I need help to know if my chicken will hatch

[Debbie292d]

It’s time to help, it probably has absorbed its yolk sack by now, I would help it out.

I would never help an egg that hasn't pipped yet. A duck egg, maybe, but not a chick.

 

[SnackMeat]

This duckling (not the one I mentioned) had started zipping. I tapped an airhole on the opposite time, and could peak through and see it was moving its beak a lot. It eventually make a hole and worked it's way over to the air hole. I would peal or crack tiny bits off every few hours but most of the egg was there for them to push against.

If you run into an issue where they don't have the energy (play a soundtrack of chicks chirping on YouTube to guage energy level) you can gently deshell them but then they need to go into a sock to continue to give them something to push against and engage those leg muscles and tendons. And even then you still may have leg issues.

 

[SnackMeat]

I would never help an egg that hasn't pipped yet. A duck egg, maybe, but not a chick.

Incubating Duck eggs are so goddamn heart breaking some times. Ugh. So much more of a learning curve than chicks.

 

[chickenhelp11]

I presume your incubator temp is off a little as just being off a half of a degree can set them back several hours or even a day. This is why I'm not suggesting you do anything yet. If you open that egg now and hit a vein or it's got a lot of yolk, you could kill it. If you wait, the worst thing that happens is it died because it was too weak to get out itself.

If by tomorrow its not out, then I'd start a hole in the big end where you saw the internal pip.

Is your humidity up to 70%?

Ok thank you! The humidity is at 75

 

[chickenhelp11]

Did you calibrate the incubator?

yes

 

[chickenhelp11]

It's likely getting into position.

ok thank you

 

[SnackMeat]

It's already risking running out of air (unless it was cooler than other eggs and developed more slowly.) you really should tap an air hole. You can take a needle or a screw and scratch in one spot (after candling.) takes maybe a minute while being gentle.

Hopefully you can see a beak but that's the absolute least you should do along with the humidity.

 

[Tex452]

I would never help an egg that hasn't pipped yet. A duck egg, maybe, but not a chick.

I thought it had pipped, I wouldn’t help it either if it was not pipping.

 

[chickenhelp11]

Did you calibrate the incubator?

I thought it had pipped, I wouldn’t help it either if it was not pipping.

we see it starting to externally pip and we also see twitching, it’s definitely trying to get out. It seems to be moving pretty quickly. Does anyone have any thoughts on when it would hatch (just so we know if we should be up through the night to watch the process)?

 

[Tex452]

we see it starting to externally pip and we also see twitching, it’s definitely trying to get out. It seems to be moving pretty quickly. Does anyone have any thoughts on when it would hatch (just so we know if we should be up through the night to watch the process)?

How long has it been pipped through the shell?