pipping at the small end?

[artsyrobin]

hey guys, this poor little EE chick is trying to hatch out of the small end... what is the deal with these ee's? Should i give him overnite? or go ahead and 'help' which i hate doing?

 

[sourland]

Make sure that the pip and small end are pointed upwards. I have had many chicks get 'turned around' and pip/hatch from the small end.

 

[artsyrobin]

ok, thanks! its weird- for some reason its the EE's that do this... the others hatch by the book...

 

[Sphinx]

The last two hatches I've had (both were wyandottes), there's been several eggs that pipped at the small end. The first hatch was shipped and had weird air cells, so I attributed it to that. The second hatch was local eggs, so it threw that theory out of the water.

Anyway, they hatched out fine.

 

[artsyrobin]

thanks- these EE's our from my birds- the shipped eggs did fine... maybe they just like being different..