EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

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BantyChooks said:
I don't know. Good luck! :fl
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Thanks! :hugs

ronott1 said:
Give the chick a drop of baby vitamins without iron twice a day for a couple of days.
The stuff on the feathers will dry off. I only remove it if there is egg shell stuck on the chick.
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There was egg shell on the chick, and I decided to do it. The poor thing has been through a lot. I am optimistic that she will make it. She is a fighter, and keeps peeping! She quieted right down when I put her in the warm water. I just soaked her and used a very soft brush to try to rub away the eggshell and stuck on debris.

I used the blow dryer for a bit, but just to get the excess water off. I had her in with the other chicks, but since they are almost two days older, they were running over her and trying to peck her sometimes. I have set up a separate brooder for the night with a heating pad. At least I know she will not be pecked or become overheated.

She seems like she just wants to rest, which is called for, after such an ordeal. I will put her back with the others tomorrow I think. She absorbed her yolk well, and I gave her some sugar/nutridrench water a couple of times to keep her going. She also seemed to have a little swelling around her one shoulder, like a fluid retention. But I suspect that was from straining all day, and will resolve itself in a few days.

I will keep you all posted, wether you like it or not. :oops: Haha!

The bottom pic is when she was stuck in the shell and shrieking. The top was before her bath, and the middle was during.
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AnneInTheBurbs said:
Thanks! :hugs



There was egg shell on the chick, and I decided to do it. The poor thing has been through a lot. I am optimistic that she will make it. She is a fighter, and keeps peeping! She quieted right down when I put her in the warm water. I just soaked her and used a very soft brush to try to rub away the eggshell and stuck on debris.

I used the blow dryer for a bit, but just to get the excess water off. I had her in with the other chicks, but since they are almost two days older, they were running over her and trying to peck her sometimes. I have set up a separate brooder for the night with a heating pad. At least I know she will not be pecked or become overheated.

She seems like she just wants to rest, which is called for, after such an ordeal. I will put her back with the others tomorrow I think. She absorbed her yolk well, and I gave her some sugar/nutridrench water a couple of times to keep her going. She also seemed to have a little swelling around her one shoulder, like a fluid retention. But I suspect that was from straining all day, and will resolve itself in a few days.

I will keep you all posted, wether you like it or not. :oops: Haha!

The bottom pic is when she was stuck in the shell and shrieking. The top was before her bath, and the middle was during.
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They like the blow dryer don't they
 

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