I put a safety hole in after they have internally pipped. If they have a small rounded bill like they are supposed to have they won't be able to ever externally pip. They wait to long and run out of energy/air.
It's the opposite of all the advice of hands off for other birds, but it's the way I...
I can't wait until it hatches. That silvery color is so pretty! When mine pip at the wrong end it usually takes them longer to hatch. It could be tomorrow.
My Maran hatched some chicks out too! I didn't realize she was seriously sitting on eggs until last week and she's already hatched out 5! I took the Crested Cream Legbar eggs from my Large Cochin because the others are mean to chicks. 2 of the 3 hatched, one was a quitter. 5 of the Barnevelders...
3 of the Silver Double Laced Barnevelders have hatched so far! They are going to hatch different days/times because the hen had way to many eggs, so when I moved her I candled and kept the ones that where close to the same progression. I also have a couple blue eggs in the incubator from my...
You will probably need to assist.
I've only had 3 or 4 call ducklings that hatched out on their own out of a couple hundred.
I thought "I'll let this batch hatch on their own" and let a whole batch of 18 eggs that were internally pipped on their own. They all died and didn't even attempt to...
I had a double hatch, when I first started hatching eggs over13 years ago. I didn't even know it was a double, we thought it might be a huge chick. They hatched out on their own, but I tried since then and I've never gotten doubles to hatch again.
I had double ducklings and they got all the way...
My bantam Cochin pullet gave up on her eggs, but I have Silver Laced Barnevelders in the incubator because I had to move my birds to a different spot. So count on me!