I had to help this little silkie chick out of his/her shell partially because of shrink wrapping and came out most of the way and I noticed a large lump on his head! I googled around a bit and did not see anything like it. It is day 20 and all the other chicks have hatched except one other who...
Do you have an incubator? If not do you have a heat lamp? if you have a heat lamp you can make a little nest inside your house and make the temp to about 99 degrees F and put a small container of water nearby so that the humidity stays high. If you have an Incubator do the same things that you...
You could consider giving the chick apple juice if you don't have any chick electrolytes and if you don't have apple juice you can chop up a couple apples add a little water and stick into the microwave.
Sorry for the late reply! You know the eggs aren't supposed to hatch till day 21 right? Don't put the humidity so high right now if you had it high earlier. I have never done a safety hole before so I don't have much experience with them so I'm not that much help but I will tag some people for...