Safety hole and bleeding

[Saraalexis17]

Kind of kicking myself in the butt right now. I have one Sebastopol egg out of 3 that has internally pipped. It’s been well over 24 hours, so my chart said to make a safety hole. Well, I did and a tiny drop of blood came out. It stopped, I checked two hours after and it’s still moving.

Is it screwed? Lesson learned and I will not do that ever again but wow I feel so bad I’m hoping it would have had to been lots of blood for it to not make it, and it wasn’t. I’ll be leaving it alone from now on but any stories or advice are appreciated.

 

[WishingStar]

I'm not as familiar with hatching geese, but I bet the little fellow will be alright.

How did you determine where to make the safety hole? Is it in the air cell? I can't link articles from mobile (or at least I haven't found how) but there's a great article in the learning center on assisted hatching.

 

[Susan Skylark]

The blood is a sign that the chick is not ready to hatch, you’ll cause a little bleeding but he’ll be ok. In general, safety holes aren’t very practical (except maybe in backwards chicks), as most chicks that can’t hatch on their own are going to die anyway, almost every single on I’ve helped died shortly afterwards or had a defect that required eventual culling. I’ve had quail go for 60 hours from pip to hatch, so it can vary significantly and just putting a hole in at 24 hours just in case isn’t helpful. My personal observation has been that it just speeds up the membrane drying out making hatching more difficult and requiring more assistance.

 

[Ezana4CE]

Kind of kicking myself in the butt right now. I have one Sebastopol egg out of 3 that has internally pipped. It’s been well over 24 hours, so my chart said to make a safety hole. Well, I did and a tiny drop of blood came out. It stopped, I checked two hours after and it’s still moving.

Is it screwed? Lesson learned and I will not do that ever again but wow I feel so bad I’m hoping it would have had to been lots of blood for it to not make it, and it wasn’t. I’ll be leaving it alone from now on but any stories or advice are appreciated.

@Saraalexis17 In the link below there is an article entitled, “Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry.” It discusses creating safety holes and has several photos. The article is written by a member named @Pyxis. I read this a few times and thought it may be useful to you.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/