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

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I had the same problem with the last chicks I hatched. Out of 24 eggs only had 4 chicks make it out of the shell. I think those eggs were old'ish when they were shipped to me and the chicks were covered with sticky goo when they finally came out. I've also had problems with a lot of malpositions. From what I can tell (and I don't really know what I'm talking about) I think that the chicks got too big to be able to get into the right position for hatching,
 
i have one more egg left in my incubator its a pekin and day 21 is nearly over should i leave it in the incubator i can get a smell but i think its just all the after birth when i checked n day 17 it was alive and 2 days ago it was wiggling there s no internal pip yet but it dose wiggle now and then
 
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Ugh, had to assist all 3 of the late bloomers. Each was wedged in a bad position and unable to zip either at all or all the way. One had scratched his egg yolk and ruptured it and it had dried and glued him to the inside of his shell. I peeled each shell back slowly and used coconut oil to make the membranes translucent so I could confirm they had absorbed all the yolk and blood they needed before letting them out. All three out without bleeding and with all egg absorbed. The one with the ruptured yolk most concerns me as his naval doesn't look well. We'll see how it goes. He is a real fighter though. He was kicking like crazy inside his dry shell the whole time I was working on him.

This little guy had the exact same malposition as slow poke with his head above instead of below his wing - and back at the top of the shell with virtually no air cell. He had also pipped through the side and had a very dry membrane around his pip.



Only our 2nd Rhode Island White chick in the batch that made it to hatch - same malposition again as slow poke.


You can see how our yolk glued chick looked before I decided to intervene. He could not get past this point. There was virtually no air cell and he had pipped through the side. All kinds of messed up.



Busted yolk all over this baby. He is shellacked to the shell and himself. He tried really hard to free himself and was kicking like crazy and I could feel his toenails scratching the inside of the shell.



Long day/night/day with 2 hours sleep, but with any luck maybe all these babies will make it
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Those chicks are HUGE! no wonder they couldn't pip! awwww!! are they ok?
 
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