No he was not assisted I actually had checked all the eggs that night at 1am and saw no new pips and just the 2 chicks that were already born. Then at 3:30am my man woke up and found him and thought he may be dead and was running late so called me at 5am to have me check on him (I was asleep)...
We just tried to put him with the rest of the hatch and it didn’t go well, they keep attacking whatever that is. He also will not fluff up at all! He has been in the bator all day and all day yesterday...
It isn’t feathers hanging... I believe it’s umbilical cord....it’s still hanging but we have to move him on to brooder. I was gonna snip it but not without someone saying it will be ok to.
This chick is a French Copper. He hatched at 3am 5/4/21. He is dragging what I thought was the yolk Sac when he was born. I left alone to see if it would dry and fall of its self. It did dry up but hasn’t fallen off this morning 5/5/21. I had to remove the other chicks to the brooder they tried...
Hey Y’all from North Ms. my boyfriend and I just hatched our first batch of Swedish black chicks and 2 French coppers. He is more of the chicken man and I’m the goat woman but due to working from home to take care of our new son I kept up the incubator for him while he was at work and became...