Hands on hatching and help

[WildHens]

I think the sac had some yolk in it as well..but it was definitely not a "normal" unabsorbed yolk..there was one chick DIS in whatever the concrete type stuff is, it was partial zip down and I didn't see it until I went to lay a fresh shelf liner down bc of the yolky whatever that was on the other one..

I think that whatever is left hanging there, is yolk membrane .. not quite normal but not as bad as true unabsorbed yolks that I've seen either..I am kicking myself for not getting a picture of the whole thing in the middle of the night.

 

[WildHens]

Ok..think I got a better pic. . Chick won't stay in a basket, so for now, just leaving the most recently hatched in with it and taking them out once they are up moving around good to keep anyone from pecking at it.

Otherwise, chick seems to be active, alert and normal but I am keeping my distance not wanting to get attached yet.

Nothing on body that I can see? Think that may have been part of the blob where the chick was still moving in the 1st pic I took..but there was a very small amount on the shelf liner and a couple eggs in the area it first hatched in..very small amount.. like dime sized smeared out. The original mass, was almost ping-pong ball size

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Ok..think I got a better pic. . Chick won't stay in a basket, so for now, just leaving the most recently hatched in with it and taking them out once they are up moving around good to keep anyone from pecking at it.

Otherwise, chick seems to be active, alert and normal but I am keeping my distance not wanting to get attached yet.


Nothing on body that I can see? Think that may have been part of the blob where the chick was still moving in the 1st pic I took..but there was a very small amount on the shelf liner and a couple eggs in the area it first hatched in..very small amount.. like dime sized smeared out. The original mass, was almost ping-pong ball size

It looks like yolk membrane to me. I know last year when I had one that didn't absorb the yolk all the way and it finally finished absorbing the actual yolk it left a little red ball of membrane behind that pulled tight to the body, dried up and eventually fell off. The only thing is when mine was that size it was still quite yellow and not as pink as yours. Here's a pic of mine (he lived and was perfectly healthy):


Ok, mine was a bit bigger at that point.

 

[WildHens]

Yeah that red/pink tint..last night the whole sac looked really really dark maroon, almost black. That's why I thought intestines over yolk. . I was floored this morning when it was so small and the chick was up walking around..
Im holding my breath at this point..I'd love nothing more than for it to dry up and fall off..I thought about tying it off with string but im.afraid to since it's already absorbed so much without my interference. .im.afraid to jinx it

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Yeah that red/pink tint..last night the whole sac looked really really dark maroon, almost black. That's why I thought intestines over yolk. . I was floored this morning when it was so small and the chick was up walking around..
Im holding my breath at this point..I'd love nothing more than for it to dry up and fall off..I thought about tying it off with string but im.afraid to since it's already absorbed so much without my interference. .im.afraid to jinx it

That's really weird. Cause it looks like yolk sac, you can see the umbilicus attached, just the coloring isn't what I would associate with yolk. You have to keep us updated and let us know what happens and how he does. I'm intrigued.

 

[WildHens]

Me too :\
I've definitely got higher hopes than I did last night or even this morning..I'm going to go hunt the WWW and see if I can find any pics that resemble what it first looked like at hatch.

 

[WildHens]

Ok..both of these pics originated here on BYC.. found them via google, would give credit where it's due, but didn't take the time to view each article yet..
The 1st pic is closer in color and size to what my chick had.. 2nd is similar buy much more yellow. My chick's sac was even dark than pic 1..

ETA: 1st pic is from a thread started by Kedreeva, picture is organs on outside of a chick..

Is it even possible for the organs to have somehow been pulled inside this chick after hatch?? I'm guessing not, but swear I don't have any other explanation. ..I considered getting it out and trying to get some yolk in it but I'm afraid that if it is organ related, all I'm going to be doing is making issues worse by starting it's digestive tract before it umbilical is healed . ..
Shall go play with the bigger babies and make my rounds checking for eggs for a little bit to keep my mind busy..

 

[tracyjg]

It's has taken me a lot of time on trail and errors. To get my chicken flock. Weather changes temps humidity. If you can get your hands on eggs local to you it's better then shipped eggs long as it in the first week of layed and has been on ice 60 room temp on ice turned three times a day. It depends how duck / chicken/ turkey ect or raised how clean the coop is and nutrition of bird. How much light. Health issues. How incubator is. It's a lot of work but to watch your baby be born when it comes you can't put a price on it. I have incubated chicken eggs for little over a year every three weeks. Even thou we have a backward gene that cause problems and death in roosters. I wouldn't trade it for the world . We will keep trying. My first few times I buried at least 200. Eggs. I have buried many more . But never lose hope.

 

[tracyjg]

It's easer to buy your baby duck/ chicken/ turkey ect raise it let it lay it's eggs and keep trying for what you want in the long run.

 

[WildHens]

It's has taken me a lot of time on trail and errors. To get my chicken flock. Weather changes temps humidity. If you can get your hands on eggs local to you it's better then shipped eggs long as it in the first week of layed and has been on ice 60 room temp on ice turned three times a day. It depends how duck / chicken/ turkey ect or raised how clean the coop is and nutrition of bird. How much light. Health issues. How incubator is. It's a lot of work but to watch your baby be born when it comes you can't put a price on it. I have incubated chicken eggs for little over a year every three weeks. Even thou we have a backward gene that cause problems and death in roosters. I wouldn't trade it for the world . We will keep trying. My first few times I buried at least 200. Eggs. I have buried many more . But never lose hope.

Sorry about your losses :'(
I have the best results from local eggs and usually even better if the birds are mixed breeds.. hardest eggs I've ever hatched were shipped Polish. .don't know what it is about them, but they are hard.. well those and peafowl. .my peas were a total failure but it was only 2 eggs, both shipped.
I keep my incus running from about January til Sept/Oct.. I hatch for replacements, hatch for fun, hatch to add new breeds and hatch for others that don't have broody hens or incus..
Just set a dozen eggs yesterday from a local lady that has a very nice mixed layer flock ..eggs were refrigerated , but not washed so hoping a few start for me.. have had pretty decent luck with refrigerated before, hoping the same luck holds.
I'm hands on 200%, I break all the "rules"..dry incubation, almost even dry hatch this hatch due to all the rain we've had.. usually run about 80-95% hatch rate on non shipped eggs and I'm happy with 30% on shipped, but usually do about 50%. They're always a toss up. I do let my shipped sit in a turner (not plugged in) for the first 48-72 hours of incubation depending on air cells and then I just tip them for the next 5 days or so..after that, I plug the turner on until I move them to the hatcher.. I do hatch everything on its side..tried once hatching sitting upright in cut down cartons and wasn't impressed so went back to laying on their sides..