brandydiehl1980
In the Brooder
- Feb 17, 2017
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My chick pipped about 36 hours ago and I can hear chripping but not come out of shell yet. Should I help at 36 hours or wait longer. Please help
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This is not always true. I have personally helped chicks hatch after over 24 hours of them trying and they have lived and are happy healthy hens.Oh no dont help!! A bird has to absolutely hatch itself to survive. Its a phenomenon that if they dont come out on their own, they'll die. Trust me when I say if you attempt to help it from the shell, it will die. Its a tiring process and does take some time. Some are quicker than others. Resist the temptation to go in the incubator a thousand times.
I wish i had your wifes advice yesterday and not anyone elses cause on the advice everyone else is giving says to not mess with the eggs that are chripping and move till after 12 to 24 hours, wrong advice they gave, caise the babies pip thru inner liner but end up dieing from not pip outer shell and suffocated and my 7 year daugher was so hirt by it cause her white silkie hatched fine but i had to help it alittle after it pip and couldnt do the zip part so i did it for it and just let it come out the shell on its own, i now wish when i heard the black and the buff color silkies in their eggs chriping and then candled them to see the progress and seen that they pip the inner membrane i was happy that they were doing great but the advice said to wait 12 to 24 hours before they fully brake out themselfs, firstmind is what i should of followed and helped by chipping an air hole in it so they aleast had a chance cause for some odd reason they couldnt chip the eggs their selfs and ended up dieing cause i did step in and help alittle like i did with the first one, and now need to candle the last 5 and see what is going on with those, the white silkie is doing great, it comes to my daughet hand already and walks in so my daughet can pick it up, it was drinking and eatting food about 2 hours after hatching and online it say they can go up to 3 days without eatting, not this one it pretty much hatched dryed off and was thristy and hungry, my daughter loves it, she mane ot tickles and the baby has been in bed with my sence 9am this morning and they both been making vedios together and watching movies on the tablet all morning, it loves daughter already, she can put it down and it runns straight to her, its to cute and to smart already, i just wish i would of followed my first mind then it would of been three little silkies, thanks for listen, going to candle the other 5 and see what we got going on, maybe i could help those ones still.Well, im sorry for your distress.....I know its confusing when reading conflicting advice, all I can tell you is that my wife ALWAYS helps some chickens out. I could not tell you how many 100's she would have saved over the years. I have even seen her with a chicken in the sink been bathed in warm water to "Unstick" the shell from the chicken.
I am not saying this is right or wrong, simply telling you what works for my wife.
Hope your hatch is successful.
Cheers...........The Dog