So he is getting pretty lively. The issue is has stuck ? membrane on his back feathers that is like cement, and some under his wing that’s kind of impeding his leg on that side. He gets around but limpy. Any idea how to get this off his feathers without hurting him?? I think he will do great...
Here is, I fell asleep for an hour and was encouraged to see he is trying to move around. He has lots of stuff stuck to his feathers including what looks like a vein you can see in the photo? The first pic is right after I got him out, second right now. Another one hatched this morning so I will...
I just peeled the shell and papery membrane away from the chick. It still has some gooey looking stuff around its tummy so I didn’t mess with that. He’s in the incubator. It was like a tight sheath covering him, he never would have been able to move. He’s resting now, I don’t have much hope
Sorry I’ve been posting like crazy on here the last couple days. Today is day 21 of my barnyard mix chicken incubation (first timer) and I had 4 or 5 pips last night and 5 hatch this morning, the last at about 9:30 am. I woke up at 5am and this one had a small pip/crack and was getting kicked...