- Thread starter
- #391
- Apr 22, 2015
- 199
- 191
- 131
So here is a recap of yesterday and last night.
Around 8am yesterday I opened the air cells of 2 eggs that had been internally piped 18-24 hrs. The pure serama was in a good position for external pip, but never progressed. The serama X EE pipped into a space unable to reach shell. I diligently kept the membrane moist but tried to do little to help other than make sure the membrane wasn't stuck any place.
So the pure serama died in the shell. It never did anything more than the first internal pip. No big bleeds with the assist. I rolled the membrane off the top of the head and a leg before I went to bed at 2 am, but no luck. Autopsy this morning showed full absorption of the yolk.
So bummed.
The EE mix pulled itself out of the shell around 11pm but there were still active blood vessels and the umbilical cord was secured very well to the shellyolk was absorbed.
I put corn starch on the one bleed I saw, then used medical tape to secure it in its shell but it was very active and I was still worried it would pull something out and /or bleed to death if I left it attached to the shell while I slept. So around 2 am after most of the veins receded I tied off and cut the umbilical cord. Not sure if that was the right call but it seemed the best decision at the moment.
Chick still got itself in trouble. It crawled to the corner of the incubator closest to the brooder and got it's leg stuck where the wire floor meets the wall. It's out now, but seems weaker than it was. I don't want to put it with the bigger chicks yet so I filled it's belly with electrolytes, and stuck it back in the incubator. After a couple hours rest. It seems mostly content to curl up against a la bresse egg that's internally piped, but if the chicks in the brooder get loud It's back scrambling against the wall.
New chick with 3 week old sibling
I'm going to set up a temp brooder for the new guys to use until they get their legs under them.
