Fully Zipped Egg bleeding out: UPDATE pg 5

[LarryPQ]

I have a batch of eggs due today. So far, so good, until:

One of the eggs, pipped yesterday, zipped by lunch, had not popped out. I can see his face completely. An hour ago I noticed a little spot of blood under the egg. The blood spot keeps growing, and the inside of the egg looks wet. Chick seems to be breathing a little harder.

The other eggs are away from the blood/wet.

Anything I can do to help him? He's gonna bleed out, but I am worried whatever vessel he broke would open further if I touch him.

Ideas?

A pic from before the bleeding


More than just a spot of blood:


I will spare you all pics of how nasty the bator actually got.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

I had the same thing happen last night

He died, nothing you can really do. Natural selection at it's saddest!! Little guy will bleed out no matter as far as I know, the damage is done. Sorry!!

 

[LarryPQ]

Poor guy. Did all that work, and then ?? I keep hoping the vessel will shrink up or dry out.

 

[mylittlezoo]

I know the advice is always to sit on your hands, but it's so hard... I confess I had this happen in my last hatch. I took the egg, really gently, and the vessel he has broken was just visible. I chipped the shell just enough to give me room to 'move' a dropped a *tiny* dusting of blood stop powder on it. He then hatched mostly on his own, only needing assistance with the final escape from the shell.

A week later, the chick is doing fine.

I know this is the exception though. Usually it is a bad case of natural selection and, the more you help, the more you set yourself up for a sad result.

 

[Moxiechick]

Now keep in mind, I have absolutely no experience with hatching chicks... but if it seems the prognosis is bad, would it be possible to try some styptic powder on the end of a Q-tip to try and stop the bleeding? (Assuming you can access the point where it is bleeding). If it looks like the chick is going to die otherwise, it may be worth a shot. I hope someone else with more experience will have better to add.

 

[LarryPQ]

If the kids were asleep, I would help it out and then try to superglue the vessel. Assuming I could find it...

 

[MuranoFarms]

I lost one like this the other day. The blood pooled around his face and I think he drowned in it. When I pulled him out of the egg afterwards, all his yolk was absorbed. If it happened again, I would probably try to get him out of the egg and stop the bleeding at the umbilicus. My thinking being that if the blood is coming out of the chick through the vein still in the egg membrane, disconnect him from the membrane and stop the bleeding. In theory...that makes sense to me. In practice...I have no idea if it works.

 

[LarryPQ]

UPDATE:
ok, I pulled him out of the shell. He was fully unzipped, so no work on my part.

He had a big, unabsorbed yolk sac, that looked to be punctured by a foot. Still blood red with big capilaries. The shell was filled with liquid and he had already pooped. I don't know how he unzipped, turning fully in the shell, without ripping it totally. Maybe he did, hence the blood.

I wrapped him burrito style in a warm wet paper towel, put him in a tupperware (so he can't get stomped on) and back in the incubator.

If he makes it, great. If not, I will have tried. Either way, he had to be moved away from the other eggs

 

[Revelle]

Oh my. :x I wish you and your lil one luck in surviving!

 

[chickeypeep101]

Quote:
I've had a few with yolks not as big as his and they all survived.

for him