March 2023 hatch-a-long

[SmiYa0126]

how about this
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I'm sorry, you may need to cull her

 

[LhickenChicken]

I'm sorry, you may need to cull her

 

[LhickenChicken]

How bout the dark one

 

[LhickenChicken]

How bout the dark one
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It hasnt gotten worse or better anything we can do for her?

 

[LhickenChicken]

It hasnt gotten worse or better anything we can do for her?

Oh and I'm going to wait for the yellow one. I dont want her to die so I will wait.

 

[Dinoroar]

Oh and I'm going to wait for the yellow one. I dont want her to die so I will wait.

It looks like they didn’t finish absorbing. The only thing I know to do in those cases is try and keep them quite in a dark incubator to finish absorbing. You don’t want them to tear it off or have another chick tear it. I don’t know how much chance they have. Maybe someone has more advice

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

how about this
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I had this happen in my last hatch, but not that prominent. The umbilical cord was wrapped around the chicks foot in the egg, and when it hatched, it was trying to walk around, but was pulling the cord until I realized what was going on, then I cut it. It’s like a prolapsed anus I think, but it did go back inside by itself in the first day or so. The chick lived and is healthy. Good luck

 

[Iluveggers]

I think I’ve seen people put those chicks in a soup mug lined with paper towels, so they can stay still and absorb whatever didn’t get absorbed. But I personally have no experience with that. Is there any old posts that talk about something similar?

 

[SmiYa0126]

I had this happen in my last hatch, but not that prominent. The umbilical cord was wrapped around the chicks foot in the egg, and when it hatched, it was trying to walk around, but was pulling the cord until I realized what was going on, then I cut it. It’s like a prolapsed anus I think, but it did go back inside by itself in the first day or so. The chick lived and is healthy. Good luck

I'm so glad there's still hope!!!

 

[junior67]

Think I saw put in bowl/cup, if unabsorbed yolk, so chick can't move around and leave in incubator to absorb.