shirley23942
Hatching
- Sep 8, 2015
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Hi All,
We have had our first incubator hatch and are extremely new to this. The baby chick ( a blue Andalusian) was born yesterday at 12:00PM with spraddle leg. It took us until today to figure it out and we have made it a brace, which seems to be helping. However, it cannot eat or drink on its own and I do not want to move it to the brooder box. However, I hear it is bad to leave it in the incubator too long. None of the other eggs have hatched yet. What should I do?
Side note: Our first attempt at incubating eggs, the power went out for 3 days and we lost 12 baby chicks that were ready to hatch. This hatch, the power went out for the majority of 1 day and we are hopeful to see more hatching, but they are already a week late. My goal is to keep this baby healthy and alive, while learning how to do that. Any ideas are much appreciated!
Thank you!
We have had our first incubator hatch and are extremely new to this. The baby chick ( a blue Andalusian) was born yesterday at 12:00PM with spraddle leg. It took us until today to figure it out and we have made it a brace, which seems to be helping. However, it cannot eat or drink on its own and I do not want to move it to the brooder box. However, I hear it is bad to leave it in the incubator too long. None of the other eggs have hatched yet. What should I do?
Side note: Our first attempt at incubating eggs, the power went out for 3 days and we lost 12 baby chicks that were ready to hatch. This hatch, the power went out for the majority of 1 day and we are hopeful to see more hatching, but they are already a week late. My goal is to keep this baby healthy and alive, while learning how to do that. Any ideas are much appreciated!
Thank you!