- Jan 6, 2009
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We just had our first chick with this last night. It hadn't fully absorbed the yolk (about a teaspoon) and there were blood vessels around the sac.
We cut a cottage cheese container down so it would fit in the incubator, taped a Telfa pad (non-stick wound covering) to the bottom, wetted it slightly with sterile saline and scooped him up and put him in it in the incubator.
He had absorbed a lot of the yolk and the vessels were darker--looking like they were closing off by last night (4-5 hours after isolation).
The morning update is that he had jumped out of his cup and was with the two chicks we left in for company. The navel looks a little irritated, but not bloody. He's pretty perky, so we think he's going to make it. The plan is to take him out of the incubator when I get home from work so he can be with everybody else.
I sincerely hope it never happens again! Best of luck with your yolky babies.
We cut a cottage cheese container down so it would fit in the incubator, taped a Telfa pad (non-stick wound covering) to the bottom, wetted it slightly with sterile saline and scooped him up and put him in it in the incubator.
He had absorbed a lot of the yolk and the vessels were darker--looking like they were closing off by last night (4-5 hours after isolation).
The morning update is that he had jumped out of his cup and was with the two chicks we left in for company. The navel looks a little irritated, but not bloody. He's pretty perky, so we think he's going to make it. The plan is to take him out of the incubator when I get home from work so he can be with everybody else.
I sincerely hope it never happens again! Best of luck with your yolky babies.
