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    Chick hatched but there’s blood??

    We have had a chicken sitting on eggs for a few weeks and they are now hatching. She kept one chick and stopped sitting on all the other eggs so we have brought them in under a heat lamp. They are doing well now, except for one. He was the coldest but perked up a little after under the warmth...
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    Hatched but still connected?

    Hi all, I’ve got a runner duck that hatched today, and it looks like the yolk sac has been absorbed… BUT the membrane still has blood vessels and is still connected to the duck. This is my first successful hatchling so I don’t know what I don’t know. Does this just take time? I plan to leave...
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    Do I need to assist? It looks like there is blood.

    please help! The shell detached from the membrane this morning and flaked right off when I picked up the egg. I put a little hole where there were no veins in the membrane and it was obvious the duck was trying to break through. It day 31, so that’s why I initially intervened. Attached is what...
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