I had an egg pip yesterday with no further results. I finally gave in late this afternoon and decided to open it after not hearing any sounds from it for a long time. In fact, I told my husband that the chick had died. I was really sad as I was sure it was a goner. I started chipping the egg away slowly and still saw no movement or heard any sounds. After slowly working on it for some time however, I saw its beak move just slightly. It was alive but very weak.
The little chick was fully formed, yolk absorbed, and appeared very normal. However, at the bottom of the egg, where the yolk used to be, there was a clump of green stuff. It was not attached to anything, just laying in the bottom of the shell. It almost looked like poop. Can someone tell me what this was? I've never seen anything like it before in any of the other eggs that I have had hatch.
The chick is still in the bator, sleeping mostly, softly peeping occasionally, not moving a lot yet. Not sure it will make it, but I'm hopeful. It's a little buff silkie. So far I'm not having much luck with this shipment of eggs. These are the eggs that the post office lost for nearly a week! So I guess I'm lucky if any of them hatch and survive.
The little chick was fully formed, yolk absorbed, and appeared very normal. However, at the bottom of the egg, where the yolk used to be, there was a clump of green stuff. It was not attached to anything, just laying in the bottom of the shell. It almost looked like poop. Can someone tell me what this was? I've never seen anything like it before in any of the other eggs that I have had hatch.
The chick is still in the bator, sleeping mostly, softly peeping occasionally, not moving a lot yet. Not sure it will make it, but I'm hopeful. It's a little buff silkie. So far I'm not having much luck with this shipment of eggs. These are the eggs that the post office lost for nearly a week! So I guess I'm lucky if any of them hatch and survive.
