HELP MY PEACHICK !!!

[emmachickgirl]

i had a peachick hatch today but it started bleeding in the middle of the hatch so I cleaned the blood and helped it hatch a bit and it finally can out of its shell but it's barely moving and still bloody And know in my incubator if ANYONE TELL ME WHATS WRONG PLEASE HELP

 

[new 2 pfowl]

This little guy needs to be somewhere quite warm and perhaps be left alone for a bit. Do you have a brooder? Some of the expert hatchers here will likely have some experienced advice for you...

 

[BYC-user-174785]

I am not a hatching expert, but in the meantime did the chick internally pip and externally pip on its own? How did you notice the bleeding and where? Based on the pictures the chick did not completely absorb everything as the bloody membranes suggest. I had to assist a chick today that internally and externally pipped on its own. I did wait for the membrane to not be veiny to avoid bleeding and it worked out well. It seems like you rushed things along a bit. I wait as long as I can usually before assisting to lessen the chances of them bleeding badly. The previous day I had to completely assist an Opal peachick and once I took it out of the shell (there was no choice since it was going downhill plus it was malpositioned) it looked just like your chick. I put ointment on the umbilicus since everything wasn't completely absorbed. It did not bleed much when I was assisting it but mine bled from its umbilicus and passed away a few hours later. You should definitely put an ointment like neosporin on the umbilicus area and hope for the best. My Opal chick had other issues with it, so I am hoping your chick pulls through!

 

[Argus]

As long as it absorbed the yolk it has a chance. Had one a couple months ago with similar blood loss who lived. I held to apply light pressure with a moist towel to get the bleeding stopped.

Give water asap. I usually wait to give water until their second day because they don't really need it, but due to blood loss they are dehydrated so give immediately. I use a medicine dropper that came with my kids prescription. If you have save a chick add that to the water, if not dissolve some sugar into the water.

If it survives the night apply neosporin to the bellybutton area tomorrow and keep doing it for the next week. If loss of blood doesn't get him right away, infection might in a week or 2 so keep applying neosporin.

Good luck to you!

 

[casportpony]

How is the chick?

-Kathy

 

[emmachickgirl]

How is the chick?

-Kathy

It's (Dakota) doing better today but Dakotas legs are spread apart so I put pipe cleaner around the legs so they go back to normal (I hope) we're thinking that's why it had trouble hatching

 

[new 2 pfowl]

@emmachickgirl - I don't know about the pipe cleaner method, but if your chick has splayed legs you might take a look at this excellent advice from some of our wonderful peapeople:

@frenchblackcopper 's "burrito" holds the chick's legs in the position that they should properly be in, described in detail here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/896809/fixing-splayed-legs
@KsKingBee developed an effective alternate "sock burrito," see his posts on this page: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/971214/2015-peafowl-hatching-support-group-eggs-and-chicks/80

 

[casportpony]

Here is how I did one:



The stuff I use is that first aid tape that's like paper.

-Kathy