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

[chicksooner]

Thank god I looked in on my broodys eggs and one had pipped in the lower middle of the egg and then just kept pecking in that spot and made a big hole she had turned them so he was pip hole facing down in the nest. I picked it up and noticed the outer membrane was all tan and leathery with a bit of blood too. The flap of membrane was stuck to his bill and closed it so he was breathing just through his nostrils. As soon as I took the piece of outer membrane off his bill he started opening his bill like crazy then finally started moving. I took him inside and candled the air cell is all the way on top above him so I chipped away the shell he started and stopped because where it was already gone a lil blood was next to where the membrane meets the shell. I can see the yolk below towards the little end and the blood vessels are pretty small but still there also I took off some of the outer membrane but above his bill the outer membrane is totally stuck to the inner membrane and there's dried blood on the inside of the outer membrane edge so I put bacitracin on the membranes and put him on wet paper towels next to his sibling in the bator who still has yolk and lots of blood vessels left but peeping away. So is it ok to leave some of the outer membrane on there since its stuck to the inner?
I tried to post pics but it won't let me how I always have. It's asking for a URL. I can put them on my profile so how can I get them com my profile to here?

I know nothing about hatching ducks but I would leave it.

 

[Knittycat]

I found out why the bread has been disappearing so quickly. My husband has been giving the chickens treats

He squats out there and they all flock around him while he calls them his girls. He chastises them when they fight over the pieces too.

 

[bellah1]

I know nothing about hatching ducks but I would leave it.

Thanks chicksooner that's what I thought too its just that the outer is making it dry out quicker it seems and it's kinda in the way of her lower bill but she's peeping and moving so better safe than sorry. It's really the weird position and the membrane completely stuck to her bill keeping it closed when i found her that freaked me out. I can totally see her yolk so she's gonna have to wait even though she is being very vocal about how much that pisses her off!

 

[Sparkypatriot15]

I found out why the bread has been disappearing so quickly. My husband has been giving the chickens treats

He squats out there and they all flock around him while he calls them his girls. He chastises them when they fight over the pieces too.

Oh no too much bread can be bad for them and lead to malnutrition! Don't give them too many bread treats ok?

 

[Sparkypatriot15]

Oh no!!!!! Another of my chicks disappeared!!!!! This time it was my favorite!!! D: D:

 

[EyesOnSunday]

ewww bugs!

ya ya

, I know. I'm not grossed out by insects, believe me. I just wanna make sure it's not something that will harm the chickens.

 

[chicksooner]

ya ya

, I know. I'm not grossed out by insects, believe me. I just wanna make sure it's not something that will harm the chickens.

I think they are called protein.

I wouldn't worry unless they are living on a bird or in the birds poo otherwise the bugs should be the ones worried.

 

[chicksooner]

Thanks chicksooner that's what I thought too its just that the outer is making it dry out quicker it seems and it's kinda in the way of her lower bill but she's peeping and moving so better safe than sorry. It's really the weird position and the membrane completely stuck to her bill keeping it closed when i found her that freaked me out. I can totally see her yolk so she's gonna have to wait even though she is being very vocal about how much that pisses her off!

Vocal is good.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: that makes two of us!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Second chick officially hatched!!

On another note... I just noticed these tiny insects floating in the water. I can only imagine they are from the hay. Anyone know what they are and if they matter?

lice? gnats?