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  1. Momto3kiddos

    Help! 4th chick trying to hatch but mal positioned!!!

    One more question folks... So we are now on day 23 or 24 depending on how you count and eggs continue to pip and hatch. We set the eggs at noon 3 Saturdays ago. 9 total have hatched and all seem to be doing well except one. One that hatched last night cannot get off of its back. He seems to...
  2. Momto3kiddos

    Help! 4th chick trying to hatch but mal positioned!!!

    Ok since I am a newby, the pics have to go through the moderator before I can post. So stay tuned.... I have a post with before and after pics waiting somewhere out there in moderator land to be posted.
  3. Momto3kiddos

    Help! 4th chick trying to hatch but mal positioned!!!

    Above is the before pic. I did not take a pic after peeling the shell. You can see his beak and eye with membrane below. Below is the after pic... About 12 hours after hatch! She's the one on the left. Any ideas for helping feathers to finish drying. Mostly back that is matted.
  4. Momto3kiddos

    Help! 4th chick trying to hatch but mal positioned!!!

    Update! Before we went to bed last night, I unzipped for the chick in trouble leaving the membrane intact. I moistened all exposed membrane with aquaphor to keep it moist. I did not plan on getting up each hour to moisten it with water. Lo and behold, this morning it had hatched on its own...
  5. Momto3kiddos

    Help! 4th chick trying to hatch but mal positioned!!!

    The large piece of shell has come off since she first pipped. That happened between 4-6pm tonight. Since 6 no progress. (3 1/2 hrs).
  6. Momto3kiddos

    Help! 4th chick trying to hatch but mal positioned!!!

    Sorry, can't get pic to post.
  7. Momto3kiddos

    Help! 4th chick trying to hatch but mal positioned!!!

    She had pipped a small hole when we got home from church around 1:30pm. It is now 9 pm, so 7+ hours. Here is a pic. I have since moved the biddies to the brooder so they would not hurt her.
  8. Momto3kiddos

    Help! 4th chick trying to hatch but mal positioned!!!

    Yesterday was day 21 and we had 3 chicks hatch between last night and this morning. Two did fine on their own and we had to help one along. She is doing great now; however, two more have pipped, and one looked like it had pipped under the air cell line because I can see the internal membrane...
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