May Hatch Thread--Fill up those bators n' broodies!

[Missyktsm]

Okay, this thing hanging from my chicks butt has gotten bigger. I've isolated him, used cornstarch to stop the bleeding and have put bacitracin on it. ANY ideas?

 

[hokankai]

That looks bad. Looks like the yolk sac has been expelled from the abdomen. All you can do is wait and see what happens. Make sure it gets food and water since it doesn't have yolk to survive off of now.

 

[melina90]

Okay, this thing hanging from my chicks butt has gotten bigger. I've isolated him, used cornstarch to stop the bleeding and have put bacitracin on it. ANY ideas?

This chick will probably die. You can give him a chance, but you'll have to make sure he gets food and water and that he is always in a clean environment so it doesnt get infected. What you can hope is that it'll dry up so you can just cut it off near the navel. You should consider culling if you don't think you'll be able to monitor him closely enough. There's a risk that he'll get his feet tangled up in this stuff and pull his innards out with it...

 

[Jackandwhitey]

I had 22 Australorp chicks hatch on May 11th from 24 eggs in my HovaBator. I put 48 Barred Rock Eggs in on May 12th. The eggs were sold at a local auction as being fertile. I am anxious to see, something doesn't smell too good!

 

[kannna]

You perhaps should try and find that bad egg before it explodes all over the inside of your incubator!

 

[chickydee64]

HI,
Still going slow here........I knew I had low temp.........
5 out and lots of pips Today should be day 23............did not lockdown till day 19.
don't know how or if this affected them...........
Geeze JM, really hope you get a late hatch............................
good luck all
Later,

 

[Partyfowl]

6 out, 3 more pips. Moved two to the brooder. I've opened the incubator 1/2 dozen times already today. Ugg. But luckily the brinsea humidity pump pops the humidity back really quickly.

 

[el pollo rey]

She will lay fertile eggs for up to 8 days from one breeding

 

[melina90]

Just wanted to show you guys the worst aircells on my shipped hedemora eggs due in 5 days. I'm moving the whole incubator into the dark room and candling without handling the eggs, because these aircells are BAD...

No.1 : If you look closely this one extends down towards the pointy end of the egg, as well as being saddle dip. The embryo is active and kicking.


No.2: This one looks almost normal when I put it in a specific position in the eggtray, but when picked up it shows that the aircell isn't stable at all.


No. 3: Rather typical saddle dip shape to this one, but the size concerns me. That is going to be one small chicken!! Also, the most porous egg in the batch.


No.4: Seriously. This looks like a freakin continent on a map.


For reference, here's an egg from my own flock that was both laid and set the same day:



So... Wanna place bets on how many surviving chicks I get from these?

Needless to say, my expectations are low - but my hopes are high!

 

[Missyktsm]

This chick will probably die. You can give him a chance, but you'll have to make sure he gets food and water and that he is always in a clean environment so it doesnt get infected. What you can hope is that it'll dry up so you can just cut it off near the navel. You should consider culling if you don't think you'll be able to monitor him closely enough. There's a risk that he'll get his feet tangled up in this stuff and pull his innards out with it...

He had lost all energy and seemed to be suffering a great deal...and the protrusion was just getting bigger every few minutes. I did the humane thing and ended his suffering. It only lasted a few seconds but was still heart wrenching.