I decided to help 1 of my eggs that internally pipped this weekend. Its been more then 24 hours and I was getting nervous. I'm glad I helped because it was in a weird position or something and his head was stuck. It was weird. So I left it in the shell and only took off what I needed to in order for it to be able to breathe. He tried a few times to get himself out but wasn't able to. He is sleeping right now, so I am letting it rest.
But I do have a couple questions.
1. ) When I first opened up the shell, his bill was a bluish/greyish color, and now its getting more color and is like a reddish/brownish color. Was the poor little "guy" running out of oxygen, is that why he didn't have color in his bill? I don't remember my last hatch their bills being like that when they hatched..... I have a couple more eggs that internally pipped shortly after this egg so I'm wondering how long to wait before i try to help them as well..... If its lack of oxygen then i willl help sooner rather than later.
2.) Since he was in an akward position and couldn't get his head to where he needed to in order to externally pip, will he be able to get out of the rest of the shell when he is ready or should I be doing something more for it?
But I do have a couple questions.
1. ) When I first opened up the shell, his bill was a bluish/greyish color, and now its getting more color and is like a reddish/brownish color. Was the poor little "guy" running out of oxygen, is that why he didn't have color in his bill? I don't remember my last hatch their bills being like that when they hatched..... I have a couple more eggs that internally pipped shortly after this egg so I'm wondering how long to wait before i try to help them as well..... If its lack of oxygen then i willl help sooner rather than later.
2.) Since he was in an akward position and couldn't get his head to where he needed to in order to externally pip, will he be able to get out of the rest of the shell when he is ready or should I be doing something more for it?
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