INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[casportpony]

Hey guys I could really use some help. I had 12 shipped silkie eggs. Through incubation at different times they all stopped developing until their were 5 left. Hatch day only 1 hatched. Now day 22 and 2 out of 4 had internally pipped. Waited 12 hours and candled again but they both were breathing really heavy and getting quiet. Made a pin point size safety hole in both and placed them back in the incubator. Now almost 24 hours after I checked them again and 1 was silent. No movement. Up until now it had been active and chirping. Tapped it and nothing. Removed the shell and it's not alive. Perfectly formed no yoke and the veins have receded. I didn't want to help out to soon and now I'm kicking myself cause I feel like I could have saved it. I made the safety hole bigger in the other one so I can keep an eye on it. It's again in the incubator on a moist paper towel. Their are 2 more that haven't internally pipped but are moving. Their bodies are in the air cell and not the beak. Should I help or can the move to where they need to be? Need some major help. I'm panicking and don't know what to do. I know some people have the hands off approach and if it's weak theory but these will be pets so anything I can do at all?

I'm a helper, but I gotta tell you that I've killed as many as I've saved. If their beaks are not in the air cell you have to figure out where they are and make a hole, but that can be very tricky.

-Kathy

 

[h2oratt]

13 small to medium sized Altsterier eggs. 3 that I candled while she was getting water and stretching were growing.

What does an alsterier look like.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: https://www.google.com/search?safe=...=1280&bih=717#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=+Altsterier

 

[jenniferlamar70]

At this point I think I'd help. Check out the first few pages of this forum for a better guideline

I'm a helper, but I gotta tell you that I've killed as many as I've saved. If their beaks are not in the air cell you have to figure out where they are and make a hole, but that can be very tricky. 

-Kathy

I want to help but I don't have alot of experience and I'm afraid I might do more damage then help. I did 2 assist on my last hatch and the chicks are great now. That doesn't make me feel confident at all. I actually am terrified. I don't want to lose my babies though.

 

[Pensmaster]

 Altsteriers are nice looking birds!

-Kathy

And rare which is one reason I tried them. They are laying well at this point. However true to GFF the one hen has feathers on her leg in a line down the center. Not supposed to be there as far as I can tell. Bummer.

Really liked the purple pied peacocks. Double mount.

I have a wild turkey picture of the two mating. They really stand on the hen amazing

 

[Pensmaster]

Here's a picture of a couple of mine.

 

[casportpony]

Here's a picture of a couple of mine.

Nice!

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I hear you, and I'm not one to push you either way...

-Kathy

 

[jenniferlamar70]

I hear you, and I'm not one to push you either way...

-Kathy

Ok I went ahead and just peeled enough away to find the beak on the one. Still enough veining that it's not ready to come out yet. It was backwards though. Beak on the small end. For this other one I can't tell what's what. I'm thinking I'll start in the air cell and work my way through until I find the beak I'll be careful not to break the membrane..

 

[Pensmaster]

Good night all.