Help! Gosling hatched with yolk sack still attached!

[PertyGertie]

I just had a gosling hatch with the yolk sack still attached and quite large. What do I do?

 

[silkiecuddles]

Oh my. I'd say just leave it alone and let nature take its course. Don't pull it.Is the baby up and walking?

 

[PertyGertie]

The gosling is up and flailing around. The yolk sac looks like it has ruptured and there is bloody looking goo on the paper towel. I tried to give it some water with vitamins and electrolytes in because I'm assuming it's not getting anything from the yolk sac. I am keeping it in the incubator so it stays warm.

 

[silkiecuddles]

Ok, sounds good. I'll try to find someone who can help you out more than I can.

 

[casportpony]

If you ever have another one like that, get it on something soft to reduce the risk of rupturing the yolk.

-Kathy

 

[PertyGertie]

Thank you. When I saw it this morning I knew I should have confined it in something soft.

 

[casportpony]

Thank you. When I saw it this morning I knew I should have confined it in something soft.

So sorry... I know how you feel, 'cause it's happened to me.

-Kathy

 

[AmyLynn2374]

If you ever have another one like that, get it on something soft to reduce the risk of rupturing the yolk.

-Kathy

xs2

Thank you. When I saw it this morning I knew I should have confined it in something soft.

My last hatch I had a chick with unabsorbed yolk (well actally two, but one was ruptured when it hatched so he didn't make it) and what I did was wet a paper towel and placed it in the bottom of a coffee cup (a gosling might require something a bit bigger) and placed him in the coffee cup. I ended up putting the coffee cup in the brooder because the height of it was too close to my heating units and the little guy was still trying to get out, I didn't want him to get burned. It took most of the day for it to absorb to a small ball of what I think was just membrane and I let him out with the rest. After 2-3 days the last little dried up ball fell right off and he was fine. The thing is keeping them from rupturing it and sometimes it doesn't matter what you do, they'll still manage to do it. Basically all we can do is try to minimize the chances of it rupturing.

 

[PertyGertie]

Hindsight is always 20/20. I had lined the incubator in damp paper towels. I think the still attached egg shell or its nails must have cut it. It was jumping around like crazy. This is breaking my heart. I'm trying to decide if I should cull it.

 

[bantam brood 17]

Hindsight is always 20/20. I had lined the incubator in damp paper towels. I think the still attached egg shell or its nails must have cut it. It was jumping around like crazy. This is breaking my heart. I'm trying to decide if I should cull it.

Sorry to hear about your gosling, I had a chick hatch the same only all it,s insides was with the yolk sac, it had to be culled. It was heartbreaking but we had no choice. Hope yours makes it