Should I help...

[SuellenMishke]

Thanks for all the help. It’s back in the incubator. And hopin for the best.

 

[chuckachucka]

At this stage the chances of the chick making it out OK are very good. Make sure the beak is exposed and not tucked back under the membranes. Once you have peeled back the top membrane fully it might be able to do the rest itself. If it is opening and closing its beak that means it is still absobring the yolk though.

Good luck!

 

[WVduckchick]

From the looks of the first picture and the timing, I personally would not have assisted yet. And I'm very hands-on. But I think everything will be ok. Just go very slowly and patiently now.

Can you post a new pic of current progress?

 

[SuellenMishke]

Meet Frederick! (Who I’m pretty sure is a female). She’s doing very well. She seems to have short stubby wings and had a bad case of curl toe, but we put some “boots” on her last night and they look great this morning. She’s now running around with the other two chicks just fine.

 

[HenniesInMyHeart]

AWWW YAY! I love happy endings! Well done!

 

[WVduckchick]

Congrats! She is lovely!

 

[camocutey]

I am new to incubating as well. I hatched my first batch of chicks on March 26th. My hatch was very staggered, starting on day 19. I had to assist two chicks and both survived. I had two eggs still viable go to day 22. I could hear a chick in one, but not the other, but it moved. I waited over night for them to pip. sadly both died. I wish I had assisted them as well.

 

[RodNTN]

Yay! That's so wonderful!

 

[SuellenMishke]

We are on our second round of hatching now and things are going much better. We were better at locking down the incubator and not messing with them. Definitely makes all the difference.
These are four we have so far. They are a mix of light brahmas and our rooster we think is an Easter egger possible a RIR mix with EE. (We got him at about a year old from friends who didn’t know) anyways these four are the fluffiest chicks I have ever seen. Even there faces are fluffy.