I will definitely let y'all know the outcome. Thanks so much for all of your advice. I wish I could post a video. He is now walking around and chirping, he seems much less lethargic now.
@WalnutHill I just sent the picture to a local livestock vet. They told me to tie a string very tightly as close as I could to the abdomen, and then clip close to the string but leave enough room in case the string slipped. I sterilized some scissors, put on latex gloves and snipped it off...
Any advice @caesargirl @casportpony @AmyLynn2374 it would be very much appreciated. I am having an anxiety attack I feel horrible not knowing what to do.
@ChickenCanoe this is a better picture. I am so confused, bc this doesn't look anything like the small yolk sacks that went up inside my other chicks it looks pretty grim to me... I dunno if he/she will make it, but I am not going to mess with it and harm the chick further.
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This little guy hatched at 20 days, almost 21. At first I assumed yolo sac, but then it resembles an umbilical cord in the last picture. Maybe umbilical with something attached?? I'm keeping him away from bacteria, so he is in my daughter doll bath tub. I have read that you can tie...
We are new at incubating. Our hens will not consistently lay on their eggs, and just step on them and knock them around. So we started incubating. This is our second hatching. We didn't know that it was double yolk until the hatch. The egg shell was porous and hard to see through. But now this...
Ok so this little chick hatched a day early. This is hanging out of his butt
I have read that it can go inside of them, but this is large!! This is what the inside of the incubator looked like when I found him.
I am guessing there were 2 yolks???
Should I tie this off with a string so that it...
I was just now able to verify my account and log in! So I am just now seeing this comments! Thank you for all your comments! He is fine!! I ended up helping him out, I couldnt take it any longer. Here he is!! As healthy as can be!!
But now I have a problem with another chick going to make a...
This chick started to PIP over 24 hours ago. He/she has been stuck in this same position for almost 12 hours! Should I intervene?? Assist in hatching??!! What do I do?? First time incubator.