Can you help me hatch my first batch of eggs

[Silkiebegins]

Could I just take the bottom shell off? The beak has already been out for an hour. It is just chirping.

 

[Silkiebegins]

@Debbie292d

 

[killmak]

It is probably just tired from the hard work. Let it be for now. I have never had an egg zip nicely that didn't finish on their own when they were ready.

 

[fluffycrow]

Patience is the biggest issue in this case. Leave them be. After they hatch, leave them in there to fluff up and find their footing

 

[Debbie292d]

Could I just take the bottom shell off? the beak has already been out for an hour. It is just chirping.

Nope, they can take 24 hours. I just had one the same last night. This morning it was still sitting there zipped but not out. I had to get those other ones out and he was zipped enough I was sure it wouldn't hurt him. I left the incubator open while I ran the other 9 to the brooder and when I got back, guess he got p*ssed at me for letting him get cold and he popped out.

Just have patience!!

Even if you help a little, that makes their muscles and limbs act differently, and that's why some wind up with unjointed legs or splay legs, etc.

 

[Silkiebegins]

I don't know if the incubator gets a lot of air so I open every now and then for a little bit. When I do that the chicken starts chirping. So does it like it?

 

[Debbie292d]

I don't know if the incubator gets a lot of air so I open every now and then for a little bit. When I do that the chicken starts chirping. So does it like it?

You're probably just waking it up lol. Even my pricey incubator, a Brinsea 56EX has one tiny little hole. That's enough apparently as they hatch fine without intervention.

I know how tempting it is, but I've had to just walk away and find something else to do many times so I wouldn't touch them even though they seemed like they were struggling.

 

[Silkiebegins]

You're probably just waking it up lol. Even my pricey incubator, a Brinsea 56EX has one tiny little hole. That's enough apparently as they hatch fine without intervention.

I know how tempting it is, but I've had to just walk away and find something else to do many times so I wouldn't touch them even though they seemed like they were struggling.

Thank you, I probably was just waking it up.

 

[Pollmadoll]

How was the hatch in the end?

 

[Pollmadoll]

I had to assist hatch a detatched air cell complicated egg a month ago that had a mother hen so a natural hatch as the membrane had shrink wrapped . Chick perfectly healthy and happy . A miracle .