conjoined hatchling - urgent advice!!

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With the dry method you don't add water til day 18. The eggs dehydrating keep humidity around 35%. On day 18 you add water to get up to 65% to hatch. I used to have a lot of fully formed chicks die in the shell. That's why I switched to dry method. If yours all hatched fine I wouldn't switch.
 
Looks like it was probably a double yolk, and this chick absorbed the other embryo, at least partially, at some point during incubation. This kind of thing happens on very rare occasions.
 
It's a shame really as she was quite deformed. Not fair on the poor thing though to let her love like that and no doubt get bullied by the others. Thanks for the advice and tips guys much appreciated !!
 
cotoletta said:
It's a shame really as she was quite deformed. Not fair on the poor thing though to let her love like that and no doubt get bullied by the others. Thanks for the advice and tips guys much appreciated !!
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I doubt it would have lived long, better to put it down sooner.
I would have been tempted to autopsy to see what was inside, but not sure I could have done it.
 

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