French frogs

[Cockatrice6420]

Thanks I went into surgery. Food, a bit of bedding, fuzz. Just a few drops of blood, and a poult very angry at being isolated.

Gross, but yea! And too bad for him, he just doesn't know how lucky he is that you know what you're doing!

 

[Ravynscroft]

I have had a very productive couple of days, I sold the rest of the blrw girls unable to find a good boy for them, @RavynFallen remember those pretty eggs I got for the Halloween hal, and you warned me they were well dodgy. You were right. So I sold all of them, except for the cockerel, that will be for the pot. Because he is a rumpless bcm. The rest of the chicks go tomorrow at noon. So I will have broken even with what I have paid out for hatching eggs. With a little extra.

I seriouslyhate being right... I'm sorry, hon...

Okay, this little guy punched out this hole about six hours ago. He got rolled over by the first hatchling so the hole was on the floor of the bator. My wife turned him a little a couple hours later. He hasn't moved since he first popped the hole out. What say ye? Oh, and Flock I didn't tell you this part she said it was sticking to the floor a little when she turned it?

That's gonna need help, that goo will glue it in... pick some shell off around the pip to make sure the goo isn't gonna drown it...

NT is having a meltdown on the eatemup thread

Saw earlier, afraid to look now... :/

 

[scflock]

I seriouslyhate being right... I'm sorry, hon...
That's gonna need help, that goo will glue it in... pick some shell off around the pip to make sure the goo isn't gonna drown it...
Saw earlier, afraid to look now... :/

Thanks Ravyn. We've been texting, but I told him he would get better help here

 

[WalnutHill]

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The sticking is the result of a slightly wet egg. Usually this will be a glossier egg, or one laid by a pullet with a thicker shell. Right now things look okay. It's critical now to keep humidity up for hatching to make things easier for this one.

Can you see the beak through the hole? If so, and it's breathing, things may still be okay. I do not like to see a chick stuck during a zip, so if it has started to rotate and all you see is a shoulder or back, you will need: a warm, humid place to work...turn on the shower in the bathroom, and get a warm very damp but not dripping cloth handy.

Dab the membrane around the opening, and pick at the shell clockwise looking from the big end. Pick a little bit at a time until you see the beak, then stop and put it back in the incubator with the damp cloth wrapped around the shell but not over the opening.

If the chick isn't stuck it should continue with the zip. If it's glued in then you will have to finish the hatch. Wait 15 minutes before proceeding if the chick doesn't get going. You'll want another warm damp cloth, best to have a bowl of warm water handy to rinse and rewarm it. If at any time you see fresh red blood or yolk between the legs (yellow), STOP, wrap, and put it back in the incubator.

Deliver, and gently wipe down the chick to get most of the sticky albumen off then get it back in the incubator to dry.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

That's cool! Having mutts make some neat looking colors and patterns!

I love my mixes, well most of them...lol

Okay, this little guy punched out this hole about six hours ago. He got rolled over by the first hatchling so the hole was on the floor of the bator. My wife turned him a little a couple hours later. He hasn't moved since he first popped the hole out. What say ye? Oh, and Flock I didn't tell you this part she said it was sticking to the floor a little when she turned it?

If it's only been 6 hours, I wouldn't try to assist for hatch at that point, BUT if it was sticking to the floor of the bator it sounds as though it had some excess fluid that was drying out, so in that case, I would wet a q-tip moisten the membrane and make sure that the inner membrane isn't glued to the chick preventing it from progressing when it's ready. As long as the membrane isn't glued/sticking the chick in place, I would leave it be for at least another 6 hours unless it's showing signs of distress. I personally, try to wait at least 18 hours after pip before I get too "hands on with assisting".

 

[WalnutHill]

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I would completely agree with you, Amy, if this was a pip but it looks like an aborted zip. If the chick is glued to the membrane around the opening it can't complete the zip.

 

[scflock]

I would completely agree with you, Amy, if this was a pip but it looks like an aborted zip.  If the chick is glued to the membrane around the opening it can't complete the zip.

That was my concern, the hole is too big, and that was hours ago

 

[Ravynscroft]

Thanks Ravyn. We've been texting, but I told him he would get better help here

I would completely agree with you, Amy, if this was a pip but it looks like an aborted zip.  If the chick is glued to the membrane around the opening it can't complete the zip.

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With that hole size and the sticking to bator, it needs at least checked out... no need to go full hands on, just start slow and easy...

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I would completely agree with you, Amy, if this was a pip but it looks like an aborted zip. If the chick is glued to the membrane around the opening it can't complete the zip.

That's why I am saying check and see if it's glued, get it unglued if it is. I would still give it a chance to progress itself after making sure that the membrane isn't glueing it in place.

 

[scflock]

That's why I am saying check and see if it's glued, get it unglued  if it is. I would still give it a chance to progress itself after making sure that the membrane isn't glueing it in place. 

I pretty much told him the same thing. I don't like assisting at all, but if it started zipping, then got stuck, it was strong enough to try. That hole looks like it started, then the first hatcher decided to play soccer