Well everyone this has been a learning experience. I've had a couple chicks that pipped yesterday that had some trouble getting out of their shells. The membrane began drying out these. I've had to try to assist three. This chick V seems to be doing well and is back in the bator acting like a newly hatched chick. It unzipped about halfway and appeared to have gotten stuck. This V chick pipped yesterday in the lower half of the shell. The membrane appeared to be drying out. In the lower pic when I punctured the blood vessel I stopped and coated the membrane with Bacitracin and it is back in the bator. I'm not sure how long to let this one go time-wise to try to assist it. The third chick I helped out was no doubt stuck in the shell. It is back in the bator and doesn't look well. There's also what looks like a bubble of fluid under it's skin above the wing. All I can do is keep an eye on it. I'll post a pic later if it necessary or should it not make it. I tried to make the best call on these that I could. I don't think I intervened too soon??? So far there are 23 healthy chicks in the brooder. All of them had no problems hatching. I'm thinking the chicks that had problems are due to damaged air cells??? There is still one egg with an live internal pip but no external that I almost cracked open. Please everyone give me your opinions on how I have gone about this. It won't hurt my feelings. When the hatch is over I'll post the tally. Meanwhile V these guys are the result of the hatch. Pam, your little legbar is laying in the food tray.
I would have held off the help my last hatch I had one straglier . When I would pick it up I could feel it move so I would but it back. It was three days later than the main hatch. When he finally got out he was weak and had the yolk attached. The others in the bator made quick work of his yolk. I ended up hand watering him with a dropper. After two days he was fine. Anyway I think they work in spurts to get out taking naps in between. Pam
I had an eventful day. Our order came I have the Jill Rees line of Legbars yea! I have 3 colors of ishbars the new import line can't wait for green eggs. I got the American Bresse,Sumtaler,Marens, I'll have barneveder in 6 months.
Ok Pam thank you. I was thinking the membrane looked too dry when it starts to turn brown/tan. The chicks were very dry. I guess i'll leave the last one with the ointment alone and see what happens. I don't know what else to do for now? I'm thinking the bubble I thought I saw on the one chick was just the way it was laying. It's moving around more now in the bator.
One of the pullet egg chicks that hatched on it's own is having a hard time. It looks like the breathing is labored, it is crying a lot in between sleeping and kind of jerks and rolls on it's back.
Anything I should try to do with this one. I've tried to get it to drink by dipping the beak in water.
Nevermind on this chick, it died from the time I could post this till I checked on it.
I had an eventful day. Our order came I have the Jill Rees line of Legbars yea! I have 3 colors of ishbars the new import line can't wait for green eggs. I got the American Bresse,Sumtaler,Marens, I'll have barneveder in 6 months.
I like Bresse and may be interested in eggs someday. What color/kind of Marans did you get? I'm really hoping that the one blue Isbar I have is a hen! If it's a rooster in sending it to you, Hahaha!!!
Well everyone this has been a learning experience. I've had a couple chicks that pipped yesterday that had some trouble getting out of their shells.
The membrane began drying out these. I've had to try to assist three.
This chick V seems to be doing well and is back in the bator acting like a newly hatched chick. It unzipped about halfway and appeared to have gotten stuck.
This V chick pipped yesterday in the lower half of the shell. The membrane appeared to be drying out.
In the lower pic when I punctured the blood vessel I stopped and coated the membrane with Bacitracin and it is back in the bator.
I'm not sure how long to let this one go time-wise to try to assist it.
The third chick I helped out was no doubt stuck in the shell. It is back in the bator and doesn't look well.
There's also what looks like a bubble of fluid under it's skin above the wing. All I can do is keep an eye on it. I'll post a pic later if it necessary or should it not make it.
I tried to make the best call on these that I could. I don't think I intervened too soon??? So far there are 23 healthy chicks in the brooder. All of them had no problems hatching.
I'm thinking the chicks that had problems are due to damaged air cells??? There is still one egg with an live internal pip but no external that I almost cracked open.
Please everyone give me your opinions on how I have gone about this. It won't hurt my feelings.
When the hatch is over I'll post the tally. Meanwhile V these guys are the result of the hatch.
Pam, your little legbar is laying in the food tray.
I had an eventful day. Our order came I have the Jill Rees line of Legbars yea! I have 3 colors of ishbars the new import line can't wait for green eggs. I got the American Bresse,Sumtaler,Marens, I'll have barneveder in 6 months.
Thank you Linda. Though I'm feeling kind of bad because I'm not so sure I made the right decision in trying to help the third chick out, the one with the ointment. The other two are alive in the bator. These are hard calls to make for a beginner. I was afraid these being shipped eggs that the damaged air cells were causing this and that I needed to do something fast. I guess it's a success if the they live when assisted. When I finally get to hatch my own eggs(not shipped) I feel I'll have something to compare to. I think the humidity 30% for incubation and 54% for hatch was good because all the others had no problems hatching. The ones I got to watch hatch were wet compared to the ones I assisted.
I'm also not so sure I didn't kill the pullet egg chick by accident. I believe it was fine when I pulled it out of the bator. I think I may have caused it to inhale water by dipping it's beak in water. But I guess I'll never know. Aren't we supposed to show the chicks were the water is in this way or not?
I like Bresse and may be interested in eggs someday. What color/kind of Marans did you get? I'm really hoping that the one blue Isbar I have is a hen! If it's a rooster in sending it to you, Hahaha!!!
FBC Marens, I would think the way it lets you Handel it,it would be a hen. I watched a lot of feather sexting videos on utube. One catch you have to check at 3 days old or younger. Yours sure is pretty. Pam
Thank you Linda. Though I'm feeling kind of bad because I'm not so sure I made the right decision in trying to help the third chick out, the one with the ointment. The other two are alive in the bator. These are hard calls to make for a beginner. I was afraid these being shipped eggs that the damaged air cells were causing this and that I needed to do something fast. I guess it's a success if the they live when assisted. When I finally get to hatch my own eggs(not shipped) I feel I'll have something to compare to. I think the humidity 30% for incubation and 54% for hatch was good because all the others had no problems hatching. The ones I got to watch hatch were wet compared to the ones I assisted.
I'm also not so sure I didn't kill the pullet egg chick by accident. I believe it was fine when I pulled it out of the bator. I think I may have caused it to inhale water by dipping it's beak in water. But I guess I'll never know. Aren't we supposed to show the chicks were the water is in this way or not?
DO NOT SWEAT IT!!! Seriously. There is a learning curve. Just say opps and move on. You cannot beat yourself up over any mistakes that are made. Besides, your new babies need you to be a good chicken mom and how will you be able to do that unless you believe in and love yourself. OK, that was a little over board.
When the hatch is over I'll post the tally. Meanwhile V these guys are the result of the hatch. Pam, your little legbar is laying in the food tray.
