Piped Last night, 24 hours later still trying to get out. Help

[al6517]

There are many schools of thought on this, but it appears to me that it can't rotate in the shell to zip, I would wait a while longer then intervene.

AL

 

[soap&eggs]

i did not go to mentioned link page..maybe it has this information ?? when & if you decide it actually needs help do not remove shell completely.. the chick needs to strech its legs & neck to straighten its body out of position it has been in((curled up )) normally i hold egg in a wet verywarm wash cloth to keep it moistened & with tweesers chip & remove shell & menmrame..leaving some in tacked. put back into bator ,normally chick will finish pushing shell off, if you remove it completely..chicks neck will be curled & leg problems. good luck...BTW..i would wait for maybe another few hours..it might still be absorbing yolk..if you notice it is less active then help i guess...

 

[4-H chicken mom]

This is going to be your tough call. Two hours is not that long. I would let it go a while longer. I usually decide if a chick has not made any progress in 24 hours, then I help. Some folks don't. That's why you have to do what you think is best. Good luck, hopefully this will all be a mute point in a little while.

 

[Jaygood787]

This chick is really early, i can see an area near its neck where there are no feathers.. Boy this guy is in for a rough ride

 

[jcfuente51]

poor chick dont hel i helped once and he die a second it got out.

 

[cluckcluck42]

When I first started hatching I helped everything out. Now I won't. Too many times I had my heartbroken after helping a little guy out. I leave nature to it now.

Day 18 is really early, I haven't heard of that happening before. Were your temps high?

 

[Jaygood787]

The temps were not high that i know of.. Its a still air , so my temp was 100-101 on top of the eggs.
I know the temp was high up near the top of the bator so im not sure how that would affect it. He actually
pipped on day 17 1/2 , my only guess is that a hen layed on this egg for a day or something. But i took the egg from the nest
and she was not around. There are 9 more eggs in there, 6 bantams and 3 Java. This egg is a Java