Chick just hatched, has a hernia size of pencil eraser

[Nigel27]

I have a small batch of eggs from Ayam cemani rooster that just got eaten by a fox so I really dont want any to die, the third one just hatched and has a hernia the size of a pencil eraser or a little smaller, can I push it in?

 

[Nigel27]

I have a small batch of eggs from Ayam cemani rooster that just got eaten by a fox so I really dont want any to die, the third one just hatched and has a hernia the size of a pencil eraser or a little smaller, can I push it in?

Another one has hatched with the same problem, the first ones is shrinking a bit. What causes this? The hens I got the eggs from are less than a year old and I got them when they were already a couple weeks into incubation.

 

[chrissynemetz]

How are the chicks doing now?

 

[Nigel27]

Amazing! My friend makes natural anti-everything salve that I put on the hernias for a couple days And they’re great now, growing fast. None have died and I’ve got 21 from the incubator