Hey all,
This is my third hatch and this round my incubator was having much trouble keeping consistent heat. Out of 8 eggs, only 5 developed past a couple weeks. I have 3 healthy babies that had no problem getting out on their own, one died after it pipped, but it was malpositioned and pipped the wrong end.
I have one chick that never never pipped but the egg was rocking for days, but I couldn't hear peeping so I made a pip in the air cell, I could see the beak but it hadn't internally pipped. Anyways, I left him for days and there was no progress, humidity was kept at about 65%, and I kept moistening the membrane, but I thought he may have been shrink wrapped so when the blood vessels shrunk I made an internal pip at his beak. He made no progress on his own but was moving a lot and peeping so I prepared to assist today (5 days overdue).
He is strong, but he seems under developed. His eyes are no open and his navel is protruding. Yolk is all absorbed and very minimal bleeding observed when the inner membrane tore.
THE PROBLEM is I think he is still attached to the egg/membrane at his navel area. How do I help him/how long do I leave him to try to do this on his own? I want to give him the best chance. I was a veterinary technician for 8 years so I am not shy with these type of things, but not familiar medically with birds and I want him to survive!
Thank you for any assistance!! <3 I can try to upload pictures later on if that would be helpful.
This is my third hatch and this round my incubator was having much trouble keeping consistent heat. Out of 8 eggs, only 5 developed past a couple weeks. I have 3 healthy babies that had no problem getting out on their own, one died after it pipped, but it was malpositioned and pipped the wrong end.
I have one chick that never never pipped but the egg was rocking for days, but I couldn't hear peeping so I made a pip in the air cell, I could see the beak but it hadn't internally pipped. Anyways, I left him for days and there was no progress, humidity was kept at about 65%, and I kept moistening the membrane, but I thought he may have been shrink wrapped so when the blood vessels shrunk I made an internal pip at his beak. He made no progress on his own but was moving a lot and peeping so I prepared to assist today (5 days overdue).
He is strong, but he seems under developed. His eyes are no open and his navel is protruding. Yolk is all absorbed and very minimal bleeding observed when the inner membrane tore.
THE PROBLEM is I think he is still attached to the egg/membrane at his navel area. How do I help him/how long do I leave him to try to do this on his own? I want to give him the best chance. I was a veterinary technician for 8 years so I am not shy with these type of things, but not familiar medically with birds and I want him to survive!
Thank you for any assistance!! <3 I can try to upload pictures later on if that would be helpful.
