bursting yolk

  1. ChickClown

    Premature chick and burst yolk

    I’m not sure if it’s an emergency but I’ve read that it is On Friday we had a chick starting to hatch, it was hatching upside down so we assisted but when it came out, it had hatched prematurely but they were and still strong, last night their yolk bursted and we had a sleepless night till it...
  2. E

    Ducklings hatched with Yolk not fully absorbed.

    I had a time crawling all over internet articles that pertain to ducklings and chicks hatching with their yolks not being fully absorbed. Which seems to be surprisingly rare. This may sometimes occur when the duckling/chick is premature. All of the articles I came across had rather sad...
    • Em-Jayne
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    • absorbed bursting yolk ducklings hatch not premature treatment yolk yolk exposed yolk not fully absorbed
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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    Emergency. What’s wrong with my eggs. Infection spreading??

    Hi all. We have been raising backyard chickens for several year with very few issues. But now we have one and I am stumped and worry that I may need to cull my flock. It started with a random egg here or there that was rancid... some green, some looked normal but smelled like death. It...
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