egg hatching advice needed

[Anonymous]

my egg started hatching last night 9pm with a tiny hole, when i got up this morning, 8am, the hole was only a little bit bigger, how long should it take and should i be worried? any advice greatly appreciated as i`m getting abit concerned

 

[Davidd]

Hello, dont worry- keep the humidity up and the lid on! they will hatch in their own time.
regards, David

 

[Frenchchickens123]

Hi, congrats on your eggs pipping! As David said keep the humidity up and lid on! They take anywhere from 24 to 48 hours to hatch. In my experience they do a little hole and then won't do anything for hours, when they do finally get to be more proactive they take about 2-4 hours to finish hatching. I know it can be a stressful time especially if it's your first hatch but they will come out when they are ready!! Hope this helps and good luck!

 

[Anonymous]

unfortunately things didn`t go well, after 24 hours it had made no progress at all, don`t know if i`ve done wrong but we helped it hatch out and don`t think it was ready, it was still attached by a string of blood stuff and as soon as it came out of the shell totally it died. absolutely gutted and think it was my fault cos i shouldn`t have helped it out