HALLOWEEN HATCH!!! Anyone

[mayapooh]

Yay for your BEAUTIFUL baby - the coloring is awesome!

I just ran in my room to check on the 'bator, not expecting anything, and there is a CHICK in there!

It was working on a brand new pip, like, twenty minutes ago.

And it looks like it's going to fluff out coal black...

Yay, I got an actual Halloween baby!

YAY us!!

 

[Ladysassa07]

whoo hoo I am making coffee LOL I am not going to be sleeping tonight. It is funny how some take all day and some just pip and kick out like hey i am here LOL.Good luck with your babies.

 

[mayapooh]

Thank you - you too!!

 

[Ladysassa07]

What are you hatching ?

 

[mayapooh]

Seramas

 

[Ladysassa07]

I sooooo want some of those.....I bet they are darling.

 

[k2chickens]

well i went back in to finish the job and i think i officially hatched it! The membrane was thick with vessels but i zipped and the baby chick fell out onto my heating pad. It was moving and very loud so that made me happy. There were some small spot's of blood on the chick...but blood was not running so i didn't pay any attention to them. I did however see that where the umbilical cord was that there was some blood. His intestines were not hanging out..but there was a small hole to where it eventually cold happen. So i dabbed some flower on the bloody area and put him back in the bator. Again there was not a lot of blood...just barely enough to make me want to stop the flow with the flower. Hes inside the bator now with 70% humidity and 99 degrees, still sounding off and flopping around. I just may have pulled it off. I just hope he makes it through the night

 

[HappySlappyFarm]

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I helped 10 out of 12 chicks hatch & they all lived. They were stuck & couldnt zip, only pip a hole. I waited until they were REALLY wanting to come out. Don't try this before the end of the 21st day. I used tweezers to pull away a tiny bit of shell right where the air cell is ONLY. Do NOT pull any shell that is attached to the membrane at all & do not pull at the membrane!! I did this to give it some air & to check the veins. If you see red or bright pink veins & or the membrane looks juicy STOP! Put it back for a FEW hours 6 minimum. If the membrane looks dry like paper, use a tiny drop of water on your finger to dampen it so you can see if the veins are there still. Once the veins are emptied it will be the color of clear/off white like a condom. It will be a little sticky & the chick will seem pretty ticked off & pushing with all its might. You might even get one to pop right out in your hand like i did. IF all looks well only make the hole big enough (as the chick would zip) then put it back the chick will finish on its own while stopping to rest a few times. Dont pull off the shell if its attached at all to the belly button. It could still be slightly "juicy" & start to bleed. This is my experience & it went really well. No one bled & theyre all healthy!! In case youre wondering why I had to help mine.... My stupid humidity thermometer quit working half way through incubation & I didnt really realize it until two had gotten stuck.

 

[HappySlappyFarm]

This is just me trying to help. I wish I had detailed info onmy first hatch. My humidity wasn't high enough & I helped 5 chicks hatch. They ALL bled to death. I was very careful & read some postings online how to help but it was wrong. They weren't ready and I didnt wait long enough. Some weren't even that juicy BUT everytime I touched them they would bleed. I'm guessing they were going to hatch a couple days late maybe because of a possible lil lower temp.

 

[cpartist]

I was always in the "never help" camp, as I mostly have hatched quail and found that the few that were very late or had trouble hatching usually didn't survive even if they managed to get themselves out.

This summer I decided I wanted to start a flock of Welsummers and ordered a dozen eggs. Four hatched...all girls! So I ordered another dozen. Three hatched fine, the fourth pipped the very top of the egg (anyone seen this before?) and after watching him breathe through the pip for several hours, I just couldn't see how he would be able to zip. I wrapped the egg in a warm washcloth and carefully chipped off the top third of the eggshell with my fingernail. I dabbed the membrane with warm water on a Qtip and put him back in the bator nestled in the washcloth. I went to bed and the next morning found that he had pushed himself out. He was a bit weaker than the rest for a couple of days, but is now strutting his five week old self around the pen. He's as big and healthy as the rest.

The other three that hatched were also girls, so if I hadn't helped my Wellies would not have a baby daddy!