I brought home 2 new chicks yesterday.
Once every year, the high school hatches chicks for baby animal day. It's when students bring in baby animals so that the younger kids can come and learn about them. Anyways, they were opening up the eggs that didn't hatch and found 2 still alive. They took them from their shells and left them. A friend of mine called asking me to come in to check them out because they wouldn't dry. When I found them, it was obvious what had happened. The infamous broken yolk sacs. The poor babies very covered head to toe and their vents were sealed because of it. Thankfully their navels had sealed.
She told me that no one is willing to take home the 2 weak crusty chicks and since it's Friday, the teacher will cull them at the end of the day. I felt bad for them so I took them home with me. They had curled toes, and they were a huge mess. It took me forever to get them clean, but they are now fluffy and active in the spare incubator. What am I going to do with them...