OMG , I'm a new mom!

[IslaBean]

Congratulations!

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

It is suppose to be hatching from the big end of the egg (round end) as that’s where the air sac is and where the chip starts to pip and zip. Why are worried? We really need a pic to confirm

I am worried the other chicks flipped the eggs from the position they were in during lockdown. Would the egg being flipped over cause them to pip SLOW or maybe not at all?

 

[Sagey_7878]

I am worried the other chicks flipped the eggs from the position they were in during lockdown. Would the egg being flipped over cause them to pip SLOW or maybe not at all?

It’s really hard to say... If they have been flipped it causes problems when they’re trying to hatch, it almost like forces then to hatch which is bad. If they start to pip and are making progress, let it be and it may pull through. It still needs to take in its yolk to prepare for unzipping.
To give it the best chance possible you can try to make sure it has a breathable pip hole.
You'll need a pair of tweezers and just very carefully and slowlyremove a tiny bit of shell around the pip it has made to make sure it has access to air.
You have to be very carefulbecause there will be active blood vessels at this stage.
Just a tiny bit of shell lifted near where it has pipped and put it back in to rest.
The hard part is when it starts to unzip.
Sometimes it goes really fast andthey are fine.
Others are slow and they coverup the airhole and suffocate.
Sometimes you can help slowly remove outer pieces of the shellaround the pip area but you haveto move very slowly and makesure there is no active bloodvessels.
The easiest way to see this isusing a q-tip with warm sterile water.
Empty blood vessels will appearyellow, active will appear red. I think you should just leave it until you see any activity (pipping, rolling)

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

I did make sure the air hole is easy for it to breathe. At first it barely was anything and it kept covering up. The membrane around the air hole I dabbed with coconut oil so it won't dry out while it decides what its is going to do or if it will make me do it which I don't want to.