Hands on hatching and help

[dcba flock]

 

[dcba flock]

 

[WVduckchick]

@dcba flock awesome! Congrats :yiipchick

 

[dcba flock]

@dcba flock awesome! Congrats :yiipchick

Thank you so much seriously everyone is always so supportive and poor nuggets suffer from my stupid human tricks if I don't at least try to help them

I will post more pics later there is a favorelle baby I'm in love!!!!

 

[Pyxis]

Well, I just finished with a harrowing assist. I had to internally pip it. It hadn't even internally pipped and others were hatching so I decided to take a look. It was a huge chick, too big to turn in the shell to position for hatching or pipping. I opened the air cell and found the beak and carefully sliced the membrane over it where there were no veins. The poor little thing immediately started gasping for air.

Most of the top of the shell was pulled off for me to be able to do that, so I coated the exposed membrane in bacitracin and just waited. Today, more than 12 hours after all the others had finished hatching, it pushed itself through the membrane and out of the shell and is looking good. It wouldn't have been able to zip either so I was prepared to help but instead it was able to push itself out of the big hole in the shell I had made.

 

[lazy gardener]

Well, I just finished with a harrowing assist. I had to internally pip it. It hadn't even internally pipped and others were hatching so I decided to take a look. It was a huge chick, too big to turn in the shell to position for hatching or pipping. I opened the air cell and found the beak and carefully sliced the membrane over it where there were no veins. The poor little thing immediately started gasping for air.

Most of the top of the shell was pulled off for me to be able to do that, so I coated the exposed membrane in bacitracin and just waited. Today, more than 12 hours after all the others had finished hatching, it pushed itself through the membrane and out of the shell and is looking good. It wouldn't have been able to zip either so I was prepared to help but instead it was able to push itself out of the big hole in the shell I had made.

Congrats.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Congrats!

Well, I just finished with a harrowing assist. I had to internally pip it. It hadn't even internally pipped and others were hatching so I decided to take a look. It was a huge chick, too big to turn in the shell to position for hatching or pipping. I opened the air cell and found the beak and carefully sliced the membrane over it where there were no veins. The poor little thing immediately started gasping for air.

Most of the top of the shell was pulled off for me to be able to do that, so I coated the exposed membrane in bacitracin and just waited. Today, more than 12 hours after all the others had finished hatching, it pushed itself through the membrane and out of the shell and is looking good. It wouldn't have been able to zip either so I was prepared to help but instead it was able to push itself out of the big hole in the shell I had made.

How's it doing now?


Ok, first off, I need to say, OMG! I don't know what to do. I feel like I'm not incubating. I slept through the night peacefully, every time I look in the bator it's fine. Doesn't need any fidgeting. The only thing for me to do is turn the eggs and make sure my sponge is wet. Even when I take the top off to turn the eggs and it drops, it comes right back up to where it needs to be with no adjustments. And this thing is so quiet you forget it's there. It's like I'm not even incubating. I so don't feel hands on...lol

I've already got four people lined up for chicks between this hatch and the next. Of course I have at least three pullets broody possibly 5. I need to get them to break over the next week so they go back to laying or I won't have anything to collect for my next set. I just hope those that the buyers that have asked to buy don't back out.

 

[WVduckchick]

Well, I just finished with a harrowing assist. I had to internally pip it. It hadn't even internally pipped and others were hatching so I decided to take a look. It was a huge chick, too big to turn in the shell to position for hatching or pipping. I opened the air cell and found the beak and carefully sliced the membrane over it where there were no veins. The poor little thing immediately started gasping for air.

Most of the top of the shell was pulled off for me to be able to do that, so I coated the exposed membrane in bacitracin and just waited. Today, more than 12 hours after all the others had finished hatching, it pushed itself through the membrane and out of the shell and is looking good. It wouldn't have been able to zip either so I was prepared to help but instead it was able to push itself out of the big hole in the shell I had made.

Wow! What made you go in? How did you know it needed assistance?

Congrats!
How's it doing now?


Ok, first off, I need to say, OMG! I don't know what to do. I feel like I'm not incubating. I slept through the night peacefully, every time I look in the bator it's fine. Doesn't need any fidgeting. The only thing for me to do is turn the eggs and make sure my sponge is wet. Even when I take the top off to turn the eggs and it drops, it comes right back up to where it needs to be with no adjustments. And this thing is so quiet you forget it's there. It's like I'm not even incubating. I so don't feel hands on...lol

I've already got four people lined up for chicks between this hatch and the next. Of course I have at least three pullets broody possibly 5. I need to get them to break over the next week so they go back to laying or I won't have anything to collect for my next set. I just hope those that the buyers that have asked to buy don't back out.

Woohoo!

 

[Pyxis]

How's it doing now?

Doing great! I just put it in the brooder with the rest of the hatchlings and it's up and running around with them.

Wow! What made you go in? How did you know it needed assistance?

Something just seemed 'off' when I was candling. I could see it shifting against the membrane but things didn't look quite right. Coupled with the fact that others had actually entirely hatched by that time and everyone else was at least externally pipped, it made me worried enough to open it up and see what was going on. I'm glad I did, it's a really healthy chick, it's just huge and was way too big to hatch on its own.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Doing great! I just put it in the brooder with the rest of the hatchlings and it's up and running around with them.
Something just seemed 'off' when I was candling. I could see it shifting against the membrane but things didn't look quite right. Coupled with the fact that others had actually entirely hatched by that time and everyone else was at least externally pipped, it made me worried enough to open it up and see what was going on. I'm glad I did, it's a really healthy chick, it's just huge and was way too big to hatch on its own.

That's AWESOME! And that's what gets me about people that say a chick that needs help isn't strong enough or shouldn't be allowed to live with help. Pure BS.