ok need some advice 3 eggs have holes......

[tgblldog70]

well they started at about 830 this morning they each have a hole but the white membrane is still kind of covering it but the shell is cracked off should I help them?? or are they fine just leave them???? this is the first time we have done this and hubby had to leave for work for 2nd shift so I am all alone with them. how long does it usually take for them to start emerging from there shell?? any advice would be lovely. thank you.

 

[cashdl]

leave them alone. It could take hours or maybe till tomorrow to hatch but now it the time to leave them alone and let them do their thing.

Lanae

 

[tgblldog70]

ok thank you. Nervous nelle here. they are peeping up a storm so cute I cant wait!!!

 

[gallynn17]

we have the same problem. we can see the little birds heart beating and there is a big hole, the otter shell has seperated from the chick should we help?

 

[FLITZ]

it would be soo much easier if we could just open the shells on day 21. like opening a christmas gift

 

[cashdl]

BACK AWAY FROM THE INCUBATOR! LOL! I am constantly staring in the window of my hatcher. I have been doing this for years and still have to mentally chant " Dont Touch, Dont Touch, Dont Touch". There are rare instances where you can help and make a difference but usually they do it all themselves.

Lanae

 

[tgblldog70]

5 have hatched so far as of 3am this morning!!!!! one peeped at about 12am so he is a late starter. they are so cute I cant wait till they dry and we move them to their brooder ( i think thats the word??) I cant believe they all are hatched/hatching!!!!!!!!!!! pics will follow, the incubator is so full of condensation that its hard to see them all.