Power outage!!!

[Cynthia12]

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Not sure if it hatched yet..or if you helped it? I would say from your description that it was just turning. They will breath really hard, it's hard work to get outta there! The head is curved down and around and under the leg, it always amazes me at how they wriggle around in there to be where they should be.

 

[Dodgersmomma]

I helped him out of the egg, it seemed like there was a lot of blood but now that I think of it there really wasn't that much. Once I got him out of the egg I put him back in the incubator but he still hasn't gotten up to walk. He is just sitting/laying there taking deep breaths. If you try and move him he kicks but that's all. He is also chirpping so I think that's a good sign....

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

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I had an assisted hatch baby that was downed for a day and a half! So dont get freaked out if it doesnt stand up by tomorrow. It will come around, just make sure the other chicks dont pick on her!

Here was my little Miracle minutes after hatch..

Here she was 2 days later!

 

[Dodgersmomma]

That makes me feel SOOOOO much better, that's how he is laying and I was scared that I had done something wrong. I'm only 15 and I want to be a vet, after doing this it made my dream go down the drain. Now I'm not as freaked out. Thank you so much!

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

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No problem dear! You'll have to keep us updated on how the little one is!

(edit to say that the 1st pic I posted wasnt the minutes after hatch one I wanted to post at first but the pic I did post was the end of day 1 after she had hatched.. So it worked even better

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[runsw/scissors]

Chicks that hatch themselves tend to lay there just catching their breath, so I think just laying there is perfectly normal. No worries! The little guy will get going when it's ready too.

Looks like you did just fine!

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

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Post #12 she said the chick was an assisted hatch so he was probably hatched too early since she said he's laying just like my chick in the post above but it was either hatch early or die so I think she made the right call!

 

[runsw/scissors]

Sorry, I didn't make my post very clear, I was aware that this chick is an assisted hatch. sorry for the confusion

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

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lol its alright

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

Also once you got them off, Make sure to either fly sprey her mane, tail and the points of her knees and ankles really good and also my friend uses baby oil on her horses at those points an she swares by it..