Hatching tread

[gimmie birdies]

yes today is day 6

 

[jammyjammy2112]

yes today is day 6

i have 4 fridge eggs in my incubator i put in yesterday but i jst put them in becouse i most fix the temp and the temp is never right with eggs in it so i will crack them oepen this evening and see if they where growing i doubt it doh

 

[gimmie birdies]

wait a bit- I had some that are going fast and some that are growing slow.

 

[Cknldy]

Didn't want to start a new thread and this situation seems to fit here so here goes....hello gimmiebirdies! I see you are off to another great hatch, love your incubators! I had 7 rir eggs that went into lockdown. The first hatched great with no problems. The second stalled at zipping but made it, the third made it with assistance. I know, don't assist but hey if they make it to zipping why let them die? The fourth is the one I would like to know if anyone has ever experienced- the membrane was drying on the chick's face while it had the beak poked out of a big hole. 75% humidity from the others hatching. I wet the dried bit over the eye with warm water. Chick hatched hours later after I again wet the membrane as it kept drying while coming out. Egg white came out with the chick. I thought nothing of it and let the chick alone to dry in the bator. A noticed after checking 3 times in an hour and a half that it was still in the same position but peeping. So I poked it. Not being mean just wondering what was going on with it! It was stuck to the wire mesh floor!! The egg white had hardened on the chick encasing it and gluing it to the wire! Never have I experienced or heard of this before. I went against ALL the rules- took entire flooring out of bator, replaced other eggs, took chick beside woodstove for the heat and started gently rubbing with warm water to release the chick. I made sure to rotate him in my hand to keep him warm but ended up using a soft bristled paintbrush to gently push the soaked down fluff/skin away from the wire. Used a soft cloth to sort of dry it so it wasn't soaked and put back in bator. Tough bugger is bound to be a roo cuz it is alive, fluffed out in the brooder with the others now Anyone ever had this happen? I have never seen egg white still in the egg at hatch, chick is totally fine.

 

[gimmie birdies]

that does happen- some goop usually drys up in egg, might not be egg white.

here's an eye ball day 6
!

 

[Cknldy]

I've had little bits of membrane dry on chicks, never a problem. This was definitely egg white, stuck like glue. I sometimes do a face mask of egg whites, let it dry and wash it off- guess I'll never think of it the same now!

 

[Farmer Viola]

Didn't want to start a new thread and this situation seems to fit here so here goes....hello gimmiebirdies! I see you are off to another great hatch, love your incubators! I had 7 rir eggs that went into lockdown. The first hatched great with no problems. The second stalled at zipping but made it, the third made it with assistance. I know, don't assist but hey if they make it to zipping why let them die? The fourth is the one I would like to know if anyone has ever experienced- the membrane was drying on the chick's face while it had the beak poked out of a big hole. 75% humidity from the others hatching. I wet the dried bit over the eye with warm water. Chick hatched hours later after I again wet the membrane as it kept drying while coming out. Egg white came out with the chick. I thought nothing of it and let the chick alone to dry in the bator. A noticed after checking 3 times in an hour and a half that it was still in the same position but peeping. So I poked it.

Not being mean just wondering what was going on with it! It was stuck to the wire mesh floor!! The egg white had hardened on the chick encasing it and gluing it to the wire! Never have I experienced or heard of this before. I went against ALL the rules- took entire flooring out of bator, replaced other eggs, took chick beside woodstove for the heat and started gently rubbing with warm water to release the chick. I made sure to rotate him in my hand to keep him warm but ended up using a soft bristled paintbrush to gently push the soaked down fluff/skin away from the wire. Used a soft cloth to sort of dry it so it wasn't soaked and put back in bator. Tough bugger is bound to be a roo cuz it is alive, fluffed out in the brooder with the others now Anyone ever had this happen? I have never seen egg white still in the egg at hatch, chick is totally fine.

Yes, I actually had this happen to me the first time during my last hatch!

I used water and a q-tip to gently and slowly unstuck the chick. I actually had a hand towel in the incubator, and I thought if it were wire, maybe that couldn't happen. So very interesting to me that yours stuck to the wire too.

My chick was "wetter" than normal, I suppose it could have been egg white (albumen) but I couldn't see excess material like you could.

I un-stuck my chick and she went along her merry way. Then, she started developing leg problems. One leg was longer than the other, and it twisted outward at thigh or knee joint. I worked with her for weeks, made her a vetRap leg splint and hobbled her legs together, put her in a chick chair so she couldn't walk on it, everything I could think of. That leg was very, very messed up.

Looking back, I question whether the chick being stuck to the towel caused the leg problem. My husband remembers that her leg was twisted grossly on the ground. I wasn't grossed out at all, I was just wetting it and helping her and not too worried about the leg at the time. SO I guess if it ever happens to me again, I will pay very close attention to the way the chick gets stuck and if any limbs look distorted

 

[Cknldy]

Wow. Today that same chick has been doing good in with the others. The only thing different is that it doesn't stay up walking as much as the others. You can tell her apart because on the end of her back it is a bit bare where the down fluff came off. The rest of it is all fluffed out and the woman that is picking them up is calling that one Miracle of course!