internally pipped but not externally, when should i help to hatch?

[Miss Lydia]

@Pyxis

 

[5fathens]

I've just read the article by pyxis about assisted hatching and i'm still not sure if i should intervene yet or not...
s/he has a hole big enough for his/her beak and is cheeping and poking it out but not actually zipping round, s/he seems to be yawning a bit too.
if his/her beak is out and therefore s/he is breathing is it safe to leave them or should i try to make the zip?
thanks

 

[chickens really]

I've just read the article by pyxis about assisted hatching and i'm still not sure if i should intervene yet or not...
s/he has a hole big enough for his/her beak and is cheeping and poking it out but not actually zipping round, s/he seems to be yawning a bit too.
if his/her beak is out and therefore s/he is breathing is it safe to leave them or should i try to make the zip?
thanks

Leave it alone and I have lots of experience and helping too soon is not recommended.

 

[5fathens]

thanks, will s/he be ok overnight left like this?

 

[Miss Lydia]

If yawning she is absorbing the yolk so let her alone sounds like she is okay and can breathe.

 

[chickens really]

thanks, will s/he be ok overnight left like this?

Of course...They hatch when ready and will peep and toss the shell around if stuck. They can hatch themselves perfectly.

 

[5fathens]

thank you, i'll sleep easier knowing s/he's ok till the morning, this little ones air sack wasn't as big as the others, but as s/he has got her beak out i'm guessing it doesn't matter now?

 

[5fathens]

just got up and checked on her and it appears she died in the night still no further than getting her beak out- i feel so sad, like i've let her down.

there is definite movemrnt in another egg though so i've topped up the water in the hope they'll make it.....

 

[Miss Lydia]

I am so sorry there is that fine line on when to step in and when not too. I feel awful I encouraged you to leave her alone, but usually once they can get air they finish on their own. I sure hope more hatch without problems.

 

[5fathens]

thanks, don't feel bad, i suspect that the result may have been the same either way,and if i'd helped out and then lost would have been harder , its such a fine line isn't it?!
i haven't heard the one that's internally pipped in a while, is that something to worry about? no sign of pip on shell yet but in shining torch through window looks like s/he has now filled the air sack....