July 2022 Hatch-A-Long

[gimmie birdies]

I want to wait until it is not 100+ which is after Sunday

 

[FreedomFarm13]

So now I think the lavender baby's bottom half is stuck in the shell She still hasn't come out even though her strength is up quite a bit and she seems a lot more alert. Also, I think the last lavender baby, who pipped yesterday morning, might be stuck/sticky too. Should I just call it, pull the first baby, and give her a bath? Then help the other baby out too? It's been almost 24 hrs since the new baby pipped, and at least 12-16 since I helped the other one get her head out. I'm worried if I don't take action I may end up losing them both. What do you guys think? I can post pics if you need them to make a decision.

 

[FreedomFarm13]

This is the only one I already had on my phone....this is yesterday just after I helped her get her head out.

ETA: The pipped egg is in the bottom right of the pic, although you can't see much.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

My hatch is finally finished and I have 16 babies! I would have updated sooner but I was glued to the incubator for 36 hours and after that I was way too exhausted to do anything, even type!

So two of the 18 eggs that went into lockdown didn't make it. One never pipped internally and another one pipped externally but then died. When I opened it up later there was a mess of yellow goo (I assume egg yolk?) and of dark, clotted blood. Does anyone have any idea what could cause that death?

Out of the 16 that hatched, 10 were malpositioned! They were all malposition 4 from what I can tell, which is beak facing away from the air cell. Most of them hatched without a problem but I did have to assist the last one because it was so badly stuck. Oddly though, the two that didn't make it were normally positioned.

Here are some of the babies. I'll try to get more photos later!View attachment 3202735
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Congratulations on a great hatch! They are precious!

 

[Waterfaery]

So now I think the lavender baby's bottom half is stuck in the shell She still hasn't come out even though her strength is up quite a bit and she seems a lot more alert. Also, I think the last lavender baby, who pipped yesterday morning, might be stuck/sticky too. Should I just call it, pull the first baby, and give her a bath? Then help the other baby out too? It's been almost 24 hrs since the new baby pipped, and at least 12-16 since I helped the other one get her head out. I'm worried if I don't take action I may end up losing them both. What do you guys think? I can post pics if you need them to make a decision.

I am not experienced by any means but when I helped my little one the other day I followed the instructions in this article and was very careful not to deviate from them.

Is she trying to get out and can't manage or is she still resting and chewing?

 

[FreedomFarm13]

I am not experienced by any means but when I helped my little one the other day I followed the instructions in this article and was very careful not to deviate from them.

Is she trying to get out and can't manage or is she still resting and chewing?

She still seems pretty weak, but she can lift her head every once in a while. She is not chewing anymore. I think I can see that her wing is stuck to the membrane...it seems to be getting pulled kinda straight. I haven't seen her struggle and try to free herself yet. She seems to exhausted to try still.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

She still seems pretty weak, but she can lift her head every once in a while. She is not chewing anymore. I think I can see that her wing is stuck to the membrane...it seems to be getting pulled kinda straight. I haven't seen her struggle and try to free herself yet. She seems to exhausted to try still.

Yeah I've had like 3 the past few hatches that were quite similar to this.
Definitely read and study the assisted hatch post and go with your gut.
I've never helped one as much as I did on this last hatch but i could tell it waa getting weaker and weaker and very stuck even though I assisted a little at a time.
It made it with me helping but ya just gotta take it really slow, looking for veins, any sign of blood or yolk and go majorly slow!
I understand your dilemma...and hoping the little ones pull through. Keep an eye on the clock and listen carefully to the chick and your gut.

 

[Waterfaery]

Yes, it is a dilemma. I really don't know and I wish I did. I just know that in my limited experience of the two hatches I have done, when a chick made a pip hole big enough that I could actually see in and observe the beak, I noticed that they really didn't wait very long to start unzipping after they finished chewing.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

She still seems pretty weak, but she can lift her head every once in a while. She is not chewing anymore. I think I can see that her wing is stuck to the membrane...it seems to be getting pulled kinda straight. I haven't seen her struggle and try to free herself yet. She seems to exhausted to try still.

Have u tried moistening the membrane to unstick her?

 

[FreedomFarm13]

Have u tried moistening the membrane to unstick her?

I have tried, yes, but it seems to already have turned into basically concrete. It was already pretty hard when I helped her yesterday. I put neosporin on it, but it may have been too dried out already to make much difference. I think I'm gonna try giving her a bath in some warm running water and try to get her the rest of the way out. I'm also gonna help the other baby finish zipping. Will probably help the pipped baby first so she doesn't get even more stuck when I open the bayor. Wish me luck!