Good for you Nate, sometimes you do have to help some of them get started. We learned to assist feed last year on some CH hatchlings and I can tell you those ladies, that once couldn't seem to figure out how to eat, are as big and healthy as could be and have wonderful feeding responses.

This year out of our 18 hatchlings we've had to assist a few of them but again, once they figured out that "thing" was indeed pretty yummy to eat, they never looked back. Some do need a few assists to get that concept going but eventually they all get it.

It's nerve wracking at first though and still something I hate to have to resort to and don't until it's obvious that hatchling is not going to get started on it's own and is falling far behind it's clutchmates.