Help!

[starriskyy]

Thank you so much. I'm terrible at waiting but I will have to do so!

 

[Pyxis]

Thank you so much. I'm terrible at waiting but I will have to do so!

You're welcome! Keep us updated

 

[starriskyy]

Okay. I got up this morning and it had no progress. That would have made just under 40 hours. So I intervened.....I'm not sure at this point. Yolk still seems a little on the outside still. I left that part of the shell attached and just put her under the heat lamp... Bad idea or no? I'm clueless!!!!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

With that much blood and the yolk still not fully absorbed I would say it still was not ready to hatch. How is the chick now? I see you posted over two hours ago. The chick would have been better by putting it in a cup and back into the incubator. Putting into a cup helps them not to damage the yolk sac and gives them chance to finish absorbing it. Are you using an incubator or a broody hen?

 

[starriskyy]

Sadly the chick passed. It was an adandoned egg from the hen, it had pipped Thursday night and hen just left it. I'm sure she knew something we didn't. I was keeping my bathroom warm and humid. Once hatched, I put it under a lamp and it was drying and moving around and chirping, then it just stopped moving and passed. I am disappointed and saddened - wished I had had an incubator!

 

[Pyxis]

Sorry you lost it

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Sorry to hear you lost your chick

Nature sure is wonderful but often heart breaking thing too. As you say maybe the hen knew something was not quite right.

 

[starriskyy]

Thank you. It's disheartening but Definitely a learning experience.