wrong way pip questionable membrane

[lazy gardener]

Looks good so far.

 

[sumi]

He's doing great!

 

[casportpony]

Did you read the link that @sumi posted? If not, sit down and really read it. Don't skim, like I do, lol.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

X3, I think he's making good progress. Assisting them *often* ends badly, so please do resist.

-Kathy

 

[sumi]

I see you have another baby hatching next to him

Hopefully that one will inspire him a bit. As Kathy said, helping can end badly, so leave it as a last resort, but while you wait, do read through that article, there is some excellent advice in there.

 

[houdiniduck]

I have read that link probably about 15 times so far, since I saw it the first time a while ago on another thread. I made the decision not to assist before I started hatching and have done good, but this is my first shipped, paid for egg batch. with this little guy and the other one that is pipped and will hopefully hatch, they are at this moment, 25 dollar chickens. hahahah. The struggle is real! I am just sitting here next to the bator talking to him and encouraging. The dog thinks I am crazy for talking to the white box. I have other eggs in my grandpa's incubator that are all just pipping and zipping away. hahahah.

 

[casportpony]

FWIW, I have 8 that pipped yesterday that are under ducks, and 24 hours later they look the same. For some reason ducks seem to take longer than chickens, guineas, peafowl and turkeys.

-Kathy

 

[houdiniduck]

good to know, I have 4 muscovy duck eggs in the other bator too, They aren't due for a while though.

 

[sumi]

I've had a duck egg pip in nearly the same position as this little one. It pipped on a Saturday morning and hatched on the following Tuesday morning only, after a little assistance. Talk about nerves?

This one is zipping, so he should (hopefully) be out soonish. Gosh, at $25 a chick, I hope you get a few more! What breed are they?

 

[houdiniduck]

The are blue laced red wyandottes. there were 14 eggs but I am pretty sure every single one of them but these two are dead.