Arizona Chickens

[Coffee N Chickens]

If you have to help them you can. On the one that is rocking you might have to see where the the air-cell is is at and then carefully poke a small safe air hole for it. If the one that was hatching already made a hole, check to make sure that the membrane is still moist, and if it has dried carefully add a bit of water with your clean finger's to remoisten it.

As soon as you posted, it made a hole. I moistened the membrane just in case. The other one is still rocking, I'll take care of it as soon as it gets dark enough to see clearly with the candling.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

OK, the pipper is slowly making progress, and I keep moistening the shell.

The rocker egg I candled and opened at the air cell. It's shrink wrapped but the wrap had blood inside it, so I got it about a third of the way out of the shell, the area around its head. I can see the little comb. What should I do with it?

The tenth egg wasn't pipping or rocking. I candled it, and it didn't look alive. I opened it at the air cell and the chick was mostly developed but dead.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

OK, I got the little rocker out. The other chick was still working away, but not making a whole lot of progress, so I got it out of its shell, too. They are both in the incubator drying off, and both are dark chicks with almost no yellow, like their siblings.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

Both chicks seem to have a very good set of lungs.

 

[BlueBaby]

OK, I got the little rocker out. The other chick was still working away, but not making a whole lot of progress, so I got it out of its shell, too. They are both in the incubator drying off, and both are dark chicks with almost no yellow, like their siblings.

I was about to tell you to let the rocker try to finish hatching on it's own, but now I see that you got them both out. I hope that they make it but if they are too weak don't worry too much. With the plan's that you have for your flock, you wouldn't want weak one's anyway's.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

I was about to tell you to let the rocker try to finish hatching on it's own, but now I see that you got them both out. I hope that they make it but if they are too weak don't worry too much. With the plan's that you have for your flock, you wouldn't want weak one's anyway's.

The rocker had a leg and foot wrapped around its neck. Should I have let the rocker try to finish? That membrane was pretty thick, I hope I didn't so something to put them at a disadvantage.

As far as making it, I'm hoping that large chick's belly goes down. I keep having to turn him right side up. He gets stuck on his back and yells. He seems to be asleep now, and rest might do him some good.

 

[BlueBaby]

The rocker had a leg and foot wrapped around its neck. Should I have let the rocker try to finish? That membrane was pretty thick, I hope I didn't so something to put them at a disadvantage.

As far as making it, I'm hoping that large chick's belly goes down. I keep having to turn him right side up. He gets stuck on his back and yells. He seems to be asleep now, and rest might do him some good.

The "big belly" might be some kind of infection or bacteria going on, and if it is there's really not much you would be able to do. I didn't have any hatch problem's with these Bielefelder's, but with other hatches I had in the past, the chick's that kept going over on their back's usually didn't make it.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

The "big belly" might be some kind of infection or bacteria going on, and if it is there's really not much you would be able to do. I didn't have any hatch problem's with these Bielefelder's, but with other hatches I had in the past, the chick's that kept going over on their back's usually didn't make it.

*sigh* OK, thank you for telling me.

 

[BlueBaby]

*sigh* OK, thank you for telling me.

I hope that your's will be ok, but you also need to know that not all chick's do make it and not to blame yourself. Sometimes it just happens.

 

[CaroleW]

I hope that your's will be ok, but you also need to know that not all chick's do make it and not to blame yourself. Sometimes it just happens.

Totally agree with Bluebaby - I've come to find out (in my very minimal hatching experience) that helping is not the way to go for ME. If a chick can't make it on its own there's a reason for it. I have helped and none that I've helped hatch survived more than a day or two.

Trying to fix a leg or some other issue close after hatching - I would try but not get my hopes up too much. I learn alot thru trying to fix things so I don't consider it a bad thing even if I can't fix it. It's nature - nature produces abundantly because it knows not everything will survive.