Twin Egg With One Yolk

[Chickenwingwing]

Hey everyone! Good news, overnight it started to zip and it's almost out! I have to go to work so my brother is egg sitting again today. I'll keep you guys updated as it hatches!

 

[aart]

Hey everyone! Good news, overnight it started to zip and it's almost out! I have to go to work so my brother is egg sitting again today. I'll keep you guys updated as it hatches!

Only one bird in there?

 

[yakitori]

Sounds like there’s one pip. There’s probably another embryo in there...?

The zip is usually pretty quick, so I hope it’ll come out unscathed...

please update us!

 

[Dovethesilkie]

If you need any ideas my chickens are Jade Teaberry Willow coffee dove chickadee Dolly Dottie Tennessee and Kuritsa (Russian for chicken since she’s a Russian orloff) hope all goes well

 

[TundraFang]

Only one bird in there?

Not sure at this point.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I would think to work on the pipped side, since that’s where the embryo is situated and needs space. Ofcourse it’s a lot more tedious, but goodness knows what’s going on on the other end. I guess I’m just faint of heart

When I assisted I made the pip hole larger by breaking pieces of the shell around the pip hole.
I'm not an expert and it seems @yakitori and @CluckNDoodle knowmore than me

Sorry, I went to bed and didn't respond. It sounds like the chick is hatching now but for future reference, for those who asked, the reason you want to go in through the rounded end of the egg is because of the air cell allowing for a more accessible area to apply ointment with a much lower risk of causing a bleed if you find you're assisting a chick that isn't ready yet. You can monitor the absorption of the blood vessels from the air cell even if the chick is upsidedown in the egg and proceed with assisting once you're positive it's ready.

Here are a couple of pictures for examples.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Hey everyone! Good news, overnight it started to zip and it's almost out! I have to go to work so my brother is egg sitting again today. I'll keep you guys updated as it hatches!

So exciting! Anything happen in the last few hours?

 

[TundraFang]

My brother just called me, he said one chick is out and the other isn't developed. They were attached by the umbilical cord so he cut it and the developed chick seems fine now. It's peeping up a storm and stumbling around the incubator. I'll take pictures when I get home.

 

[Chickenwingwing]

My brother just called me, he said one chick is out and the other isn't developed. They were attached by the umbilical cord so he cut it and the developed chick seems fine now. It's peeping up a storm and stumbling around the incubator. I'll take pictures when I get home.

So excited

 

[CluckNDoodle]

My brother just called me, he said one chick is out and the other isn't developed. They were attached by the umbilical cord so he cut it and the developed chick seems fine now. It's peeping up a storm and stumbling around the incubator. I'll take pictures when I get home.

Congratulations on hatching one successfully! I'm sorry they didn't both make it but it's a success when even one hatches out of a twin egg!