Emergency crushed egg

[CSAchook]

Thank you all so much for the kindness and support. It truly means a lot. There really are some wonderful people on this site and I am so grateful to be part of this community
I still have at least four happy healthy new chicks out in the broody coop and I did learn some new things. Time will heal the rest

 

[Quik1th]

He didn’t make it

So sorry to hear this about the little chick. You did the best you could for him and it surely was stressful for you dealing with this. Sending virtual hugs.

 

[HenniesInMyHeart]

Thank you all so much for the kindness and support. It truly means a lot. There really are some wonderful people on this site and I am so grateful to be part of this community
I still have at least four happy healthy new chicks out in the broody coop and I did learn some new things. Time will heal the rest

Awww I love it here too!

 

[MROO]

Oh my gosh! The suspense is awful! What happened?
You took me back thirty years! We had a duck egg shatter nearly three days early. We don't know how it happened, but his bantam surrogate mother went ballistic, so we knew something had attacked her nest. There was a sharp edge dangerously close to the duckling's neck, and the baby was moving, so the vet advised we remove just that piece. Still, he told us not to expect it to live. We carefully removed the dangerous piece, crossing our fingers that it wouldn't bleed.
It didn't, at least not much, but we could see the distended yolk-belly through the gap. It was so scary! We kept the baby warm and moist (a small heat lamp in an aquarium and moist paper towels on a wet washcloth nest.) We had to spray mist it every few hours with warm, distilled water.
Little Hathaway stayed curled up, but alive, until the day he was supposed to hatch. Then, like magic, there he was! He was the friendliest, most spoiled little bird I've ever known - and we all loved him!

 

[MROO]

I am so sorry - I would not have posted that story if I'd known. I know how hard it is to lose a hatchling, especially so close to their time. We were only able to save the one - and that was by sheer luck. On a happier note, Our Nankin, Henny Penny, went on to hatch another batch of duck eggs - this time Mallards. Watching a chicken teach eight ducklings how to scratch in the dirt was pretty darned funny, but watching her try to herd her "chicks" when their instincts told them to follow behind was absolutely hysterical. It was like watching a bunch of kids play "Crack-the-Whip!"
Enjoy your babies!

 

[CSAchook]

I am so sorry - I would not have posted that story if I'd known. I know how hard it is to lose a hatchling, especially so close to their time. We were only able to save the one - and that was by sheer luck. On a happier note, Our Nankin, Henny Penny, went on to hatch another batch of duck eggs - this time Mallards. Watching a chicken teach eight ducklings how to scratch in the dirt was pretty darned funny, but watching her try to herd her "chicks" when their instincts told them to follow behind was absolutely hysterical. It was like watching a bunch of kids play "Crack-the-Whip!"
Enjoy your babies!

Thank you for sharing. It is advice like this that will make me better prepared next time I try an assisted hatch. And Henny Penny and her ducklings sound adorable