Quails pipped at wrong end of egg

[Majak5]

I have 5 out of 9 quail eggs pipped so far and 2 of them have pipped at the wrong end so I took a bit of shell of and made a breathing hole and put coconut oil on the membrane, the other 3 have pipped normaly but 2 haven’t made a breathing hole and the other has so I put coconut oil on the membrane that is showing. The other 4 that haven’t pipped I’m a bit worried 2 are fine as I see the air sac has dipped but the others haven’t dipped and the air sac is quite small and when I put my ear up to them I can hear a lot of scratching and it’s making me worried. What should I do about the already pipped malpositioned chicks, the normal chicks with no air hole and the ones that haven’t hatched and could possibly be malpositioned and can’t break through?
They are an order, someone ordered 8-12 chicks so I put 12 eggs in and 3 where infertile so I only have 9 left and want them all to survive. HELP PLEASE

 

[casportpony]

@TwoCrows, @JaeG, @WVduckchick, @Pyxis, @Ravynscroft , any suggestions?

 

[TwoCrows]

Occasionally quail pip at the wrong end. Ok, good that you chipped out a tiny air hole. Is he on time for his hatching? What I would do right now is wait about 24 hours. Let him do his work of absorbing the last of the yolk and detaching himself from the walls of the shell. Then at 24+ hours after this waiting, do an assist hatch by gently breaking him out of the egg, start by breaking tiny pieces off in the area he would zip out of at that pointy, about 1/4 inch up. Do just enough and see if he zips in his own. Break off a bit more several hours later. If makes no attempt to zip after 8 hours?....go ahead and gently break him out completely. This is what I would do. If at any time you see blood, stop the break out session.

Keep us posted!

 

[Majak5]

Occasionally quail pip at the wrong end. Ok, good that you chipped out a tiny air hole. Is he on time for his hatching? What I would do right now is wait about 24 hours. Let him do his work of absorbing the last of the yolk and detaching himself from the walls of the shell. Then at 24+ hours after this waiting, do an assist hatch by gently breaking him out of the egg, start by breaking tiny pieces off in the area he would zip out of at that pointy, about 1/4 inch up. Do just enough and see if he zips in his own. Break off a bit more several hours later. If makes no attempt to zip after 8 hours?....go ahead and gently break him out completely. This is what I would do. If at any time you see blood, stop the break out session.

Keep us posted!

All 4 that pipped yesterday have hatched but I’m worried about the 4 that haven’t even pipped yet, I’m wondering if they just took longer to grow coz 2 of the 4 have tilted air sacs but I’m still worried

 

[TwoCrows]

You could try and break them out now. They may or may not be alive. Start at the end you know his head is at. Good luck!

 

[Majak5]

3 of the 4 left have pipped and their is one that looks like it is about to pip

 

[TwoCrows]

Keep us posted!

 

[Majak5]

Keep us posted!

All the ones that pipped the wrong end have hatched but one was really wear and passed on today, I have 2 left that pipped normaly but after external pip they stayed like that for 2 days so I took the shell of the air sac only and I can see that their beak in poking through but there is still a lot of thick active blood vessels. Why did they externals pip when they still had 3+ days till they where ready to hatch?

 

[Majak5]

All the ones that pipped the wrong end have hatched but one was really wear and passed on today, I have 2 left that pipped normaly but after external pip they stayed like that for 2 days so I took the shell of the air sac only and I can see that their beak in poking through but there is still a lot of thick active blood vessels. Why did they externals pip when they still had 3+ days till they where ready to hatch?

I am wetting the membrane every 2 hours and the humidity is up to 75-80%