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Remember what I said about our two late hatch chicks. They were really exhausted and neither could hatch on their own we had to intervine for them both. The one that hatched day 27 was ok and recovered pretty fast once out of the shell but the one hatched on day 28 ( The one I posted the pic of Cuckoo Maran Roo boy) He lay without any movement for a good 12 hours. We left him alone in the incubator. He was on a little pallet up out of the way of the one hatched first who just seemed to want a play mate and would just jump on him otherwise. He never moved at all and the only reason we knew he was alive is that we could see his chest move when he breathed. It was very hard for him but he finally got to his feet and was up and moving about in 24 hours. We followed the detailed instructions given in the sticky here about intervention. If you see a pip chnces are at this late stage the chick will not be able to get out alone. Some folk don't advocate intervention but I have never regreted it having had two lovely Roos that otherwise would be dead. I certainly would not have left eggs up to 30 days if I had not had the experience of late hatch. The low temperature certainly delays development and can cause late hatch. Please bare in mind survival of chick that have not hatched after 25 day is extrememly rare indeed and I was incredibly lucky.
I was very lucky to get both boys but had a great deal of trouble bringing them up. I had to start feeding the last chick with Egg custard tart because that was all he would eat and then he got rice - terrible diet for a baby chick and I ended up with all sorts of issues later like vitamin difficiency and also a curved breast bone to sort out. Basically had to slow growth and add Vitamin B it was all very hard work and complicated. If I knew would I have thrown the eggs?????? NO WAY I loved my boys dearly and now they both live on a petting farm in a very safe place. I am unfortunately unable to keep roos here.
Remember what I said about our two late hatch chicks. They were really exhausted and neither could hatch on their own we had to intervine for them both. The one that hatched day 27 was ok and recovered pretty fast once out of the shell but the one hatched on day 28 ( The one I posted the pic of Cuckoo Maran Roo boy) He lay without any movement for a good 12 hours. We left him alone in the incubator. He was on a little pallet up out of the way of the one hatched first who just seemed to want a play mate and would just jump on him otherwise. He never moved at all and the only reason we knew he was alive is that we could see his chest move when he breathed. It was very hard for him but he finally got to his feet and was up and moving about in 24 hours. We followed the detailed instructions given in the sticky here about intervention. If you see a pip chnces are at this late stage the chick will not be able to get out alone. Some folk don't advocate intervention but I have never regreted it having had two lovely Roos that otherwise would be dead. I certainly would not have left eggs up to 30 days if I had not had the experience of late hatch. The low temperature certainly delays development and can cause late hatch. Please bare in mind survival of chick that have not hatched after 25 day is extrememly rare indeed and I was incredibly lucky.
I was very lucky to get both boys but had a great deal of trouble bringing them up. I had to start feeding the last chick with Egg custard tart because that was all he would eat and then he got rice - terrible diet for a baby chick and I ended up with all sorts of issues later like vitamin difficiency and also a curved breast bone to sort out. Basically had to slow growth and add Vitamin B it was all very hard work and complicated. If I knew would I have thrown the eggs?????? NO WAY I loved my boys dearly and now they both live on a petting farm in a very safe place. I am unfortunately unable to keep roos here.
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