MotherDucker3
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- May 28, 2021
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I recently hatched 4 healthy chicks. 2 hatched day 20 (saturday) and 2 hatched day 21 (sunday). Today is day 22 and the 5th and final egg pipped around 10am. I patiently waited all day. Only saw a little progress. (See first photo).
About 30 minutes ago I went to check on the egg and didn't see any movement. Usually I would see small movements throughout the day. I got worried and took the egg out. Still no movement. It looked as though he started to zip but only the shell chipped away and there was still the thin part of the egg. I carefully peeled apart the shell and tried to save him but he was already dead
. At first I felt really bad because I feel like I should have helped him sooner. But when looking closer, his head was all bloody and seemed open, as if it didn't fully develop. I posted a photo. Just wondering if there was anything I could of done. Or if this was maybe a deformity and he wouldn't have survived anyway.
About 30 minutes ago I went to check on the egg and didn't see any movement. Usually I would see small movements throughout the day. I got worried and took the egg out. Still no movement. It looked as though he started to zip but only the shell chipped away and there was still the thin part of the egg. I carefully peeled apart the shell and tried to save him but he was already dead
