Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[kelly77]

What is a sticky chick?

 

[ZakoHero]

I can try at least! Although I am not sure that is a great thing with all the younger kiddos on here.

True!I didn't think of that!

 

[kelly77]

Well I looked up sticky chick...so I checked out her inner membrain and it if moist and fine...so I put her back. There is a tiny amount of blood...it doesn't seem like she is bleeding anymore, and I wrapped her in the paper towel. She is still chirping and appears healthy...so she must just not be ready. If I hadn't of found the other chick dead I probably wouldn't of opened her up. So I hope I am doing the right thing

 

[sumi]

Just give her little more time. Did you read through Sally's assisted hatch article?

 

[kelly77]

Just give her little more time. Did you read through Sally's assisted hatch article?

Yes, and shes doing good. I lack in patience and I worry to much!

 

[kelly77]

Here is an answer to my own question lol, if anyone else may find this info useful.
Shrink wrapped: both inner and out membranes dry tight around the chick before pip; caused by too little humidity either throughout incubation or during lockdown

Sticky chick: after pipping, the liquids dry becoming glue-like followed by concrete-like; caused by too little humidity during lockdown

Wet sticky or Swollen: the chick is swollen with water or simply very wet and sticky; caused by too high humidity during incubation

Drowning: the whitish outer membrane is dry while the clear-ish inner membrane is wet, binding the chick; caused by ???

 

[sumi]

Incorrect humidity and insufficient moisture loss from the shell during incubation. I had one egg in a home made incubator pip and water came out of the egg. Never seen anything like it before or since (and hopefully never will). The poor chick was alive for awhile, but didn't make it. I asked a friend of mine who is an incubation genius what happened and he said it had something to do with the placement of the water in the incubator (under the eggs) and the air circulating (forced air incubator) and that egg was in exactly the wrong place

Here's some more info for you from the eggsperts:


The desired egg weight loss during incubation caused by water evaporation is about 12 percent. If humidity during incubation is kept too high, adequate water evaporation from the egg is prevented. The chick can drown in the water remaining in the shell at hatching. A dried coating around the chick's nostrils and beak indicates that drowning was likely. Attention to maintaining proper incubation humidity during incubation will reduce the potential for this problem at hatching time.
If the humidity is allowed to decrease after the chick pips the shell, the membranes within the shell can dry-out and stick to the chick. This prevents the chick from turning inside the shell and stops the hatching process. The chick eventually dies. If the membranes around the shell opening appear dried and shrunken, the cause is probably low humidity during hatching. This condition can occur quickly (within 1 or 2 minutes) when the incubator is opened to remove or assist other chicks that are hatching. When hatching begins and proper incubator conditions are attained, the incubator should never be opened until after all chicks are hatched and ready for placement in the brooder.

 

[kelly77]

Incorrect humidity and insufficient moisture loss from the shell during incubation. I had one egg in a home made incubator pip and water came out of the egg. Never seen anything like it before or since (and hopefully never will). The poor chick was alive for awhile, but didn't make it. I asked a friend of mine who is an incubation genius what happened and he said it had something to do with the placement of the water in the incubator (under the eggs) and the air circulating (forced air incubator) and that egg was in exactly the wrong place

Here's some more info for you from the eggsperts:


The desired egg weight loss during incubation caused by water evaporation is about 12 percent. If humidity during incubation is kept too high, adequate water evaporation from the egg is prevented. The chick can drown in the water remaining in the shell at hatching. A dried coating around the chick's nostrils and beak indicates that drowning was likely. Attention to maintaining proper incubation humidity during incubation will reduce the potential for this problem at hatching time.
If the humidity is allowed to decrease after the chick pips the shell, the membranes within the shell can dry-out and stick to the chick. This prevents the chick from turning inside the shell and stops the hatching process. The chick eventually dies. If the membranes around the shell opening appear dried and shrunken, the cause is probably low humidity during hatching. This condition can occur quickly (within 1 or 2 minutes) when the incubator is opened to remove or assist other chicks that are hatching. When hatching begins and proper incubator conditions are attained, the incubator should never be opened until after all chicks are hatched and ready for placement in the brooder.

So how do I know if she can turn? Now I feel maybe she can't turn

 

[sumi]

How much of the shell is open? Does she still need to zip much?

 

[kelly77]

What does zip mean? there is only a dime size open around her beak. Membrain is not stuck to her, I just took her out to check, there is a small amount of blood..will that stop? My gutt tells me to wait now