French frogs

[Cockatrice6420]

Dang, reading all of the in depth knowledge makes me want to start a church for my chickens... it's a miracle they're alive! The surgery thing, the creation of a mini NICU, and I am going to learn as much as I can before I set up to hatch again, in my styrobator.

 

[abbevilleoz]

I just got home and at first glance it looks like the little guy drowned in the goo based on its position. It looks like he worked really hard, got exhausted and couldn't fight his way to breathe. My wife took a video of him this morning so we know he was working hard. Going to check closer

 

[scflock]

I just got home and at first glance it looks like the little guy drowned in the goo based on its position. It looks like he worked really hard, got exhausted and couldn't fight his way to breathe. My wife took a video of him this morning so we know he was working hard. Going to check closer

It happens. The more you hatch, the more it happens. Don't beat yourself up over it.

 

[Ravynscroft]

I just got home and at first glance it looks like the little guy drowned in the goo based on its position. It looks like he worked really hard, got exhausted and couldn't fight his way to breathe. My wife took a video of him this morning so we know he was working hard. Going to check closer

I'm sorry... that's what I was afraid of...

 

[scflock]

I'm sorry... that's what I was afraid of...

That's why I don't assist. You don't really know why it drowned. Could have gotten disoriented in a roll, but also maybe the egg didn't lose enough moisture, or possibly the chick just wasn't strong enough to survive. I've had to cull several chicks less than a week old, and that is absolutely the worst part of hatching chicks. If they're going to die, I'd rather it happen in the shell

 

[scflock]

And there's a bright side, Oz. I'll be locking down your new babies soon

 

[FridayYet]

If you can, you might want to open it and do an egg-topsy to try and find out what happened. Was the yolk sac absorbed and if not, was there a rupture? Was there evidence of bleeding? Any obvious malformations? Those observations can give you clues on what you might do differently next time, or if really there was nothing you could have done.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

If you can, you might want to open it and do an egg-topsy to try and find out what happened. Was the yolk sac absorbed and if not, was there a rupture? Was there evidence of bleeding? Any obvious malformations? Those observations can give you clues on what you might do differently next time, or if really there was nothing you could have done.

Good point. It could have even ruptured an unabsorbed yolk and that was the cause of the "goo" that stuck.

 

[abbevilleoz]

And there's a bright side, Oz. I'll be locking down your new babies soon

Such is life. Poor little guy's entire beak was sealed. He was supposed to be a "red" Silkie. Fully developed. I think we could have saved him if we had known. He got bumped shortly after he pipped. The first one stimulated him to get going and he did. But he got rolled completely over onto his beak. He went down fighting though. We're heartbroken but another one just hatched!

 

[WalnutHill]

The roll over did not kill this little one. There should not have been so much moisture in the egg, especially sticky stuff. That one was just not meant to be. My condolences.