HELP! YOLK SAC MAYBE? RED LIGHT BLOODY NAVEL?!

[CluckNDoodle]

The last few times the goo stayed in the egg and another chick was close to hatching so i stayed up to see how it was getting out٫ once the chick was out their was a cord connected to the belly and it pretty much thrashed around till it ripped off. Im so confused

Occasionally the cord does that, it's not entirely too uncommon. If you see the chick dragging the shell by the cord you can pinch it with tweezers and snip it. Most of the time it comes lose on it's own. It sounds like your temps may have been a bit high or your humidity for the first 18 days a little too high. I would need to see more pictures but usually when you see a navel prematurely closed with a hernia it's because temps are high. Did you use a secondary calibrated thermometer/hygrometer during incubation or just the one on the incubator? What type of incubator are you using and what were your settings throughout incubation?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Too high of humidity causes that. It can also be from too high of temp and chicks hatching early. In general my last to hatch from a batch typically still have yolk sac attached. This is due to the spike in humidity as the bulk of the hatchlings emerge. So the ones that hatch a day late are still attached to the unabsorbed yolk sack.

If my birds are hatching during the day and have time I'll take them out with shells as they hatch to keep humidity from spiking up to 80% and beyond. That solves my problem for late bloomers.

Late spikes in humidity during hatch are to be expected and shouldn't cause any issues. Humidity in early incubation can cause enlarged chicks and similar issues but it's usually temperature when you see the little red hernia exposed and they're unable to finish absorbing because that navel "attempted" to close.

 

[Saika]

Occasionally the cord does that, it's not entirely too uncommon. If you see the chick dragging the shell by the cord you can pinch it with tweezers and snip it. Most of the time it comes lose on it's own. It sounds like your temps may have been a bit high or your humidity for the first 18 days a little too high. I would need to see more pictures but usually when you see a navel prematurely closed with a hernia it's because temps are high. Did you use a secondary calibrated thermometer/hygrometer during incubation or just the one on the incubator? What type of incubator are you using and what were your settings throughout incubation?

I have a second thermometer and i was investing in getting a hydrometer which is now in shipping٫ the temp stayed steady at 99-100 and the humidity near the first 2 Weeks was a struggle to keep steady

 

[Saika]

Late spikes in humidity during hatch are to be expected and shouldn't cause any issues. Humidity in early incubation can cause enlarged chicks and similar issues but it's usually temperature when you see the little red hernia exposed and they're unable to finish absorbing because that navel "attempted" to close.

During the hatching i lowered it to 98-99

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I have a second thermometer and i was investing in getting a hydrometer which is now in shipping٫ the temp stayed steady at 99-100 and the humidity near the first 2 Weeks was a struggle to keep steady

During the hatching i lowered it to 98-99

Are you using a stir air incubator or forced air? And did you calibrate the thermometer? I'm sorry if you've already answered these questions, lol.

 

[Saika]

Are you using a stir air incubator or forced air? And did you calibrate the thermometer? I'm sorry if you've already answered these questions, lol.

Ya the thermometer was calibrated٫ and im not sure what it is i think its forced air٫ also good needs just checked the chicks and the little button did heal

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Ya the thermometer was calibrated٫ and im not sure what it is i think its forced air٫ also good needs just checked the chicks and the little button did heal

I'm glad to hear they're progressing well! I suspect the incubator might be one fo the yellow top China-bators and they have a tendency to fluctuate in temps quite a lot. They aren't the most reliable incubators unfortunately. There are things that can be done to try to keep the temps more stable, such as using the styrofoam that comes in the shipping box as an insulator but if that's what you're using it's not due to anything you did wrong with the hatch that would have caused this. It's the incubator itself and the unstable fluctuations.

 

[Saika]

I'm glad to hear they're progressing well! I suspect the incubator might be one fo the yellow top China-bators and they have a tendency to fluctuate in temps quite a lot. They aren't the most reliable incubators unfortunately. There are things that can be done to try to keep the temps more stable, such as using the styrofoam that comes in the shipping box as an insulator but if that's what you're using it's not due to anything you did wrong with the hatch that would have caused this. It's the incubator itself and the unstable fluctuations.

Yes its one of the chines ones٫ I've had it for 2 years now i tried hatching ducks last year but i wasn't fully aware of how to do it then my aunt got the same incubator with luck she was getting about a Pretty good % so far I've had a little over 50% hatch. At the time its what i could afford I plan to get a better incubator. Out of 26 eggs I've so far had 14 chicks hatch and still a few are trying
14/26 which i find pretty good for the first time

 

[MysteryChicken]

That's not yolk, it's waste from when it was a developing embryo.

 

[Saika]

That's not yolk, it's waste from when it was a developing embryo.

Thank you I actually had panicked when i saw it yesterday