PLEASE GIVE ME SOME HELP ON WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP THEM OUT.
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What do you mean by stuck in shell. They can't hatch or they are stuck to the inside of shell side. if they can't get out and they have already created a hole in the egg or cracked it all the way around you can assist. If it has not be 48 hours since the hole in side was created. Then they still are working on it. candle one egg and see if they are pecking at the shell or if you don't know how to do that put one up to your ear and see if you here a little knocking sound. If it has been more than 48 hours and the chicks are still not out what I do is break gently making sure if you see any blood you stop immediately. starting with the air cell area that way I can see more of what is really going on. Then you can continue if there is no blood and you can see the chick is alive and ok start slowly breaking away shell. put back in incubator often to keep warm. work in a warm room. take your time once you have broken into the air cell they are not going to die right away if you don't finish immediately. keep going slowly. If you can see they are stuck to the shell then, slowly peel away the outer shell then with real warm water about as warm as your hand can comfortably take, use you finger and wet each area slowly. do not pour water on them. just start peeling slowly away as it loosens. Again make sure it has been at least 48 hours since they pipped the shell. The days don't matter as much when incubated because if you had the temp to low it can create a slow incubation period meaning, they could be 2 or 3 days late. If you did not turn the eggs when they were incubating, they might not make it through this process. Remember once you start helping them through this process you have to stay with it and finish. If it has been under 48 hours be sure you have the humidity in the incubator at 90% and let them go. They take time to hatch this is a very tiring job.
Good Luck
Just let them do their thing. They will make it. Getting out of their shell is their first challenge in life. If you help them they might die so just let them go and if need be the mom will help them
as they start to brake shell very carefully help to brake there shell open you my need tweezers to do it
This is a very delicate situation. Surf www.birdsnways.com they should have some details. Up the humidity in the room any way you can ASAP and give those babies some moisture. If you have no other way, then just gently mist the outside of their nest box with water, but don't soak it. If it's too late this time then next time the birds breed and lay increase the humidity in the room so the membranes in the eggs are not so dry and stick to the babies. I have a cool mist humidifier that I bought from Home Depot and I use it at 55% for the whole room. It is possible too that the shells are a little too thick and that is parent caused by calcium stores and diet. Good luck.
Are they in an incubator? Or are they parent raised?
If they are parent raised, totally leave it alone ...
If there are medium squeeks, cracks and early discoloration: too soon
Loud squeeks: Crack line around circumference, creamy patches, moist membrane ... normal hatching
Loud squeeks: Crack like around circumference, creamy patches, dried membrane ... assist
Loud squeeks" Large hole, drying membrane ... assist
Well if the eggs were not turned three times a day everyday until three days before hatch they will be crippled but if they were turned you need to be sure that chick has sucked in the egg sack in the anul area. Also make sure the inside of the egg shell is dry and you cant see any blood and then your able to help it out. Sometimes the chicks need help getting out but open it up until one of the legs is out and then it should be able to get out on its own.
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