Please please someone answer this as I haven't had much luck with replies before.
I had a chick who pipped and made a whole big enough to stick his beak though.....30 hours later he had still made no further progress at all, so I helped him by pulling of some bits of shell like in the videos on here. I held the egg in a warm damp towel, then popped him back in the incubator. All was well - he kicked off the shell fine, no blood, yolk sac fully absorbed etc...That was 3 hours ago....he was shivering but seems to have calmed down a bit but there is loads of condensation in there and he only has a few dry tufts so far. He is cheeping LOADS, loudly sometimes, and as if he's in distress sometimes too. He is lying on his side, trying to get up but hasn't yet....I have a 2 day old chick under the hot plate who is happily cheeping to the newby (they are in the same room) - shall I put the half dried newby under the hot plate tonight with his sibling or leave him in the incubator and hope he dries off and doesn't get a chill......?? Please could anyone offer some advice - our first chick died soon after hatching and it would be awful to loose another one....
I had a chick who pipped and made a whole big enough to stick his beak though.....30 hours later he had still made no further progress at all, so I helped him by pulling of some bits of shell like in the videos on here. I held the egg in a warm damp towel, then popped him back in the incubator. All was well - he kicked off the shell fine, no blood, yolk sac fully absorbed etc...That was 3 hours ago....he was shivering but seems to have calmed down a bit but there is loads of condensation in there and he only has a few dry tufts so far. He is cheeping LOADS, loudly sometimes, and as if he's in distress sometimes too. He is lying on his side, trying to get up but hasn't yet....I have a 2 day old chick under the hot plate who is happily cheeping to the newby (they are in the same room) - shall I put the half dried newby under the hot plate tonight with his sibling or leave him in the incubator and hope he dries off and doesn't get a chill......?? Please could anyone offer some advice - our first chick died soon after hatching and it would be awful to loose another one....