Blood around pipp

[JaeG]

I am new to this forum and new to incubating. We set 15 eggs on 29 Feb and 7 of them have hatched. The most recent one had blood around the View attachment 2056663crack, but she just hatched now. She is totally exhausted and I can see spots of blood on her. I will leave her be for now. Two pics attached. One just before hatching and one after with the chick who had hatched moments before.View attachment 2056662

Congratulations on your new babies. How exciting!

Occasionally a chick will manage to hit a live vein in the membrane that still has blood running through it when they pip. Having lost a bit of blood that chick may take a bit longer to recover from hatching, but if it has managed to hatch successfully all by itself then it's a strong baby.

 

[Mousehog]

Congratulations on your new babies. How exciting!

Occasionally a chick will manage to hit a live vein in the membrane that still has blood running through it when they pip. Having lost a bit of blood that chick may take a bit longer to recover from hatching, but if it has managed to hatch successfully all by itself then it's a strong baby.

The black chick who fought SO HARD to hatch over 2 days lived through the night! I read somwhere about pasting so this morning I took a moist paper towel and wiped his vent.

The blood chick THRIVED overnight and has been shifted to the brooder box!

 

[JaeG]

The black chick who fought SO HARD to hatch over 2 days lived through the night! I read somwhere about pasting so this morning I took a moist paper towel and wiped his vent.

The blood chick THRIVED overnight and has been shifted to the brooder box!

That's awesome news. Fingers crossed they go from strength to strength.