Assisting chick to hatch

[Smittenroade]

I'm currently attempting a helping hatch. Had a chick that was lagging behind, all the others hatched. Now its been two days and I'm getting it out. Lots of blood, pray that it works!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Wayne&Kim1963 :

She is walking not eating on own still hand fed but she is walking on her own!

Yeah!!

Smittenroade -

for your baby!

 

[Smittenroade]

Thanks for the support, the chick is doing better now, things are looking up. It raised it's head a little while ago, and is chirping very loud.

Not out of the woods yet though, time to start walking and eating. Should I just feed sugar water? Should I attempt putting the chick back with its mother?

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[loprettaerin]

I have 9 eggs right know that I thought were dead, I have been cracking eggs that are really late to hatch only to find several alive. Nice I started doing this on my duck eggs awhile ago but never did it on chicks until this hatch. All I can say is thank goodness I checked before tossing couldn't really see through the shells anymore to check for movement on these dark eggs. Im just glad im not the only one that helps when they have too.

 

[Wayne&Kim1963]

I always give drinks of sugar water when they can swallow. I give small drinks and hold their head up. Makes them get stronger so much faster.

 

[Wayne&Kim1963]

I leave a weak baby in incubator too and not put with other chicks to step on it till it is stronger.

 

[Smittenroade]

I've been feeding it sugar water for a day now, it has much more strength and keeps trying to walk but can't. Should I make a walker you think?

 

[1234duck]

If it was just 2 days behind thats not bad? Maybe it wasn't quite ready to be born? I thought it was ok for some eggs to take a little longer to hatch?

Well good luck with the little one, sure is cute. ~Julie~

 

[Smittenroade]

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It didn't make any progress 48 hours after the pip. I don't think it would have made it out of the egg. At least I gave it a chance tho. If it is still not walking after today, I probably will cull. He sure is trying to walk but doesn't seem to be making any progress. How long before yours could walk, Kim?

 

[Emmalion]

So glad for this thread. I might have to use it. Thanks for the step by step