HE'S UP AND WALKING! I put him in the brooder last night because he was the last one in the incubator and I knew that being alone he would give up and die. I put him in the brooder and just prayed. I knew that only he could decide whether or not to live.
When I woke up this morning he was in...
Ok, I cleaned out the incubator and he's back in it. I'm about to mix up the electrolytes for the other 5 also, so I'll give him some with a dropper. Thank you!
I have a Pekin /rouen mix that hatched last night with help from me. He had been in his egg pipped with a dime size hole for longer than 48 hours and I knew I needed to get him out. He was shrink wrapped, so I picked away at the shell and gave him time to push his way out. Once out, I noticed...