I have a new layer today. One of the hens Kackling gave me. It's from an Easter egger but is olive colored. I'll post pics later it's not in the cloud yet. Pam
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I have a new layer today. One of the hens Kackling gave me. It's from an Easter egger but is olive colored. I'll post pics later it's not in the cloud yet. Pam
Awesome Mira Lays Olive... was it Bertha?
Is a chicks head positioned wrong when they pip the wrong end. Did it pip the small end? How does a chick do this if the air cell is in the large end?
Yea I'm so glad to have this forum to refer to. The assisted hatch guide has helped me keep my hair and you guys of course. I now understand how the compulsion to want to help can become overwhelming. Seeing the pip is not that bad but when you hear them peeping it makes you just want to help. The pipped egg I have now has not changed all day. The chick is peeping. I know your dilemma you had in the past. I'm glad I somewhat understand the process now. I've gone through it in my head. If I tried to help it now by creating a zip it would/could dry out the membrane. It pipped early so it may kill it and/or it is not through absorbing the yolk. If I wait until tomorrow evening @ 40 hrs from the initial pip i'll have to open the bator and risk dropping the humidity on other eggs that may be pipping or zipping. So playing it by ear. May not be worth the risk on a pullet egg but if the chick stays alive in the shell for three days and can't unzip because the shell is too small then it must be strong enough to make it through the hatch process. Ya'll know I'll ask before I do anything.
Edit a couple hrs later. The pullet egg chick looks like it may be starting to unzip and another is pipping.