Not sure what to do.......

[cmom]

If you heard peeping and no piping outside the chick has piped the air pocket on the inside of the egg. Hang in there it may still hatch. It's a lot of hard work hatching.
DON'T try to help it or it will die. The only time I have helped a chick hatch is when it has pretty much hatched and gets stuck. I have tried to help chicks that were piped for well over 24 hrs without zipping and they have died.

 

[juliemom25]

Hey guys, I just wanted to update you all on what happened with our little chick. We woke up Saturday morning to a pipand slight zip (really just looked like a large pip). I could see the baby was still alive. I noticed right off though that the white membrane was detatched from the shell and was very dry. I was thinking that this chick was possibly shrink wrapped, but I could see it moving a little bit, so we let it go. I watched it closely all day and by 3:00 it hadn't zipped any more and was moving and peeping less and less. I had been researching helping a chick hatch for quite some time and I decided that this chick was probably going to die if we didn't help. I was nervous though as to what I would find. We took the chick to the bathroom with the shower going and did our E-section. We very gently zipped the shell away (not the white membrane) and used a dropper to keep things moist. We also had the egg sitting on a moist towel. Once we zipped the shell we poked a couple small holes in the membrane to be sure there was no blood. At the point w pretty much just let the chick push the egg open, which it did. Really, it went perfectly and now we have one healthy little chick. We were luck enough to have timed it right though. Too soon and the yolk wouldn't have been absorbed and we could of had bleeding problems and too late and the poor little thing certainly would have been completely shrink wrapped. It was very restricted and dry when we broke the egg open.

Thank you for your help!

Julie

 

[Fleezie]

 

[obaan1]

Any action from the remaining 11? Glad that you have one to celebrate!!

 

[juliemom25]

Thanks for helping me celebrate! Nothing from the other 11. They are still in the incubator, but today is day 24, so I don't have much hope. I might do the float test on them tomorrow to try and help clear up if they even developed. I don't think I am much into breaking them open. There are no stinkies there though.......

We are certainly looking on the bright side though and thankful for little Uno!

Julie

 

[GrannysRoost]

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Congrats on your uno...can you go get another chick from a feed store to keep it company...I had to do that with my first

 

[juliemom25]

I would pick up another couple chicks if I could, but our tractor supply has been out for weeks. Maybe craigslist?

Oh and we checked out the other 11 eggs that did not hatch. I really didn't want to but curiosity got to me. Out of the 11, only 1 had developed some. So that makes me feel a little better about my hatching ability. Does that mean it was an egg issue? Also, should I tell the seller. I am a little frustrated that we went to all that effort (and money) for 1 chick. What would you do?

THanks!! Julie

 

[Gypsy07]

If you do tell the seller, please be careful not to jump the gun and accuse them of sending infertile eggs. Just because an egg did not develop in any way, does not mean it was not fertilised. Shipping is very rough on eggs and sellers can genuinely have near enough 100% fertility on their own eggs but 0% on some batches of eggs they have sent out, purely due to rough handling in transit. Sometimes, poor packaging can be a contributary factor, but even the best packed eggs can be scrambled in transit. If you feel that the packaging of your shipped eggs is sub-standard, the time to mention this to the seller is before you set the eggs, not after 21 days of incubation. I think you could politely let your seller know your result, and if you're lucky, perhaps they will offer to send you more eggs for just the cost of shipping. If not though, hey, that's just the chance you take on shipped eggs. Some people feel lucky for every single chick that hatches.

I was halfway through incubating 18 Marsh Daisy eggs this week, and I had to toss 12 of them cause they were undeveloped and seeping goo. The yolks were all burst. Another four showed slight development but I'm sure they have now quit. So on day 12 I think I only have two good eggs out of 18. Sigh...

 

[ChestnutRidge]

I have also heard that Marans eggs require a different technique when hatching because they have so much brown coating on the outside. You can look around on here, but I believe that it involves sanding the outside of the egg. If you didn't adapt your technique, that may be one of the causes to look into for next time.

In the meantime, congratulations on your healthy chick!

Now, where's the pic?