Position of chick?

[dskerns]

Hello I’m letting one of my hens hatch her first baby.The chick has internally pipped but when I candled the egg the chicks face is at the bottom of the egg.Is This correct?Or should it be facing upward.I know this sounds confusing so I can post a video for help.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The chick should have broken into the airsac

 

[BelovedBirds]

Hello I’m letting one of my hens hatch her first baby.The chick has internally pipped but when I candled the egg the chicks face is at the bottom of the egg.Is This correct?Or should it be facing upward.I know this sounds confusing so I can post a video for help.

How do you know the head is facing down? If the chick has internally pipped than the chick is positioned pipping up into the air sac (fat end of egg).

 

[dskerns]

The chick should have

How do you know the head is facing down? If the chick has internally pipped than the chick is positioned pipping up into the air sac (fat end of egg).

Well he’s positioned correctly but it’s been a day since her internally pipped and he still hasn’t come out.I candled him this morning and he’s kicking and moving but not chirping.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Well he’s positioned correctly but it’s been a day since her internally pipped and he still hasn’t come out.I candled him this morning and he’s kicking and moving but not chirping.

Are you certain it has internally pipped? You might just be seeing shadowing in the air cell (when they push their beaks up against the membrane into the aircell) I saw this days before mine internally pipped (broke through the membrane).
If he's moving and not chirping, I would leave him be a while longer. I only really know about artificial incubation.
Personally I wouldn't do anything, just wait- what day is the chick on? If it is close to hatch day, you shouldn't be candling or handling the egg anymore

 

[dskerns]

Are you certain it has internally pipped? You might just be seeing shadowing in the air cell (when they push their beaks up against the membrane into the aircell) I saw this days before mine internally pipped (broke through the membrane).
If he's moving and not chirping, I would leave him be a while longer. I only really know about artificial incubation.
Personally I wouldn't do anything, just wait- what day is the chick on? If it is close to hatch day, you shouldn't be candling or handling the egg anymore

Okay that’s what I was thinking,I’m not sure what day the chicks on cause I don’t really know when she started laying in the egg,okay I’ll stop!!!Thank you for the feedback

 

[BelovedBirds]

Okay that’s what I was thinking,I’m not sure what day the chicks on cause I don’t really know when she started laying in the egg,okay I’ll stop!!!Thank you for the feedback

hope you have a healthy hatch soon!

 

[dskerns]

hope you have a healthy hatch soon!

Okay so here’s an update,I candled the egg one more time and I did some research cause it looked really weird but different then what it looked like yesterday.I found a post that showed a “saddle” on an egg and that’s what mine looks like.I put my ear up to the egg and started chirping and I know hear tapping on the egg and I hear the baby smacking it’s teeth.Does This mean it’s not saddled or does it mean it internally pipped?

 

[BelovedBirds]

Okay so here’s an update,I candled the egg one more time and I did some research cause it looked really weird but different then what it looked like yesterday.I found a post that showed a “saddle” on an egg and that’s what mine looks like.I put my ear up to the egg and started chirping and I know hear tapping on the egg and I hear the baby smacking it’s teeth.Does This mean it’s not saddled or does it mean it internally pipped?

I've never dealt with a saddled air cell, but it could be both. If your hen laid the egg, and then set on it, its very unlikely to be saddled, as that usually happens to shipped eggs, to the best of my knowledge.

A saddled air cell will look just like a saddle, air cell drawn down two sides and a big V shape membrane. When you have an internal pip, you'll see the membrane grow and in a lot of birds, draw down slightly on one side, then you'll see a tiny V shape poking up out of the circular/oval air cell, thats the beak, so, small. This looks like a shadow inside of the air cell and can move about within a little.

It sounds like you're hearing baby tapping the shell, which is what they do after internally pipping before eventually breaking through the shell. So its either saddled and internally pipped, or the more likely- just internally pipped.

Either way, at this stage it's important not to handle or turn the egg, it's possibly the hardest time of the hatch, waiting! Hopefully you'll have a chick soon!

 

[dskerns]

I've never dealt with a saddled air cell, but it could be both. If your hen laid the egg, and then set on it, its very unlikely to be saddled, as that usually happens to shipped eggs, to the best of my knowledge.

A saddled air cell will look just like a saddle, air cell drawn down two sides and a big V shape membrane. When you have an internal pip, you'll see the membrane grow and in a lot of birds, draw down slightly on one side, then you'll see a tiny V shape poking up out of the circular/oval air cell, thats the beak, so, small. This looks like a shadow inside of the air cell and can move about within a little.

It sounds like you're hearing baby tapping the shell, which is what they do after internally pipping before eventually breaking through the shell. So its either saddled and internally pipped, or the more likely- just internally pipped.

Either way, at this stage it's important not to handle or turn the egg, it's possibly the hardest time of the hatch, waiting! Hopefully you'll have a chick soon!

Okay thank you so much!!!If it is saddled and internally pipped will it be okay?