Hands on hatching and help

[injeniera]

vaseline will work the same.

Thank you ... I woke up this morning and she was peeping intensely and trying to get out. She had zipped most of the shell and I helped her out as she seemed a bit stuck to the membrane.

The only thing I'm worried about is this weird sack of fluid she has around the umbilical cord, is it normal??

Also, if she's fine, will she be ok with her siblings who were born a day earlier?? They seem so much bigger, won't they peck on her and hurt her??

 

[BelovedBirds]

Thank you ... I woke up this morning and she was peeping intensely and trying to get out. She had zipped most of the shell and I helped her out as she seemed a bit stuck to the membrane.

The only thing I'm worried about is this weird sack of fluid she has around the umbilical cord, is it normal??

Also, if she's fine, will she be ok with her siblings who were born a day earlier?? They seem so much bigger, won't they peck on her and hurt her??

id separate her if you're worried, just while she gets her strength up.

Her tummy does seem pretty large, but they do have a slightly buldging tummy after just absorbing the yolk. Her's looks bigger than usual, but It could just be that. Keep an eye on her, once she's dried and fluffed up, keep an eye on her naval to ensure it goes down.

 

[injeniera]

id separate her if you're worried, just while she gets her strength up.

Her tummy does seem pretty large, but they do have a slightly buldging tummy after just absorbing the yolk. Her's looks bigger than usual, but It could just be that. Keep an eye on her, once she's dried and fluffed up, keep an eye on her naval to ensure it goes down.

Thanks... She's separated since she's the only one left in the incubator

I'll keep an eye on her, just spotted a bit of swelling around the neck, hope she makes it.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Thanks... She's separated since she's the only one left in the incubator

I'll keep an eye on her, just spotted a bit of swelling around the neck, hope she makes it.

give her a bit of time to dry up in the incubator, and for her to digest the yolk, then have a closer look and maybe get a photo of her neck. For now, I'd wait and hope for the best!!

 

[injeniera]

So, she's still alive but she can't hold her head up or stand. When I lift her up, her head hangs as if she were dead, and she just lays on the incubator (which I cleaned and added paper towel to), crawling and chirping at times....

Head hanging:

 

[BelovedBirds]

So, she's still alive but she can't hold her head up or stand. When I lift her up, her head hangs as if she were dead, and she just lays on the incubator (which I cleaned and added paper towel to), crawling and chirping at times....

Head hanging:


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Is she able to hold herself upright at all? For any amount of time? It may be worth offering her some sugar water, or yolk water mix, to see if she'll take any.
You'll have to hold her upright, supporting her head, and just slightly dip the tip of her beak in the water, see if she takes a sip.
Whether she does or not, the best you can do for her is keep her and warm, comfortable. Be patient. Some chicks have a really hard time hatching, and may struggle a bit afterwards, its normal for them to be very sleepy, this baby is just finding it harder than most.
Whether there is a problem underlying, or whether she will be alright, we can't know for sure yet.
Just give her time and see if she perks up.

 

[MysteryChicken]

So, she's still alive but she can't hold her head up or stand. When I lift her up, her head hangs as if she were dead, and she just lays on the incubator (which I cleaned and added paper towel to), crawling and chirping at times....

Head hanging:


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These chicks with stiff necks I massage until relaxed enough to be used. Be gentle, should only take a few minutes. While massaging I work on straightening it out too.

The belly button area picture looks fine, & all I see is alittle bit of yolk through the transparent skin.

 

[BelovedBirds]

So, she's still alive but she can't hold her head up or stand. When I lift her up, her head hangs as if she were dead, and she just lays on the incubator (which I cleaned and added paper towel to), crawling and chirping at times....

Head hanging:


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how is she doing?

 

[Teresastafford]

Hi! I'm new to the forum and I'm looking for advice please. I have a Brinsea still air incubator (Hatchmaker) Its my first time incubating chicken eggs. I'm on day 22. I haven't heard any sounds coming from the eggs. I candled at day 18. All looked to be moving and I locked down. Humidity was 70%. Temp was 37.5. Day 21 came and went with no activity, no sounds, no movement, nothing. I couldn't make out an internal pip on any of the eggs so did a quick water candle. 2 eggs showed movement so they all went back into the incubator. An hour later I had 1 pip but it was near the pointy end. Lots of chirping but hardly any progress with the pipping. None of the other eggs have pipped. I quickly candled again this evening and managed to take the attached photos. Do these look viable? There's no foul smell. No sign of movement. Humidity is still around 70%. Temp is 39 degrees on the brines thermometer (as the instructions state) but 37.5 degrees on the hygrometer/temperature gauge at the egg level. I have never been so stressed in my life!

 

[Teresastafford]

Just to be clear, candling was done on new HDD incubator that is incubating Indian runner duck eggs.