When to step in!

[Chels1234]

I have a egg on day 30 in the incubator. First time Hatcher here. He internally piped on Sunday and it’s now Tuesday and he’s moving much slower inside and no external pip. Humidity bumped up to 70 and temp is 100. When do I intervene? It’s been 48 hours since I knew there was a pip. Could have been before. Any help!!

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

Oh my... I’d at least score a small hole in the shell at the top of the blunt end of the egg/air cell to give him some oxygen... then see if he hatches on his own. There’s threads here on how to do it

 

[Chels1234]

I hear nothing and did the float test. The internal pip isn’t nearly as visible as it was Sunday! Should I score?

 

[Knighstar679]

Yes, put a safety hole in the air cell. But be very careful on doing float tests I have read more harm can come from them than just assisting.

Also search the articles for the assisted hatching one. You may have to help this one out. Specially if it is malposition, just take it slow. But first safety hole so it can breathe.

 

[Knighstar679]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

Here is the link to the article.

 

[Chels1234]

Stepped in and this was I found. Any idea what went wrong?

 

[Magicalflowers]

I have no idea.. is it alive still?

 

[Chels1234]

No :-(

 

[Chels1234]

We hadn’t seen movement since Sunday and figured it wasn’t going to make it. First timer here and I have no idea what went wrong??

 

[MissChick@dee]

Don’t know much about nothing but that kinda looks rotten