- Jun 11, 2012
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Good evening,
My first hatch. Local eggs from 25 miles away which I picked up. Today 6/11 is day 20 in the incubator, 1 bird zipped 10 hours before lockdown, born healthy (had humidiy issues but with wet microwaved wash clothes was able to control and get to 60%+, though I helped him out of the shell 9 hours after he zipped) My second bird who started zipping yesterday morning, hatched by himself around 12 noon, 6/10. The baby was born with a bloody hernia, with a piece of shell attached, trailing behind it, I left in the bator until the bird was dry, as it flopped around half alive for about 8 hours. He seemed to be getting stronger though and the hernia started to dry up as well, so I moved him to the brooder with the first born. Now he has a piece of shell stuck to his butt, not blocking poop, but doing a good job catching it. Cleaned his butt once with warm water, better but piece of shell is stuck on good I am guessing to his umbilical cord. I tugged on it a little though not to hard, I mean I do not want to disembowel him. He is eating and drinking fine, though I had a little trouble getting the first one to figure out the food and water, (that however is another thread) Any help is appreciated, at this point I am waiting to see if it will fall off. It does not seem to be bothering him, he looks healthy otherwise. I still have 33 eggs lockdowned in the bator for day 21 tomorrow, not sure why these hatched early, and at this point not sure if any more will hatch... I never did candle all of the eggs. Thank you for your answers in advance. Marc
My first hatch. Local eggs from 25 miles away which I picked up. Today 6/11 is day 20 in the incubator, 1 bird zipped 10 hours before lockdown, born healthy (had humidiy issues but with wet microwaved wash clothes was able to control and get to 60%+, though I helped him out of the shell 9 hours after he zipped) My second bird who started zipping yesterday morning, hatched by himself around 12 noon, 6/10. The baby was born with a bloody hernia, with a piece of shell attached, trailing behind it, I left in the bator until the bird was dry, as it flopped around half alive for about 8 hours. He seemed to be getting stronger though and the hernia started to dry up as well, so I moved him to the brooder with the first born. Now he has a piece of shell stuck to his butt, not blocking poop, but doing a good job catching it. Cleaned his butt once with warm water, better but piece of shell is stuck on good I am guessing to his umbilical cord. I tugged on it a little though not to hard, I mean I do not want to disembowel him. He is eating and drinking fine, though I had a little trouble getting the first one to figure out the food and water, (that however is another thread) Any help is appreciated, at this point I am waiting to see if it will fall off. It does not seem to be bothering him, he looks healthy otherwise. I still have 33 eggs lockdowned in the bator for day 21 tomorrow, not sure why these hatched early, and at this point not sure if any more will hatch... I never did candle all of the eggs. Thank you for your answers in advance. Marc
