Someone please help!!! I'm new to raising chickens and I need some help

[Vicki Horn]

Someone please help......Had chicks in incubator for 18 days one broke his beak through and waited a couple hours and tried to help. Sae a little red on membrane, got scared, put him back till this morning. Helped him out. It went perfect. Saw no blood at all. Now he is in warm washcloth and pot back in incubator. What do I do now. Someone please help.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

you have them in the incubator? instead of a brooder? If that's the case, I'd put them in a brooder first off. You should be starting to wean them off of heat, in increments.

as for the beak, I can't help much there, being new to this whole thing myself. What did he break his beak on?

 

[aart]

chicks in incubator for 18 days

For 18 days after they hatched?
or the eggs were in incubator for 18 days and now one had hatched?

 

[lilmillefleur]

or do you mean brooder instead of incubator?

 

[aart]

Put the newly hatched chick back in incubator...and wait for the other eggs to hatch.
It can take up to 24 hours between that first pip and the hatch.
Do not 'help' too soon.

 

[lazy gardener]

What aart says. When a chick pips, simply walk away from the bator. Or if you must watch, place your hands in your back pockets, or sit on them. Far more chicks are killed in an attempt to "help" than are killed by choosing not to help.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us
Agree with the others

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Vicki and welcome to BYC. You have some great advice so I'll just wish you all the best with the rest of your hatch

 

[chicken4prez]

Welcome to BYC. The others gave you really helpful advice.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

When they pip like yours has, they need to sit for a while as they absorb the last of the yolk and detatch themselves from the inside of the egg. This can take 24 hours to perform and gain strength to zip our of the egg. It is never advised to help unless they haven't zipped after a couple of days and are struggling.

I will move this over to our Hatching Eggs forums for more help. Good luck and welcome to our group!