Need advice on what to do please

[RowanTheRed]

Sounds like it might be time to quickly take the dried ones out and the empty shells. then recheck the humidity. Congrats !

I did that very thing a half hour ago. Covered each unhatched egg with a warm moist paper towel while I moved the rowdy ones to the brooder. Then came back to remove the damp towel and broken shells. 3 of the 5 have pipped and are chirping away inside. I quickly candled the unpipped ones. One was definitely DIS, it was sloshing around in the shell . I removed that one. The last one I could still see veins but no internal pip yet.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Great hatch. You did good.

 

[RowanTheRed]

Great hatch. You did good.

Question, one of the eggs its attempting to zip across the middle of the top instead of around, is this a potential problem?

 

[lazy gardener]

As long as it's making progress, I'd leave it be. But other more experienced hatchers may chime in.

 

[RowanTheRed]

Here is a picture. It's been zipping for about 2 hours now and isn't progressing much.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Thats too much time for a zip. Might be mal positioned

 

[RowanTheRed]

Thats too much time for a zip. Might be mal positioned

So do I pull the egg out and intervene?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

thats your call. A normal zip is about 20 mins. give or take. Keep in mind slow is better as it can breath and has yolk to sustain it . You take a risk with a blood vein being hit if its not ready. With all that being said, if it were mine, I would.

 

[RowanTheRed]

thats your call. A normal zip is about 20 mins. give or take. Keep in mind slow is better as it can breath and has yolk to sustain it . You take a risk with a blood vein being hit if its not ready. With all that being said, if it were mine, I would.

I can see movement and hear chirping so I know it's alive and breathing okay. I think I'm going to try and wait it out a bit longer.

 

[TexasSam]

@Pyxis @TexasSam @granny hatchet

I wanted to update you guys on the remaining eggs in the incubator. 36 hours after the first egg hatched, a second hatched as well. Last night 2 more hatched and another before 4 am. Since then another 8 have hatched.

There are still 5 eggs in there with the 11 chicks running amuck, 2 of the eggs piped around noon but haven't done anything since. and there are 3 that haven't pipped at all.

I feel very sorry for the remaining unhatched eggs because it looks like a rugby match is taking place in the incubator and the remaining eggs are the balls!

That sounds like a good hatch rate to me. I would have the little fluffy butts out of the bator and in a brooder two hours after hatch congratulations very good hatch rate