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    Best way to clean styrofoam incubator?

    How do you clean the top with all the electrical equipment? Do you remove it first with a screwdriver?
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    Please advise - sticky chick plus unabsorbed yolk?

    Thanks for checking in... We lost the little guy Saturday morning. It was a hard fight, but ultimately he's in less pain now.
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    Please advise - sticky chick plus unabsorbed yolk?

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    Please advise - sticky chick plus unabsorbed yolk?

    Still not standing :/ I found a website that has PT steps for chickens with legs splay. Once he conquers this belly thing (if he does) my plan is to use the tape and try to build his strength.
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    Please advise - sticky chick plus unabsorbed yolk?

    I can’t tell what it is :/ it is drying up and receding though. And he’s passed two more poops so something is working with the route! I think the stuff protruding may be just umbilical cord? He finally calmed down and slept a TON which was good. I thought maybe it was the end because he...
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    Please advise - sticky chick plus unabsorbed yolk?

    Here are some photos. I didn't have betadine on hand (going to grab some soon) so I used a benzalkonium chloride towelette which was recommended to use on chickens for wounds. I pressed it gently on the open area and he chirped a ton - I don't think he liked it. He is drinking water with...
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    Please advise... hatching chicken seems to have sticky chick but also yolk

    I'm in Seattle as well and this is my second year of having a poor hatch. I think I have to do it earlier in the season when the humidity is lower. This is awful to witness.
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    Please advise - sticky chick plus unabsorbed yolk?

    I'm assuming butt down in the deep cup, almost allowing him to be cradled as if he were in the egg? I have consulted a vet, hence the euthanasia suggestion... trying to give it a fighting chance though! I will do the betadine and the cup.
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    Please advise... hatching chicken seems to have sticky chick but also yolk

    Update: The chick is still alive. I've been alternating qtip warm water baths with dry toothbrush scrubs to help get the crusties off. Belly still open and still not walking. Looks like a leg deformity of some sort? They can't push off the ground, the leg just kicks the face on the ground. Do I...
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    Please advise - sticky chick plus unabsorbed yolk?

    Update: The chick is still alive. I've been alternating qtip warm water baths with dry toothbrush scrubs to help get the crusties off. Belly still open and still not walking. Looks like a leg deformity of some sort? They can't push off the ground, the leg just kicks the face on the ground. Do I...
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    Please advise... hatching chicken seems to have sticky chick but also yolk

    Update: Just gave him a warm water soak to get the crusties off followed by a little blow dry (which he hated). His navel is definitely open. What can I do to help it close/prevent infection? I have him back in the incubator but am worried since it's a hot, wet, and dirty (other eggs)...
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    Please advise - sticky chick plus unabsorbed yolk?

    Update: Just gave him a warm water soak to get the crusties off followed by a little blow dry (which he hated). His navel is definitely open. What can I do to help it close/prevent infection? I have him back in the incubator but am worried since it's a hot, wet, and dirty (other eggs)...
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    Please advise... hatching chicken seems to have sticky chick but also yolk

    Update: he's wiggled out of the egg and has a bloody line from his bottom to the egg. He's also very lethargic and weak. He's not fluffing up due to the "glue" around his body and seems to have trouble lifting his head. I gave him some warm sugar water which he gobbled up as well as he could. I...
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    Please advise - sticky chick plus unabsorbed yolk?

    Update: he's wiggled out of the egg and has a bloody line from his bottom to the egg. He's also very lethargic and weak. He's not fluffing up due to the "glue" around his body and seems to have trouble lifting his head. I gave him some warm sugar water which he gobbled up as well as he could. I...
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    Please advise - sticky chick plus unabsorbed yolk?

    Hi there I am hatching chickens and have one healthy one that came out on day 21 quickly. The other pipped at day 22 and started zipping at day 23. He was leaking yellow goo but he hung on for a good 36 hours. He finally pushed open last night (hour 36) and is now just sitting in the half open...
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