I just woke up this morning to my final egg hatching—a late bloomer who I was going to give up on last night but actually FORGOT, and it saved it.
But when I came down the umbilical cord was still attached to the egg and chick, and I noticed blood was everywhere. As I’m typing this right now, the umbilical cord came off but everywhere it moved there was blood. It seems perfectly healthy and active, BUT THERE’S BLOOD. Should it really be concerning? The cord looks pretty bloody. It’s super hyper, and moving everywhere, so I’m hoping this is a good sign? Usually all of mine hatch clean and earlier than this (about day 24). In fact, the other egg in the incubation hatched A DAY EARLY, and was perfectly fine and happy as it could be in the brooder. We got that one some friends, too, so it wasn’t alone.
But when I came down the umbilical cord was still attached to the egg and chick, and I noticed blood was everywhere. As I’m typing this right now, the umbilical cord came off but everywhere it moved there was blood. It seems perfectly healthy and active, BUT THERE’S BLOOD. Should it really be concerning? The cord looks pretty bloody. It’s super hyper, and moving everywhere, so I’m hoping this is a good sign? Usually all of mine hatch clean and earlier than this (about day 24). In fact, the other egg in the incubation hatched A DAY EARLY, and was perfectly fine and happy as it could be in the brooder. We got that one some friends, too, so it wasn’t alone.