New Incubation Questions

[Sydney65]

I also ordered multiple sizes of the NR360 turners last year from a seller on Etsy that makes them with a 3D printer. If this is something you continue doing it might be worth it to you as well. They work great! I got one for Turkeys, Geese, and Quail.

BRILLIANT!!!

 

[Sydney65]

Both types of chlorhexadine, but was certain you meant spray. Povodine just incase. I will never have need to use this, but the backpack was laying around unused so why not make a handy 1st aide/hatching kit: Tweezers, blunt scissors, qtips, cotton balls,neosporin, stypic, toothbrush, gloves, a clean mashed potato tub and some small frisbees leftover from something else to use as a prep surface, electrolytes, probiotics, baby wipes,cloth diapers,terry cloths...missing anything?

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Both types of chlorhexadine, but was certain you meant spray. Povodine just incase. I will never have need to use this, but the backpack was laying around unused so why not make a handy 1st aide/hatching kit: Tweezers, blunt scissors, qtips, cotton balls,neosporin, stypic, toothbrush, gloves, a clean mashed potato tub and some small frisbees leftover from something else to use as a prep surface, electrolytes, probiotics, baby wipes,cloth diapers,terry cloths...missing anything?View attachment 2866992

Can see what it is exactly, but you’ll want the chlorhexadine solution (not scrub, so no soap) for dipping navels. I’d dilute the concentrated stuff 1:40 just before using. That’s going from dark blue to “sky blue” in color.

 

[Sydney65]

Can see what it is exactly, but you’ll want the chlorhexadine solution (not scrub, so no soap) for dipping navels. I’d dilute the concentrated stuff 1:40 just before using. That’s going from dark blue to “sky blue”

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Mine (spray) is https://synergylabs.com/product/antiseptic-antifungal-spray-2/

The other is cleanser. I'll pull it out, can use for other applications.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Both types of chlorhexadine, but was certain you meant spray. Povodine just incase. I will never have need to use this, but the backpack was laying around unused so why not make a handy 1st aide/hatching kit: Tweezers, blunt scissors, qtips, cotton balls,neosporin, stypic, toothbrush, gloves, a clean mashed potato tub and some small frisbees leftover from something else to use as a prep surface, electrolytes, probiotics, baby wipes,cloth diapers,terry cloths...missing anything?View attachment 2866992

Alcohol swabs because I disinfect everything before using it and med wrap is also very handy.

This is the chlorhexidine that I use.

 

[Sydney65]

Alcohol swabs because I disinfect everything before using it and med wrap is also very handy.

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This is the chlorhexidine that I use.

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Thats the one I just ordered, have the tape, fogot to mention, and have tons of swabs, used for a lot of things.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Thats the one I just ordered, have the tape, fogot to mention, and have tons of swabs, used for a lot of things.

Perfect!

 

[Sydney65]

Perfect! View attachment 2867217

Now, when you say "dip the navel"..spray, swab, or seriously dip this poor newly hatched baby...? And is that a preventative for only if the navel is open?

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Now, when you say "dip the navel"..spray, swab, or seriously dip this poor newly hatched baby...? And is that a preventative for only if the navel is open?

My experience with this was my first broody hatch. The girls were nesting in the coop and I decided to just leave them alone. They ended up with something like 150 eggs spread around between 7 different hens. It was insane and they couldn’t step around them well, and so it turned out that they broke eggs in the nest. I didn’t know because I was still hands off. I didn’t intervene until keets started hatching and hens started killing the keets…

At that point, I chased the hens off and that was my first real look at this giant nest. I candled and put developing eggs in my incubator. Unfortunately, all of those broken eggs had rotted on the intact eggs - the stench of rotting eggs was unbelievable! So, clearly there was a ton of bacteria all over the eggs, plus the incubator was absolutely jam packed, with no space between eggs - I had to throw out developing eggs as it was. So, I was very concerned that keets contact these horribly contaminated eggs and get omphalitis. The plan therefore was to monitor eggs, which were seriously staggered in development, and to grab them just as they were hatching. This was to minimize contact with the bacteria coating the eggs and incubator. I wore gloves and had diluted chlorhexadine and a sterile swab ready. I dabbed the chlorhexadine on the navel, and put the keet in a special warm, clean, and protected section of the brooder to recover from the hatch. CluckNDoodle actually helped me come up with this plan. Keets did amazingly well!


Ok so how does this pertain to you? Really I don’t know Sydney. I don’t think that dilute chlorhexadine navel “dip” will harm your keets, and it might prevent omphalitis… I am hoping that you won’t have sticky keets and precautions will be a moot point, because they’ll just be vigorous and strong and healthy. So, if you want to do it, I think it’s kind of a “can’t hurt, might help” thing!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Now, when you say "dip the navel"..spray, swab, or seriously dip this poor newly hatched baby...? And is that a preventative for only if the navel is open?

I dab it with a cotton ball gently.