should I help the eggs open???

[willkatdawson]

Our first chick hatched during the early morning hour Sat then Sat during the day 3 more followed. Sunday 2 more hatched. My broody still has 3 unhatched eggs under her and today is day 22. 2 EE eggs and one BC maran. I candled the 4 blue eggs at day 15 and they looked great, so I don't know why the last 2 blue eggs haven't piped. I don't know what's going on in the BC maran egg because it's so dark. So to sum it up, She has 2 EE chicks and 2 EE eggs, 4 BC maran chicks and 1 BC marn egg under her. The 3 remiaining eggs haven't piped. Should I chip at the shell a little, or is all hope lost?

 

[pete55]

In this case just leave them alone with your Broody. If they hav'nt hatched by the time she leads her family out then I think they may have quit or too weak. Mother Nature knows best

 

[midget_farms]

It's possible that eggs on the edges of the nest were cooler & will take another day or two. Just keep an eye out. Sounds like you had a good hatch already. They don't all hatch.

 

[Kavellion]

Sounds like you have different breeds hatching so that is a factor I only help if they have pipped and 2 days have passed. Helped too early and I have had chicks bleed too much from their umbilical cords.

 

[willkatdawson]

Thanks y'all. It's so hard to know that at day 15 all four looked exactly the same, and only two of the four have hatched. I hope they pip today. I can't stand the thought that the chicks might have died in the shell.