I'm freaking out about piping!

[Nichol]

This is my first time hatching chicks. Yesterday night I had my first chick successfully hatch. Yay! This morning I discovered that another egg had piped on the bottom side of the egg not into the air cell. That chick died. I am so sad, and I feel like I failed. Now I just found another one that piped on the bottom side of the egg. I'm not sure if it's into the air cell or not. I flipped the egg over so the pip is up. There is a diamond shaped hole in the cell, but the membrane seems to be intact except for a small slit with slightly bloody edges. I have seen her moving around in there but not right now. Should I do anything or just let nature take its course?I really don't want to repeat this morning. This is very stressful.

 

[sumi]

Sorry to hear you lost a chick. I'd say wait a bit and see what this one does. Chicks can take their sweet time hatching. Some take up to 24 hours from pip to finish!

 

[ilovemepeeps]

Definitely wait 24 hours before you do anything. My eggs moved a lot when they pipped the night before, but then the next day they didn't move a lot right before they hatched. Then all of a sudden when they were ready to hatch it was like a rock concert was going on in their shells. Sometimes from pip to zip takes awhile