Pipped wrong end, no progress.

[fistfullofnails]

My last unhatched egg in the incubator pipped on the end opposite air sac at 8:30 last night. Early this morning it increased the size of the hole to about half the size of a dime, but hasn't made any progress since. I can see it's beak sticking out, but it really isn't trying to unzip anymore of it's shell. This is my first hatch. Any suggestions?

Solved. Just hatched.

 

[Pyxis]

Because it didn't get to internally pip, it still has a lot of absorbing to do. Don't start to worry that it's not progressing until it's been 30 to 48 hours from the external pip. The good news is most of the time they can hatch themselves in this position, so you will likely not have to do a thing. If help is needed, you will still want to open the egg over the air cell, even though the chick is not in there, the reason being that it's a place that you can safely open to assess how far along the veins are, etc. Then from there you will progress in the assist. But you will nearly never have to do this.

 

[fistfullofnails]

Because it didn't get to internally pip, it still has a lot of absorbing to do. Don't start to worry that it's not progressing until it's been 30 to 48 hours from the external pip. The good news is most of the time they can hatch themselves in this position, so you will likely not have to do a thing. If help is needed, you will still want to open the egg over the air cell, even though the chick is not in there, the reason being that it's a place that you can safely open to assess how far along the veins are, etc. Then from there you will progress in the assist. But you will nearly never have to do this.

It just got done hatching on it's own. Thank you for your time.

 

[Pyxis]

You're welcome! Very glad to hear it hatched okay