Hi all, I just had my first bad hatch. Only 6 of 17 eggs hatched and they were all late. I believe it’s related to the deep cleaning I had to do after an acquaintance borrowed my incubator and gave it back absolutely filthy. I think the humidity measurement is off.
Anyway, they were a bunch of OE. The last to hatch on day 24 took forever and had some umbilical cord attached to it and the eggshell. It also couldn’t get off its back. I removed the rest of the chicks and it’s in the incubator alone. I eventually snipped off the cord close to the egg where it had dried a bit. I put it in a dish overnight so it stayed off its back. It is able to stand now but spends 99% of its time sleeping. Every once in awhile it stands up, looks around, and takes a couple steps, but then lies back down to sleep. It made all sorts of racket during and after the hatch but is very quiet now. Should I continue to leave it to rest or should I pull it out and give it nutri-drench and B-12 right away? It’s about 15 hours old.
Anyway, they were a bunch of OE. The last to hatch on day 24 took forever and had some umbilical cord attached to it and the eggshell. It also couldn’t get off its back. I removed the rest of the chicks and it’s in the incubator alone. I eventually snipped off the cord close to the egg where it had dried a bit. I put it in a dish overnight so it stayed off its back. It is able to stand now but spends 99% of its time sleeping. Every once in awhile it stands up, looks around, and takes a couple steps, but then lies back down to sleep. It made all sorts of racket during and after the hatch but is very quiet now. Should I continue to leave it to rest or should I pull it out and give it nutri-drench and B-12 right away? It’s about 15 hours old.
