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My chicks started pipping last night around 11:30. There isn't any progress 12 hours later. Do I start to help them? Humidity is at 70% and I still hear peeps coming from the egg. Ugh, do I help or not?
When to help???
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I think you'll get advice from both sides of the isle, on his one.
In the past, I used to help. I killed as many as I saved and wondered if they might have been better off, without my "help".
I don't help anymore. I've seen hatches, that in the past, I would have stepped in on, turn out just fine. I definitely wouldn't help in less than 24 hours. I've had chicks take almost 48 hours after a pip, to get out of the shell. If they don't make it, I figure its the process of natural selection and the offspring of the ones that do make it, will be less likely to inherit the hatching problem.
Just my opinion.
In the past, I used to help. I killed as many as I saved and wondered if they might have been better off, without my "help".
I don't help anymore. I've seen hatches, that in the past, I would have stepped in on, turn out just fine. I definitely wouldn't help in less than 24 hours. I've had chicks take almost 48 hours after a pip, to get out of the shell. If they don't make it, I figure its the process of natural selection and the offspring of the ones that do make it, will be less likely to inherit the hatching problem.
Just my opinion.
Before you do anything, please read this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching
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