I had a chick hatch last night, its running around and healthy. However there is a piece of its membrane glued to its shoulder and back. It appears to be stuck to the skin.
I have just pulled it from the incubator and put some warm coconut oil on it in hopes to re-hydrate the membrane piece and...
Does anyone have any expieriences with a lump like this in a fresh-out-the-shell chick? Is there any interventions reccomended if any?
It pulses when the chick makes any movements/vocalisations
To me it appears to look like a hernia. But I'm unsure.
Any help or advice would be so appreciated!!
What do you mean drop in humidity sorry?
The humidity seemed stable and there was even water droplets forming on the roof. I'm thinking maybe it was too high but I'm unsure..
So i just performed the eggtopsys, most appeared to have died before beginning to absorb the yolk, im assuming thats about day 18?
I'm going to get another humidity reader to see how accurate the display is.
Day 24, had 1 pip but no movement for 24 hrs. All other eggs silent, still and starting to smell. Decided it was time to investigate.
The pipped egg I slowly slowly started to help out but soon realised the chick was dead. The pipped hole had shrink wrapped to it, it was malpositioned (pipped on...