chick hatching badly need advice (pic)

[Farmer Viola]

The baby died

I feel bad because it pooped in the swaddle and it was a nasty stinky mess.
I never feel like I did enough when a bird passes. Next time I see an egg with hairline fractures while it is being incubated I think I will try to seal it. Maybe then it wouldn't have dried out so much in the first place. It was a salmon faverolles..

aww I am soo sorry

I know exactly how you feel... please know it was nothing you did wrong. you did everything you could to give him/her the best chance at life. sometimes they are just too weak and there is nothing we can do..

 

[Allisha]

I'm very sorry for your loss.:/ You gave it a second chance to live, and like Farmer Viola said, sometimes they are too weak to live.

Next time you can try a little longer before helping it out all the way. When I help my chicks and ducklings hatch I apply neosprin onto the membrane with a paintbrush that has never been used before. But when the membrane seems dry, I apply water to the membrane and leave them in the warm incubator. Usually by the time they struggle out by themselves the yolk is absorbed. But sometimes not. Just remember, you gave him the best chance at life!

 

[chickenlittle25]

I'm so sorry for your loss !!!!

 

[Heidisgran]

The baby died

I feel bad because it pooped in the swaddle and it was a nasty stinky mess.
I never feel like I did enough when a bird passes. Next time I see an egg with hairline fractures while it is being incubated I think I will try to seal it. Maybe then it wouldn't have dried out so much in the first place. It was a salmon faverolles..

we always figure out how its our fault...its not! sorry about your baby