I see people doing this more and more, some chicks survive and some don't. I wanted to show people what you can find if you help a chick hatch.
This chick was pipped for 2 days and all the others had hatched so I was moving chicks to the brooder and thought I would help this chick if it was alive. I could see it moving so picked the shell off the area it pipped. I could see his beak was crossed and this was why he wasn't able to hatch. I put him back in the incubator and the little bugger hatched. I had to cull him and it wasn't fun. I will never ever help again.
This chick was unable to eat and blind.

This chick was pipped for 2 days and all the others had hatched so I was moving chicks to the brooder and thought I would help this chick if it was alive. I could see it moving so picked the shell off the area it pipped. I could see his beak was crossed and this was why he wasn't able to hatch. I put him back in the incubator and the little bugger hatched. I had to cull him and it wasn't fun. I will never ever help again.
This chick was unable to eat and blind.