Emergency!!

[BenAnnaMama]

Why is there blood??

 

[KlaHaYa Gardens]

Is the membrane snipped where he can breathe?

Moisten the membrane all around with WARM water. You can try to loosen it a bit with your fingers, just by GENTLY rubbing it back and forth to keep it from sticking to the bird.

The bird needs to sleep a lot, so don't panic if he isn't constantly moving.

The membranes will eventually cease the blood flow, you just need to ease the bird (is this a chick or a duck?) through. It may be another day you need to help him through, but you CAN help him.

All is not yet lost!

When the bird is ready, the membrane will no longer have blood flow, thus it will not "bleed" as the bird emerges. You don't want to peel back a bleeding membrane, as that is blood loss for the bird, and it likely has not soaked up all the yoke, yet.


(When I was new to hatching, I had a bird hatch with the yolk outside the belly. I thought it was completely defective and a goner. I didn't have it in me to "put it down". So we "put it to sleep" humanely in the freezer!

Can you say wimp? Well, the bird would have been fine if I would have given it a day or so to "suck it up". Learning lessons.)

 

[mlward]

Geez, I wish I knew more it to offer advice! Sounds awful.

 

[BenAnnaMama]

How do I know if he can breathe? I can't make out body parts... He isn't very active, I am moistening the membrane but I'm afraid of getting water inside too. Are you saying I should peel back the membrane eventually? How will I know if it is the right time?

 

[KlaHaYa Gardens]

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*sigh*

Can you post a picture?

He won't be able to breath if the membrane "shrink wraps" around his beak/bill. If there is a hole pierced at the bill/beak area, then I would expect he can breath so long as his bill/beak is open to air. Normally they can breathe through the membrane, but not if it shrink wraps.

Post a pic please, so I can see what the situation is.

 

[BenAnnaMama]

AAGGHHH!!! I just don't know where his beak is! Should i start cutting the membrane back?

 

[KlaHaYa Gardens]

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No!

How much of the shell is still there?

 

[BenAnnaMama]

The shell has a hole in about a quarter of the egg, but it is cracked around the circumference. We snipped a teeny tiny hole in the membrane and blood came out and we have left him since. He isn't moving, we are keeping it moist, don't know where the beak is located... not a good situation...

 

[KlaHaYa Gardens]

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For one, he's probably cold, if he is alive. He's not going to move much if he's cold.

1. Moisten the membrane with warm water.

2. Let the bird warm up in the incubator! Leave him alone for a while.

3. Check in an hour or two. Moisten, gently prod to see if he is stiff or if he moves. Then put him back and let him warm up.

Post back here with results.

 

[Bengalcats1]