little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

[peeperT]

NEED HELP NOW. I don't know how to use this site--and I don't have time to keep looking for the answer I need. I am making a million mistakes--first timer...

it's day 21, and one is healthy and out, and another has started--but has been pipping for about 24 hrs!! I've kept going in to check on him too.


I had only one egg in the bator that was viable upon candling--so I removed 8 and let that one grow, at day 18 I removed him/her to a "hatching box" and she (Eden named her "Eden Junior") was fine. a week later I added 4 more eggs to the hatching box with her. When this egg-in-trouble first pipped a bit of a hole--Eden Junior attacked it!! It looked a bit bloody, but still alive. the hole is larger this morning--but it's taking a long time to come out.

after reading thru some of this--I realize the moisture must be too low!! he is in a lrge plastic storage container, with a light and blankets over it. i don't have a moisture detector thingy--but added some wet paper napkins close by the egg...should I help little? HELP!

 

[peeperT]

i guess what i'm asking is:

so how long does it take to come out?

if the moisture got too low--what else can I do?

should I wait longer?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

pip to zip can be 24 +- hours zipping is only 60-90 minutes,
how long has it been pipped and can you post a picture?

 

[peeperT]

she pecked through the egg about 18 hrs ago. she made the hole rounder--not going along a "line?" whatever that is. I don't know how to take a picture....but she has round hole and is prob glued in????

 

[peeperT]

I put her on a paper towel

 

[peeperT]

ok--I figured out how to do the picture thingy--it's been a long time--but she's still moving!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

she pecked through the egg about 18 hrs ago. she made the hole rounder--not going along a "line?" whatever that is. I don't know how to take a picture....but she has round hole and is prob glued in????

18 is not time to worry

ok--I figured out how to do the picture thingy--it's been a long time--but she's still moving!

is the membrane brown???

 

[DwayneNLiz]

do you know the temp? or approx humidity??
it looks like it may be too cold and too dry, you may need to start assisting

what color is the membrane??

 

[peeperT]

ok--I figured out how to do the picture thingy--it's been a long time--but she's still moving! yes--the membrane is brown! oh no!!!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

ok--I figured out how to do the picture thingy--it's been a long time--but she's still moving! yes--the membrane is brown! oh no!!!

brown is bad! you need to get q tips and dab with water

WATCH OUT FOR NOSTRILS!!!

and you may have to help peel egg a bit, but make sure to dab with warm water first so you dont rip out feathers/fluff