Oh no! Help?

[AmyLynn2374]

BTW. Congratulations!!!

 

[ChickieTeacher]

My little one that had unabsorbed yolk last hatch I ended up wetting a paper towel putting it in the bottom of a coffee mug and popping the little guy/girl in there and placing the mug in the brooder. (Just make sure if you do this you offer water periodically.) I tried putting the mug back in the incubator and even though it fit it was right under the heating elements and that bugger kept trying to get out and I was afraid it would burn himself. Took most of the day but it finished absorbing the yolk (without rupturing it, bad thing if it gets ruptured) and by evening it had a small dried up ball (I believe it was membrane left at the "navel") That eventually came off a couple days later. I can't even tell which chick it was now (one of the spitzhaubens and I have 11...lol).

I helped him out a few hours later. It wasn't his yolk, it was just glued to his back. I used a damp paper towel. He's doing fine now.

I moved the three who have hatched into the brooder. Technically the eggs aren't supposed to hatch until tomorrow and I've got about seven more in the incubator that haven't pipped a bit, but the three were doing a number on them rolling them all over the place.

Hopefully I didn't mess anything up with opening the incubator during lockdown, but I felt it was for the best. Fingers crossed!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I helped him out a few hours later. It wasn't his yolk, it was just glued to his back. I used a damp paper towel. He's doing fine now.

I moved the three who have hatched into the brooder. Technically the eggs aren't supposed to hatch until tomorrow and I've got about seven more in the incubator that haven't pipped a bit, but the three were doing a number on them rolling them all over the place.

Hopefully I didn't mess anything up with opening the incubator during lockdown, but I felt it was for the best. Fingers crossed!

Adorable. If there were none pipped there is no risk as long as the humidity is back up for when they do pip. I open my bator throughout my hatch to remove chicks. I keep my humidity at 75% during hatch not letting it fall to 65% and I never have a problem. I have never had an egg pip or zip and die in the shell. I don't believe in leaving chicks in the bator for 24 hours +.