Saddle sack? Help needed please!

[Jaylou88]

It looks good.

Thank goodness! I'm pretty sure 2 and 3 pipped this morning but i only put a safety hole on at 7.30pm. Would you recommend still waiting 8-12 until I remove more of the shell?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Thank goodness! I'm pretty sure 2 and 3 pipped this morning but i only put a safety hole on at 7.30pm. Would you recommend still waiting 8-12 until I remove more of the shell?

Yes, they seem to do better when you do.

 

[Jaylou88]

Yes, they seem to do better when you do.

Thank you xx

 

[Jaylou88]

Thank you xx

Your article is super helpful!

 

[Jaylou88]

Still some yolk in the bottom of egg so hopefully he's absorbing it all x

 

[Jaylou88]

I'm so in love

2 more should be here this afternoon. One has pipped internally and one is getting ready to. Fingers crossed they all make it x

 

[Jaylou88]

2 fully hatched in incubator. Have been in there since roughly 2pm and both still very weak. Moving and cheeping but unable to hold their heads up for very long. Been giving sugar water x

 

[Jaylou88]

So #1 came and hatched with assistance with no issues whatsoever.

#2 & #3 both hatched assisted at the same time but were very weak. Both struggled for hours and couldn't even hold their heads up. I was so upset and was fully convinced they wouldn't make it. My husband made up an electrolyte he found on the Internet and we gave them as much as they would let us.

After divering on whether to leave them in the incubator for longer or move them to the brooder, we moved them for ease of giving them electrolytes and not wanting to affect the 2 eggs that had safety holes. I went to bed thinking they wouldn't be alive this morning and to my happy surprise both are so much better. Both holding their own heads up and racing around. There is one who is tiny, he was in a really tiny egg.

#4 & #5 are both hatching in the incubator right now. I'm so in love with them all but will be happy when they've all hatched and I can sleep for more than half an hour without worrying lol

You've all been so fabulous. I am so grateful for you taking your time to share your advice and I honestly don't think we would be at this stage if it wasn't for it.


Some pics of the first 3

 

[Jaylou88]

All hatched. All doing well. One has a splayed leg which I've done the band aid trick with. Was touch a go for some but all doing amazingly today