Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[BluebirdHomestead]

If you know the chick is inside the air cell after candling you can just use her pip hole because it's much easier but if she pipped below the air cell I would open the air cell to check the membrane before widening pip.

Yep I think it is below the air cell. Why the heck are so many of my chicks getting shrink wrapped?! Wth!

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

This is why I like neosporin. It sticks around.

Ok cool that’s what I use

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Ok and if I open it tonight and it’s not ready, will it be okay overnight without me reapplying the ointment? And thank you as always.

Yes, the ointment that @julskinka suggested is actually a great idea if you need to leave it alone over night without reapplying because it doesn't harden that I'm aware of.

 

[julskinka]

If you know the chick is inside the air cell after candling you can just use her pip hole because it's much easier but if she pipped below the air cell I would open the air cell to check the membrane before widening pip.

Right - I am making an assumption here because your picture looks like it's done a regular aircell-then-external pip, but only you can say for sure.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Yep I think it is below the air cell. Why the heck are so many of my chicks getting shrink wrapped?! Wth!

IncuView runs very dry and shipped eggs are just especially delicate. It's nothing you're doing wrong.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Right - I am making an assumption here because your picture looks like it's done a regular aircell-then-external pip, but only you can say for sure.

Oh I see what you’re saying. How can you tell?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

This is why I like neosporin. It sticks around.

I don't know why I haven't started using it myself. Habit I guess. lol

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

IncuView runs very dry and shipped eggs are just especially delicate. It's nothing you're doing wrong.

Such a delicate dance between the air cells growing enough and not drying them out too much!

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Ok another question... should I slip the 2 chicks that are in the bator out? So they don’t mess with the baby while I have the air cell open? What if the two others hatch overnight?

Edit for spelling

 

[julskinka]

IncuView runs very dry and shipped eggs are just especially delicate. It's nothing you're doing wrong.

It can also be a lesser malpo - like the head isn't under the wing but above it. So it has the strength to do the intial pip but not to make any progress with the zipping. I get a lot of those kinds of malpos with shipped eggs.