge about 45 min ago. The egg is pretty much jumping around. I may have accidentally killed a previous chick by interviening too early and I'm so scared to do it again

Dont help this egg. It looks to me that it pipped the wrong end of the shell. It may be stuck to the membrane, but do not try to help if it's bleeding when you touch the shell. Give it a full 24 hours at least from when you noticed it was pipped.

The first chick looks like it'll be fine. I've had worse looking belly buttons that ended up surviving.

 

[LuciferRoo]

Put a sponge in warm water and put it inside the incubator.

 

[JordyGordy]

Dont help this egg. It looks to me that it pipped the wrong end of the shell. It may be stuck to the membrane, but do not try to help if it's bleeding when you touch the shell. Give it a full 24 hours at least from when you noticed it was pipped.

The first chick looks like it'll be fine. I've had worse looking belly buttons that ended up surviving.

I did this with the last one and it died before it made it out the humidity was at 62% and the membranes were still stiffening up. I am worried about it, I need that one to live more than the rest. The 4 other eggs had decreased movement two nights ago, now I'm seeing zero movement.

 

[JordyGordy]

Put a sponge in warm water and put it inside the incubator.

I'll try that!

 

[Rose Quartz]

I did this with the last one and it died before it made it out the humidity was at 62% and the membranes were still stiffening up. I am worried about it, I need that one to live more than the rest. The 4 other eggs had decreased movement two nights ago, now I'm seeing zero movement.

Take it out and use a flashlight. Phone lights are usually bright enough, to see if you can find where the aircell is. When youre thinking its time to touch it again. Just to make sure, cause if it pipped directly to the shell it'll take a long time to be ready, and all the major blood vessels are at the end without the aircell.

 

[JordyGordy]

Take it out and use a flashlight. Phone lights are usually bright enough, to see if you can find where the aircell is. When youre thinking its time to touch it again. Just to make sure, cause if it pipped directly to the shell it'll take a long time to be ready, and all the major blood vessels are at the end without the aircell.

This is the membrane now. The veins look super tiny and more pink than red. I've been putting bacitracin on it to keep it moist. The inner ring won't moisten but it's still playable. Little guy inside is still moving but nothing crazy. I will say they all pipped on day 20. It hasn't vacuum sealed. I'm getting so nervous. There's been no progress, he's rotated a little bit but nothing crazy.