Safety hole ????

[Tashabasha32]

Iv seen alot of people saying to do a safety hole in a chicken egg if they've internally pipped to help them, jus wondering if any1 does it and does it help them? I'm on day 20 1 egg has externally pipped and other has internally pipped since yesterday any help would be great thanks xxx

 

[JaeG]

There's no harm in doing a safety hole if you are nearing 24 hours internally pipped. I made a safety hole for all of my duck eggs when they were hatching.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed.491013/

Although this is in the Goose forum it applies to all incubated birds and is full of excellent information including using safety holes. I have it bookmarked and often revisit it to remind myself.

 

[Tashabasha32]

Thank u, I made 1 and instantly it became stronger and moving egg more etc, other 1 trying to get out egg aswell jus a waitin game now lol xxx