the chick did make a bleed. I opened the egg when I was certain it died and it was bloody inside down by the air cell. It was a beauty too. It's a shame that happened.
ha me too! I'm freaking out and trying to keep my hands out of the bator and let them do their thing. It's hard but enough stuff goes wrong Apparantly without touching them. It is Definately stressful I'm basically staring into the incubator all of my waking hours! But it is so neat to incubate and Its all just so amazing to start with an egg yolk and less than a month later a chick pops out. I do like it but I hate every single fatality and feel like I did something wrong. I constantly check the temp and humidity and do my best to keep everything right and hope for the best!
The one that was flopping over- has he gotten his feet under him yet or is he still unbalanced? It sounds like possible splay leg(s) and that is fixable.
it's much better now! This morning it showed a huge improvement. Still sort of wobbling around but not falling over anymore. Another one hatched this morning and hatched fine but has a couple inch long gooey string connected to his belly into the bottom of the egg, what would that be? Its not bleeding and no yellow yolk it looks good beside dragging around half the egg shell!
A little bit of umbilicus still connected. It should seperate itself and whatever is left attached should dry up and fall off. If it doesn't you can tie it and cut it by the "navel". If it's just a hair width cutting it is finr. Just don't pull it.
My avatar is one of my silkie hatchlings from about 3 weeks ago. My little dancer....lol
