This was the first time incubating, we didn’t open the incubator other than to candle or add water for humidity. I had issues getting the humidity higher than 50% as I live in a very dry climate, will need to look into how to get humidity higher in Calgary, adding more water didn’t seem to do much.
This little one hatched yesterday afternoon and just lay on its back. It couldn’t stand up and the other one that had hatched was pecking at it so we quickly took it and the other one out of the incubator after a lot of research! The other two eggs are still not hatched. One has pipped.
The chick just lies on its back with legs spread so we figured splay leg and we made a hobble this morning but it can’t stand even with the hobble, it just falls over backward so we also did some vitamins and electrolytes in the water since our area is chronically selenium deficient for livestock. Just wanted to see if anyone had any other options?
We will give it a few days, it’s strong and eating and drinking with help but it seems to prefer chilling on its back. Tried the cup trick but it keeps bringing its legs up by its head!!!!
We will cull if we can’t get it sorted and it looks like this is a permanent disability but wanted to give it some time to figure it out first!!!!!
This little one hatched yesterday afternoon and just lay on its back. It couldn’t stand up and the other one that had hatched was pecking at it so we quickly took it and the other one out of the incubator after a lot of research! The other two eggs are still not hatched. One has pipped.
The chick just lies on its back with legs spread so we figured splay leg and we made a hobble this morning but it can’t stand even with the hobble, it just falls over backward so we also did some vitamins and electrolytes in the water since our area is chronically selenium deficient for livestock. Just wanted to see if anyone had any other options?
We will give it a few days, it’s strong and eating and drinking with help but it seems to prefer chilling on its back. Tried the cup trick but it keeps bringing its legs up by its head!!!!
We will cull if we can’t get it sorted and it looks like this is a permanent disability but wanted to give it some time to figure it out first!!!!!