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wrong end pip -HELP !!!!!

post #1 of 8
5/14/12 at 2:54pm
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I just had a chick pip at the wrong end. When he did i noticed a little bit of blood. I read a lot on here that they often die like this unless you can help them to air. So with that being said....I got him out wrapped the egg in warm wet paper towels. broke the shell a little bit around the pip and opened the membrane opening up a little bit...very easily and as less as possible and than quickly got him back in the bator. He is chirping and sticking his beak out but also seems to be gasping and getting weak. Should I just leave him now? Or help him further????????

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post #2 of 8
5/14/12 at 4:45pm

As brutal as it is, what I have heard is that if a chick is not able to overcome that first hurdle of getting out of the egg unassisted, it will not have a strong healthy chick and will be weak and sickly and die later.  Also have heard that hatching problems can be hereditary.

 

Sorry about your chick. 

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My new tag line...added to the end of every sentence--->  "...... after all, they ARE chickens!!!"

 

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post #3 of 8
5/14/12 at 5:30pm

I had this happen during my last hatch. I helped just as you did. Chicks can hatch like this on their own, but they often have trouble. I waited several hours, then decided to step in. I chipped away at the shell a tiny piece at a time, stopping when I saw blood, and returning the chick to the bator for a break. Eventually I did have to help her all the way out. My chick turned out to be totally fine, no problems whatsoever. She is now 4 weeks old! Good luck smile.png

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post #4 of 8
5/15/12 at 8:39pm
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It hatched and is big, strong, and healthy barred rock chick. I helped it out a little more and it came right out smile.png
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post #5 of 8
5/16/12 at 7:30am
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It hatched and is big, strong, and healthy barred rock chick. I helped it out a little more and it came right out smile.png

Glad to hear your chick made it.  I was looking at an internet video of a chick hatching today---and although it is hard to tell..It looks like it was a wrong end pip too.....  Congratulations on the new baby. 

 

Then again, maybe it is the camera angel.  ;o)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSb-kZMB8mk

"Was dich nicht umwirft, macht dich starker"   "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger."-Friedrich Nietzsche 
My new tag line...added to the end of every sentence--->  "...... after all, they ARE chickens!!!"

 

Here's a link to my BYC page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chickats-page

Here's a link to my BYC blog of sorts http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/jottings

 

 

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"Was dich nicht umwirft, macht dich starker"   "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger."-Friedrich Nietzsche 
My new tag line...added to the end of every sentence--->  "...... after all, they ARE chickens!!!"

 

Here's a link to my BYC page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chickats-page

Here's a link to my BYC blog of sorts http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/jottings

 

 

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post #6 of 8
5/16/12 at 8:02am
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It hatched and is big, strong, and healthy barred rock chick. I helped it out a little more and it came right out smile.png


yippiechickie.gifYay!

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post #7 of 8
5/16/12 at 8:08am

Great news  ! I know some say Never Ever etc.. but when your gut tells you its in trouble .. I do assist just very slowly a little at a time trying to make the chick do as much work as possible and rest a lot .. like they do unassisted ..  Usually though even if they pip on the wrong end once they break through then they Are Getting air, and occasionally you will see a tiny bit of blood . For me If they have pipped I wait a very long time sometimes up to 24 hours often they are still absorbing the needed yolk . But after a long time -or if I see membrane is drying I lend a gentle hand ! Glad you had a Happy Ending !!!

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I have about 20 Mature Hens and Roosters Different Breeds (RIR's, EE's, OEGB, Buff Orp.'s)  and approximately 60 Chicks different ages and a large variety adding more constantly (Jersey Giants, Black Australorp, White leghorn, Buff Orps.'s RIR and mixed bred), Three Dogs One Pure Bread Doxie two mixed Breeds, 4 Ducks (2 white Peking, One Muscovy, One mixed breed)2 baby Mallard chicks , 2...

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post #8 of 8
5/16/12 at 11:22am

I had to help 4 out on my last hatch.  1 of them may have made it on their own, but the other 3 would have perished had I not stepped in and helped.  So I feel if I think it's likely the chick will die then what do you really have to lose.  There's plenty of us egg meddling fools out here!

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