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[LuvMyChicks1491]

Question...How long after a chick hatches should it be dried off and up and moving. My second chick hatched out a little more then an hour ago and I'm not sure that it is going to make it. I let it do it's own thing and there was a little blood in the shell. Is that normal?. The temp has stayed at 102 an humidity has stayed at 67-68. It still looks wet and isn't moving much. It is cheeping and I can see that it is still breathing. It was the last chick to hatch so I don't know if I should take it out of the incubator or just leave it in there for a little while longer. Should I maybe give it a few drops of sugar water with an eye dropper?

 

[Cass]

Question...How long after a chick hatches should it be dried off and up and moving. My second chick hatched out a little more then an hour ago and I'm not sure that it is going to make it. I let it do it's own thing and there was a little blood in the shell. Is that normal?. The temp has stayed at 102 an humidity has stayed at 67-68. It still looks wet and isn't moving much. It is cheeping and I can see that it is still breathing. It was the last chick to hatch so I don't know if I should take it out of the incubator or just leave it in there for a little while longer. Should I maybe give it a few drops of sugar water with an eye dropper?

some water wouldn't be a bad idea....I have had ducks (not chicks) squished by Momma foot and dry off by morning and walk around....sooo, I would give it more time to decide if it is going to get up and live or lay down and die.

 

[horsekeeper]

Question...How long after a chick hatches should it be dried off and up and moving. My second chick hatched out a little more then an hour ago and I'm not sure that it is going to make it. I let it do it's own thing and there was a little blood in the shell. Is that normal?. The temp has stayed at 102 an humidity has stayed at 67-68. It still looks wet and isn't moving much. It is cheeping and I can see that it is still breathing. It was the last chick to hatch so I don't know if I should take it out of the incubator or just leave it in there for a little while longer. Should I maybe give it a few drops of sugar water with an eye dropper?

Make sure it isn't so sticky it's glued to the bottom of the incubator. I had to rescue a few late hatchers from this and give them a bit of a bath so they could move enough to get up and going.

 

[Glasshen]

Gramma, so sorry to hear of Goldie's passing. I am sure she will be missed.

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

Make sure it isn't so sticky it's glued to the bottom of the incubator. I had to rescue a few late hatchers from this and give them a bit of a bath so they could move enough to get up and going.

some water wouldn't be a bad idea....I have had ducks (not chicks) squished by Momma foot and dry off by morning and walk around....sooo, I would give it more time to decide if it is going to get up and live or lay down and die.

I plan on giving it as much time as it needs to make up it's own mind. It is pushing itself around in there so I reached in and took out the egg shell. It's eyes looked stuck together so I took a warm wash cloth and wiped them off and it opened them a little. It looks like there was a little more blood then I first thought. There was a bunch in the shell. I don't know if one of the kids tried to help it. Both said that they never touched it so not sure if I am to believe them. When I wiped it's eyes the clothe was brown. The chick feels dry just like it was jelled down. Maybe it has blood on it's body too? Should I try to wash it off a little with the warm washcloth? Do you think that it will survive? It is just so cute I don't want to lose it, but I understand a lot more if it does then the kids will, but then again they took the other chick not making it pretty good

 

[Cass]

I plan on giving it as much time as it needs to make up it's own mind. It is pushing itself around in there so I reached in and took out the egg shell. It's eyes looked stuck together so I took a warm wash cloth and wiped them off and it opened them a little. It looks like there was a little more blood then I first thought. There was a bunch in the shell. I don't know if one of the kids tried to help it. Both said that they never touched it so not sure if I am to believe them. When I wiped it's eyes the clothe was brown. The chick feels dry just like it was jelled down. Maybe it has blood on it's body too? Should I try to wash it off a little with the warm washcloth? Do you think that it will survive? It is just so cute I don't want to lose it, but I understand a lot more if it does then the kids will, but then again they took the other chick not making it pretty good

I would do more than wash it with a warm washcloth....I would get a small bowl of warm water and a couple of drops of BLUE dawn dish soap and put the little chicky right in the bowl and wash him/her well....then I would dry it off with a washcloth and put back under warm lights of some kind. Maybe some sugar water too.

(They use blue dawn to wash wildlife that gets caught up in oil spills)

 

[horsekeeper]

I would do more than wash it with a warm washcloth....I would get a small bowl of warm water and a couple of drops of BLUE dawn dish soap and put the little chicky right in the bowl and wash him/her well....then I would dry it off with a washcloth and put back under warm lights of some kind. Maybe some sugar water too.

(They use blue dawn to wash wildlife that gets caught up in oil spills)

X2 That's exactly what I did except I used plain warm water. Just hold it's head up out of the water and gently tease the slime off. As long as there is enough off to move freely and poop they will groom it off themselves over the next few days.

I used a custard cup or cereal bowl and cotton balls to clean the face/head.

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

I gave it a bath and at least now it looks nice and fluffy, but I think that there may be more wrong. I may be over thinking it, but my gut tells me that I am right. I'm going to give it till morning to see if it straightens out and start to use it's leg more and if not then I'm going to have to gather the strenght and cull it
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On a good note here is a pic of my other little one. I'll be taking some more tomorrow with better lighting! I think that I tried taking too many cause it fell asleep in my hand...(Insert Aww here)

 

[rancher hicks]

Question...How long after a chick hatches should it be dried off and up and moving. My second chick hatched out a little more then an hour ago and I'm not sure that it is going to make it. I let it do it's own thing and there was a little blood in the shell. Is that normal?. The temp has stayed at 102 an humidity has stayed at 67-68. It still looks wet and isn't moving much. It is cheeping and I can see that it is still breathing. It was the last chick to hatch so I don't know if I should take it out of the incubator or just leave it in there for a little while longer. Should I maybe give it a few drops of sugar water with an eye dropper?

An hour is not long. Since chicks can go three days without eating don't worry nor rush things. Chicks are babies let them rest. Be patient.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Heres her baby pic she is the white chick

I prefer the flip Side :To own chickens is to JOY . I really enjoy raising them . There is occasional pain ...but the Joy I get from them far out weighs the pain .
Can you tell are your hens in Pain ?