shrink wrapped

My mama Cayuga was sitting on 5 eggs, but ended up killing 4 in their last days. I took the last viable egg inside in hopes to keep it alive. I don’t have an incubator, so I’ve been keeping it in a make shift brooder with a heat lamp at 100°. The duckling externally pipped 24 hours ago and...

I have 9 Serama eggs ( from my own chickens ) in a brinsea mini automatic incubator. There was a point where the humidity probably got a little low earlier in hatching because I accidentally let it get under the tube in the outside place used to fill the inside, but it was low for very little...

Hello, this is my first post here on BYC and I’m in need of some advice. To make a long story short I have a duck egg on almost day 28 that hadn’t popped internally. There was one other egg in the incubator with it but unfortunately didn’t make it last night and I don’t know the cause of death...

Hi all, This is my first hatch. This little guy is now day 30/31 days and internally pipped about 36 hours ago. After 30 hours I expected it to be dead after not progressing to external pip but he was cheeping and there was some tapping but no external pip. I made a small hole in the air cell...

Hello! So I’m a first time Hatcher and have three ducklings and one (adorable) gosling, he’s the favorite lol. I have a newly pipped egg (just from this morning) which I got a little bit of water on when I was upping the humidity through the sponge hole (something i learned from this site)...

I have 9 call duck eggs in lockdown, hatching day starts tomorrow afternoon (day 26). Wondering what other people’s experiences are with the day that call duck eggs internally pip. 1. Is it right on hatching day or day(s) before? im also feeling concerned because the air cells vary from the...

Hi everyone! I am in need of immediate assistance. I rescued a mallard duck egg that she had kicked out of the nest and cracked. I put wax over the crack and started incubating it just in case he was still alive. Well, we are on day 30 and he’s moving, etc. I believe he may have pipped...

So I am hatching a large batch of eggs at the moment, and have had all sorts of problems. From one chick hatching with an unabsorbed yolk, to another hatching through the wrong end. Right now, I have opened the bator to transfer around 1/3 of the chicks to a different one, just so that they...

I'm hatching button quail. So far three have hatched, and one is shrink wrapped still in the egg. My incubator is fairly difficult to keep the humidity regulated. Two of my hatched chicks hatched on their own, but one I assisted in hatching because it was shrink wrapped. I'm following the...

I woke up this morning to see a pip in one of my eggs, super exciting! It looks as though it's the bubs elbow slightly sticking out of the pip hole. It's been a few hours with no movement or peeps to be heard, the humidity was at a steady 70% so I left it be. I came back inside around an hour...

Hi everyone! I was hoping for a bit of help. I have been incubating 5 Brahma x SLW mixes, three of which made it to 21 days, one has hatched but took an extraordinarily long time from first pip to hatch (36 hrs) and I'm afraid the other two may be shrink wrapped... hubby let the humidity bottom...

Ducklings are hatching! Yesterday early morning the first duckling externally pipped. It is now 36 hours in and no progress, any thoughts? I’ve had good results helping the in the past, but don’t want to it it’s not needed. The other eggs have externally pipped now too, so I don’t want to shrink...

Hey y’all!! I’m new to this forum and new to hatching ducklings. We have had ducks for a year now and these are our first babies... I have read many threads here on what to do... we are currently on day 30 and I’m a little worried... I feel like this little Guy is malpisitioned and possibly...

Hi all, I am presently hatching my first batch of chicks in an incubator. Usually I let my hens do the work but for various reasons was unable to this time. I read a ton of posts on here discouraging intervention in the hatching process. I resisted the urge to help this chick and have...

Due to a humidity problem 2 of my chicks that have pipped are shrink wrapped. They are not ready to come out of the shell yet but they were unable to get their beaks through the membrane. They both pipped externally without internally pipping. I didn't even know that could happen. I chipped away...

Help! I am incubating duck eggs for the first time. I went to start lockdown but one of the eggs was an early bloomer and already had an external pip. By the time we turned off the rotator, filled the humidity wells, and put the egg back in the incubator it had been out for about 3 minutes. It...

I took out the eggs from my incubator that haven’t hatched and candled to see if any were just extra late Hatcher’s. All of them looked for sure dead! So I started doing eggtopsies and all of them were dead except this one! Took me by surprise! But now it has a completely opened air cell but it...

The chick is not peeping. Had s pip for about maybe 2 or 3 days today 3 day. Im assisting. Its not moving or peeping anymore I wonder if its shrinkwrapped and died. Or is ot alive!! Help please quick!! Shall i remove more shell or what Or leave it be Apply oil to its membrane or dampen the...

I apologize if this is a bit long... I have been hatching eggs in incubators for 7 or 8 years, on and off. My first attempts were in a Styrofoam still air incubator, eggs hand turned. I had consistent 70% success rates with geese, ducks, and chickens. I graduated to a forced air Styrofoam...

So I had an emergency. My 15 year old brought me 4 nests of bantam Cochin eggs. Various stages of development!!! (I have since educated her.... ) she let them sit outside for 2 days. 105 during day, low 70's at night. Eggs were cold. I candled and one was internally pipped 2 others ready...