Help!!!!! What happens if chick doesn't absorb yolk sac?

[Smitty's Farm]

Thanks for asking!

I had to hold it on it's back, so I could get some shell off that had dried on the yolk sack and boy is it feisty. I couldn't hold it still long enough to put a bandage on it, but I did get some neosporin on it. It's resting a lot, but perks up and chirps when you talk to it.

I'm not sure about the other egg. I could of swore I saw it move last night, but who knows. It might be pipping as I type. The first little one that hatched plowed right over it and rolled it a bit. I need to go check it.

 

[wegotchickens]

Feisty is always a good sign, I think.

I sure hope she has a sister hatch soon...
I hate it that your first hatch is so totally stressful, Kim. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that things get better soon!!!

 

[Smitty's Farm]

Yes, Feisty is good! I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but it sure is a cutie!

 

[YoungMommaCass]

My first little incubator baby is having the same problem. Her egg was jumping around so much last night that I was worried that she hadn't pipped yet. This morning I woke up about 4:00 a.m. and checked her and she wasn't jumping as much.

I finally got back to sleep only to have nightmares about my eggs hatching into tiny naked little robin-like peeps whose heads broke off easily!

My 7 year old daughter woke us up yelling that the eggs were cracking.

The first little peeper, a little cuckoo moran/blue wyandotte cross, finally kicked out of her egg about 1/2 hour ago but her vent is still attached to her shell. I took a picture but it's a little blurred. She's dragging her egg shell around mowing over some of her little siblings eggs. Think I should move her out of the bator?

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff241/youngmommacass/Chickens/1stCuckooMoran.jpg

 

[wegotchickens]

Been away for a while. Are eveyrones peepers doing better????

 

[bugladyleah]

Hey all...just joined this thread b/c I did a search b/c I am having the same problem with one chick out of about 30 that hatched today. I went ahead and put it in another incubator all alone and rinsed the yolk sac with sterile saline. It seems strong, but it is still dragging the sac around. I am just going to leave it alone until morning, then rinse it again, I guess and then go to work and see what happens. I was curious as to what happened to the two chicks that were mentioned in this thread as having the same problem. I feel bad for it : ( Feel free to PM or email me with news.