Please Advise!! Major SOS

[Silkie Princess]

I was thinking that last night, but was hoping I was wrong. I know how to cull and butcher an adult - is it the same for the chick? (Minus the butchering)

Look at @Wyorp Rock's signature (sorry for tagging you!) there is a link to a chick culling article

 

[RosemaryDuck]

Has it retracted at all or absorbed since your first post or is it still hanging out? Can you provide a picture of the underside of the chick in better lighting? Sometimes it helps just to see another angle to be sure.

 

[Miss Lydia]

We definitely need better pictures before saying what should be done.
@CountrifiedCoturnix

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Look at @Wyorp Rock's signature (sorry for tagging you!) there is a link to a chick culling article

It's fine!

 

[CountrifiedCoturnix]

Thank you all for the information. Next time, I will get better pictures. Little one didn’t make it.

New question, probably for a different post/different forum - how do I avoid this in the future?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Thank you all for the information. Next time, I will get better pictures. Little one didn’t make it.

New question, probably for a different post/different forum - how do I avoid this in the future?

Make sure all the incubator settings are correct and functional so the chicks develop right.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[Lizzy733]

There are so many potential factors that can cause something like this - diet and condition of the breeding group(age, level of inbreeding etc), handling of the egg pre-incubation, frequency of turning, conditions during incubation... Could even just have been a terminal chick from the start - not genetic combinations are winners....

If it is one chick out of many, I would not be too concerned. If you are having trouble with a majority of the hatch, then it's worth looking into. If these were shipped eggs or brought in from another location, this will affect the hatchability. Shipped eggs that have traveled far will give the most trouble with hatch rates as low as 50% for some.