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I'm sure it's him as I had him out of the bator to help him and I got a whiff of it and then held him closer to smell.
There's like a clear jelly on him with red veins through it.
 
Will that affect my other chick as there's one still drying off in there? Should I take that one out and put it in the brooder with my other chicks to dry off?
 
Ok thank you. Really would have liked it to have hatched ok. Especially because out of 10 chicks I have 3 hens the rest are boys and was hopping this could have been a girl. Can't believe how many boys I have!
 
bradronnie11 said:
Will that affect my other chick as there's one still drying off in there? Should I take that one out and put it in the brooder with my other chicks to dry off?
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Yeah, I'd pull the other one out... are there more going to hatch or is he the last?
 
RavynFallen said:
Are you sure the smell is coming from him or could it be the incubator? Bators can really get ripe at the end of a hatching, especially when it goes for a few days... if it is him, he may have omphalitis (sp?) an infection of the yolk sac/his belly... if so, he may not make it cuz of that...
But if it were me, then I'd go ahead an help him out a bit... use caution and go slow... if there aren't veins then pick off bits of the shell like you are finishing his zip for him, check the membrane and if veins are gone you can pull some of that away as well...

Edited to add: sorry just saw it says there are veins... not much you can do but wait then... if you nick those he'll prolly bleed out anyways... if his beak is clear for breathing just leave him til veins recede... if he doesn't make it, then it sounds like he wasn't meant to...
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xs 2 I was thinking the same thing about the smell. Bators can get quite smelly especially if you are a hands off hatcher and don't remove the shells and yucky stuff. Omphalitis is also a good point out as it can carry a smell.

Unfortunetly there isn't a lot you can do at this point if there is still prominent veining in the membrane. I would how ever have some sav a chic electrolyt on hand to put in the water. If this little guy/gal makes it, it's sounds as though he may be a little weak and need the extra help.
 
For some reason I had 9 BR X welsummer all 9 hatched ( 1 was the chick in question which I didn't know wether to rescue or not )
And my welsummer chicks out of 6 only 1 hatched? Can't work out why all the others died and never hatched. They weren't dry or wet they just looked normal, just never pipped
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what could have caused them to die when all the others hatched fine?
Unfortunately the little chick that was half hatched died this afternoon. His belly was full of the yolk but there was loads of blood veins. On closer inspection the yolk looked a little green. Would this have been the infection?
I did take the other one out when he was half dry, gave him a little rub down with a warm blanket and they added him to the brooder, had to corner a part off though as the others kept pecking at his feathers
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not sure why?

My other query is as they are sex linked I know the boys have white dots on their head, but I'm confused as I have some with black heads, some with large white dots that practically cover the whole top of their head and then some that have the tiniest white dot, that's nothing like the others. Are these still boys?
 
bradronnie11 said:
For some reason I had 9 BR X welsummer all 9 hatched ( 1 was the chick in question which I didn't know wether to rescue or not )
And my welsummer chicks out of 6 only 1 hatched? Can't work out why all the others died and never hatched. They weren't dry or wet they just looked normal, just never pipped
1f614.png
what could have caused them to die when all the others hatched fine?
Unfortunately the little chick that was half hatched died this afternoon. His belly was full of the yolk but there was loads of blood veins. On closer inspection the yolk looked a little green. Would this have been the infection?
I did take the other one out when he was half dry, gave him a little rub down with a warm blanket and they added him to the brooder, had to corner a part off though as the others kept pecking at his feathers
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not sure why?

My other query is as they are sex linked I know the boys have white dots on their head, but I'm confused as I have some with black heads, some with large white dots that practically cover the whole top of their head and then some that have the tiniest white dot, that's nothing like the others. Are these still boys?
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Sorry for the loss of the chick, but green color could be a sign of infection, think it's green or black that are signs...
Hybrids/crosses seem to hatch better and more prolific than pures sometimes, or maybe if the one had an infection there might have been more issues going on that aren't obvious?
BR is Barred Rock, right? I *think* that the girls can have small headspots as well, but the boys have the larger splotches across their heads... I'm not totally certain on that, but think I remember a discussion about that... and something about the width of the bars as they feather in?? One ends up looking darker than the other?
 
I'm hoping so as it means out of all my rocks I have only 3 hens but could have 6 if the tiny spots could be girls.
Yeah they are Plymouth rocks/barred rocks.
The father is a welsummer( also known as Easter egger I think as from learning on here) so he had mates with some other welsummers and the rocks giving me a mixture. These were shipped eggs so was so shocked that so many were viable, until the end that is.
I've been trying to find info on here about it but still searching
 

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