Help! Incubator/chick mess!!

[OddsBodkins]

Help! Two of my chicks hatched (after I went to bed last night) with intestines hanging out-woke up to a horrible mess! Egg yolk and blood everywhere. Several otthers hatched along with them and my incuubator and chicks are a filthy mess. I still have several others left to hatch. My question is, is it ok to move the driest ones to brooders and take the 2 hurt ones out to put them down? The humidity is up to 86 and I am worried that if I open it to let some out/remove them it will harm the externally pipped eggs. I have never had this happen before and need sage advice! Thanks!

 

[orloffer]

I'm so sorry this has happened to your chicks! I am not experienced with dealing with newly hatched chicks, but hopefully someone who is will come along soon.

 

[R2elk]

Help! Two of my chicks hatched (after I went to bed last night) with intestines hanging out-woke up to a horrible mess! Egg yolk and blood everywhere. Several otthers hatched along with them and my incuubator and chicks are a filthy mess. I still have several others left to hatch. My question is, is it ok to move the driest ones to brooders and take the 2 hurt ones out to put them down? The humidity is up to 86 and I am worried that if I open it to let some out/remove them it will harm the externally pipped eggs. I have never had this happen before and need sage advice! Thanks!

It is okay to open the incubator and remove chicks and the ones that need culled. Keep the length of time that the incubator is open to a minimum.

 

[OddsBodkins]

I'm so sorry this has happened to your chicks! I am not experienced with dealing with newly hatched chicks, but hopefully someone who is will come along soon.

Thank you! You are very kind!

 

[OddsBodkins]

It is okay to open the incubator and remove chicks and the ones that need culled. Keep the length of time that the incubator is open to a minimum.

Thank you! I guess I knew that, I just get so worried about losing too many, as I am needing to build more layers into my flock

 

[OddsBodkins]

Thank you! I guess I knew that, I just get so worried about losing too many, as I am needing to build more layers into my flock

Thank you! I guess I knew that, I just get so worried about losing too many, as I am needing to build more layers into my flock

I had to put the two down. Actually had husband do it-I can butcher the adults, but the chicks...Also, can I gently clean the filthy ones with warm H2O and a washcloth and maybe use a low temp hairdryer after they've been in the brooder a bit? I've only done that with week-old chicks after they'd been defecated on by another chick, or had pasty-butt-not a newborn. Never a dull moment with chickens, that's for sure!

 

[R2elk]

I had to put the two down. Actually had husband do it-I can butcher the adults, but the chicks...Also, can I gently clean the filthy ones with warm H2O and a washcloth and maybe use a low temp hairdryer after they've been in the brooder a bit? I've only done that with week-old chicks after they'd been defecated on by another chick, or had pasty-butt-not a newborn. Never a dull moment with chickens, that's for sure!

I would not, but that is me. Others have done it. I would let them get dry first.

 

[Flockincrazy]

Help! Two of my chicks hatched (after I went to bed last night) with intestines hanging out-woke up to a horrible mess! Egg yolk and blood everywhere. Several otthers hatched along with them and my incuubator and chicks are a filthy mess. I still have several others left to hatch. My question is, is it ok to move the driest ones to brooders and take the 2 hurt ones out to put them down? The humidity is up to 86 and I am worried that if I open it to let some out/remove them it will harm the externally pipped eggs. I have never had this happen before and need sage advice! Thanks!

You can leave them in the incubater for 3days are you able to take pic's of the ones that you are gonna cull if you haven't done it already

 

[OddsBodkins]

You can leave them in the incubater for 3days are you able to take pic's of the ones that you are gonna cull if you haven't done it already

I was able to take a picture of one. It got much worse after several minutes. The other looked a lot worse, and it was unable to move its right leg. It sort of dragged behind it.Poor little things.

 

[Flockincrazy]

You can leave them in the incubater for 3days are you able to take pic's of the ones that you are gonna cull if you haven't done it already

Sorry i just read the other messages sorry you had to do that how are the rest doing