Can you poke a small hole in your 2-week-old chicken egg to encourage hatching?

Answer 1

* NO, because then it will die. A two-week-old egg is still 7 days from hatch. Poking a hole in the egg at this time will ensure the demise of the chick inside. There is no way to "speed up" the development of the chick. No chick hatches before the 21-day period is complete. Temperatures in the incubator must remain at a constant 100 degrees F and humidity must be at about +60%. The eggs must be turned daily. Inside the shell, between the chick and the inner shell, are two membranes; the breaking of either of these membranes now will cause major blood loss and permanent damage to the chick that is not yet fully formed. The chick itself must instigate "pipping" with its formed egg tooth. When the chick is formed well enough to do this on its own, the blood supply through the membrane will cease and hatching will begin. ------what if the egg es only under a heat lamp? We are not sure what temperature is!!! But... Will my chicks still hatch??? It would be best if you could get a thermometer, any cheap one will suffice at this point. Even one salvaged from a decorative window gauge. If that is not possible then you should still leave the eggs under the original heat source for the minimum 21 days and even longer if you are not sure what temperatures have been involved. I think the point here now is to heed the no help warning at all cost. They have not been under idea conditions but some may still hatch. Helping by making a hole, will not be help, it will ensure that particular egg will never continue to develop.