Serama Hatch-A-Long!!

[Fluffyserama]

So the EE mix pulled itself out of the shell but there are still active blood vessels

The yolk seems to be almost if not completely absorbed but the umbilical cord is still pretty thick.
I put corn starch on the one bleed I saw, but don't know what more I can do for it at this point other than check for bleeds every so often.

The other chick hasn't done anything.

 

[Fluffyserama]

**** .... Don't think I'm gonna sleep much

 

[Fluffyserama]

So the pure serama died in the shell. It internally piped, but never did anything more. No big bleeds with the assist. I rolled the membrane off the top of the head and a leg before I went to bed, but no luck. Necropsy showed full absorption of the yolk.
So bummed.

The little serama mix is still kicking. I was worried it would pull something out and /or bleed to death if I left it attached to the shell while I slept. So 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. 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 LF egg that's internally piped, but if the chicks in the brooder get loud It's back scrambling against the wall.

 

[Fluffyserama]

New chick with 3 week old sibling

 

[darkbluespace]

New chick with 3 week old sibling

Cute chick... Sounds like it will have a new chick friend soon.

I have a lone Silkie chick that hatched yesterday in the incubator with no friends on the horizon. Fortunately it is quiet for now. I have a little toy chick I put in with it.

 

[Fluffyserama]

New chick and it's La bresse hatching mate

 

[darkbluespace]

New chick and it's La bresse hatching mate

Chick friends are the best.

 

[darkbluespace]

I had a surprise chick appear this morning under my frizzle broody pile. I wondered why they didn't get up for breakfast yesterday! There are a few more eggs in there so I checked them tonight. One was cheeping loudly but apparently couldn't pip the egg and another is a day or two behind. I opened the first egg and as soon as I had the chicks head out, it crawled out of the egg! It was really ready. I gave the other egg to my little spotted frizzle who hasn't been able to hatch anything but just won't give up!

I had a hen gone broody this morning, so I think I am going to give her the smallest of the eggs I picked up yesterday, all of the straight feather and a couple silkied. I am going to take her out of her coop tonight and hope she will sit on my eggs, I don't want them to get tossed around in there! Maybe someone else will volunteer for more of the silkied eggs!

 

[Fluffyserama]

I had a surprise chick appear this morning under my frizzle broody pile. I wondered why they didn't get up for breakfast yesterday! There are a few more eggs in there so I checked them tonight. One was cheeping loudly but apparently couldn't pip the egg and another is a day or two behind. I opened the first egg and as soon as I had the chicks head out, it crawled out of the egg! It was really ready. I gave the other egg to my little spotted frizzle who hasn't been able to hatch anything but just won't give up!

I had a hen gone broody this morning, so I think I am going to give her the smallest of the eggs I picked up yesterday, all of the straight feather and a couple silkied. I am going to take her out of her coop tonight and hope she will sit on my eggs, I don't want them to get tossed around in there! Maybe someone else will volunteer for more of the silkied eggs!

Good luck!
How many eggs did you pick up?

I'm glad your lone silkie will have a chick friend.

 

[darkbluespace]

Good luck!
How many eggs did you pick up?

I'm glad your lone silkie will have a chick friend.

I brought home a dozen. I put some under my hen and this morning she is standing over my cold eggs. What the heck?! She pooped on them too! Thanks a lot. I put them back in the bator hoping they will be okay.