X2. So happy I found this thread. My nine peeps were a week old Friday/Saturday. Had I not found this thread, I would have had only 8. Once we (My husband did the honors while I assisted) got the chick out, I went to the tenth egg which had pipped on the bottom, but by then it was quiet...
Thankfully it dried and came off on its own before I read any of the replies, but at least I'll know what to do the next time. Didn't have a chance to use it but liked the idea of wrapping him in a sock or small towel so he couldn't pull on it. The peep is drying and fluffing in the incubator...
Thank you so much. Your original article was what made us intervene when there was a pip then nothing. After the egg peeping it quieted for a long time and we were worried. My husband put a zip line on with a tweezers, The peep started peeping again and finally hatched.
Thankfully he...
What did you do about the membrane? Right now I have one out of the egg, still wet but it looks like he has an umbilical cord (membrane?) stuck to the egg. What should I do?