Help! About to incubate for the 1st time & recevied double the hatching eggs asked for - feeling ov

[puppies9099]

It's very active and seems fine with the exception of this. Is it an unabsorbed yolk sac?

yes that is definetely an unabsorbed yolk keep her away from other chicks

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Fingers crossed!

How did the little one make out?

 

[Guyswithchicks]

Yes was wondering that myself.... I rarely see them now but your tip on putting them in a cup is a great idea Amylynn. I think I may have had three over the years. The last one ruptured before I saw it and didn't survive.

 

[puppies9099]

Yes was wondering that myself.... I rarely see them now but your tip on putting them in a cup is a great idea Amylynn. I think I may have had three over the years. The last one ruptured before I saw it and didn't survive.

that is true they will rupture and kill the chick

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Yes was wondering that myself.... I rarely see them now but your tip on putting them in a cup is a great idea Amylynn. I think I may have had three over the years. The last one ruptured before I saw it and didn't survive.

I've only had two. One actually hatched out the tip top of the egg like 4 hours after pip and the yolk was ruptured before it made it out. The vascular system was still fully functional, it was terrible, there was no hope. The second time I woke up to four littles in the bator and when I went to move them to the brooder I noticed one still had a marble sized yolk sac still unabsorbed. I put her in the cup to keep her from moving all over and she or he I think, (since 9/11 of my Spitz ended up boys) and by that night all that was left was the drying ball of yolk membrane. Put it back with the rest and couldn't tell it from the other Spitz chicks. If you can keep them from rupturing it you got a good chance, but it's so hard to keep them from rupturing, especially if it's a big amount of yolk.

 

[puppies9099]

I've only had two. One actually hatched out the tip top of the egg like 4 hours after pip and the yolk was ruptured before it made it out. The vascular system was still fully functional, it was terrible, there was no hope. The second time I woke up to four littles in the bator and when I went to move them to the brooder I noticed one still had a marble sized yolk sac still unabsorbed. I put her in the cup to keep her from moving all over and she or he I think, (since 9/11 of my Spitz ended up boys) and by that night all that was left was the drying ball of yolk membrane. Put it back with the rest and couldn't tell it from the other Spitz chicks. If you can keep them from rupturing it you got a good chance, but it's so hard to keep them from rupturing, especially if it's a big amount of yolk.

That is so true

 

[VeggieMinette]

I've only had two. One actually hatched out the tip top of the egg like 4 hours after pip and the yolk was ruptured before it made it out. The vascular system was still fully functional, it was terrible, there was no hope. The second time I woke up to four littles in the bator and when I went to move them to the brooder I noticed one still had a marble sized yolk sac still unabsorbed. I put her in the cup to keep her from moving all over and she or he I think, (since 9/11 of my Spitz ended up boys)  and by that night all that was left was the drying ball of yolk membrane. Put it back with the rest and couldn't tell it from  the other Spitz chicks.  If you can keep them from rupturing it you got a good chance, but it's so hard to keep them from rupturing, especially if it's a big amount of yolk.

Update-the little one didn't make it through the night. He/she was holding steady in the cup but the unabsorbed but drying yolk sack and remains of the umbilical cord have a very foul smell when I arrived home yesterday. It's breathing seemed a little labored, as well.
I would love to hatch again but I have to admit that when you lose one or two (or 3, in my case) it breaks my heart.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Update-the little one didn't make it through the night. He/she was holding steady in the cup but the unabsorbed but drying yolk sack and remains of the umbilical cord have a very foul smell when I arrived home yesterday. It's breathing seemed a little labored, as well.
I would love to hatch again but I have to admit that when you lose one or two (or 3, in my case) it breaks my heart.

Oh, so sorry to hear that. Sounds like maybe infection? I seldom ever loose a chick post hatch, but it is hard.

 

[puppies9099]

Update-the little one didn't make it through the night. He/she was holding steady in the cup but the unabsorbed but drying yolk sack and remains of the umbilical cord have a very foul smell when I arrived home yesterday. It's breathing seemed a little labored, as well.
I would love to hatch again but I have to admit that when you lose one or two (or 3, in my case) it breaks my heart.

I am so sorry

 

[Guyswithchicks]

Update-the little one didn't make it through the night. He/she was holding steady in the cup but the unabsorbed but drying yolk sack and remains of the umbilical cord have a very foul smell when I arrived home yesterday. It's breathing seemed a little labored, as well.
I would love to hatch again but I have to admit that when you lose one or two (or 3, in my case) it breaks my heart.

Hey... Oh rats... It is always sad when one doesn't make it. I would suggest though that by and large you have had a successful hatch and it shouldn't deter you from future hatching.
My dad was a great stockman with a really good eye for animal welfare. He passed a huge lot of advice on to me over the years but one thing specifically was his saying... If you have livestock you will have deadstock no matter how well you look after them.
I remember during my first year of breeding dairy goats I pushed so much food into my maiden goats prior to mating that they produced multiple births. I am talking about a kidding percentage of 320%. That meant over 24 does, they averaged 3.2 kids per birth. It was manic. I had exhausted mothers, large kids, difficult births milk fever, udder collapse etc. I was devastated but I learnt from it and because I love my animals I voted I would never put them through something like that again. What I was doing was killing them with kindness.
It didn't deter me and after nearly 30 years I have just recently stopped owning dairy goats.
The point is, e need to accept our losses, learn and carry on. Just because we lose some of our livestock doesn't mean that we lose our compassion.
Have another go!