Setting Eggs Sept. 24th-Oct. 4th-Last Hatch of the Year. Anyone care to join me?

[1stTimeChikMama]

Lost my lucky little one over night. Guessing neurological issues, since it couldnt keep itself rightside up. On to the next i reckon

Awww poor little one. Better sooner than later I suppose

 

[dwegg]

Hey Everyone; my Broody Hen did it! 5 of the 8 eggs hatched between day 22.5 and day 23. I checked the other 3 eggs and they were just stink.

That was this morning, I came home to only find 4 chicks under my Hen, the smallest one is just gone. Not too sure what happened or where the chick is. If she was too weak would mom eat her? I do believe she ate all the shells because those had disappeared as well by the morning when I checked. Hen and chickies are in the coop with the rest of the birds, but no roosters. This is her first and my first batch of eggs.

Also The Rooster of these was a White rock, and the only Hens were golden comets and white rocks, so how did I end up with a mostly black chickie? Im still pretty happy even though there was a loss.

oh no...that's not good...poor little one...i realy didn't know they did that...

Ugh.... disaster struck my little one I was watching for any movement and I look to see a little movement, then crack in the egg, very low again. Here comes the little beak... followed by yolk dripping around it. She/he had stuck her beak right through the yolk. Then I could see a ton of little yellowish air bubbles popping around it area. I brought the bator into my bathroom and turned the hot water on to get the humidity up to 75% then grabbed the egg out. I carefully chipped the egg away from the air sack first and then slightly lower. The chicks head was strait down, past it's feet. It quickly pulled it's head up and started gasping for air. I cleaned as much as I could around it's nose and beak and tried to wipe all of the air bubbles off. I layed it back into the bator (still half of it's body in the shell) in a wet wash cloth. The bator's temp and humidity never changed... except for going up a little bit. Hopefully it didn't inhale too much fluid

But it is open mouth breathing and I know that's not good...

None of the other eggs have piped yet, so hopefully I didn't hurt any of their chances!!!! But I couldn't just watch that little one drown...

oh i'm so sorry to hear about that...these things happen...so sorry again

Awww poor little one. Better sooner than later I suppose

 

[dwegg]

here are my chicks...there are 6 so far that I have seen although she still hasn't got up yet...

 

[dwegg]

sorry double post...either this site is playing up or my computer is...

 

[1stTimeChikMama]

Oh my goodness! How adorable and beautiful!!!

 

[1stTimeChikMama]

A little update! The little chick that I helped seems to be doing okay. I am (trying to) not get my hopes up but so far so good! She (wishful thinking) now has her legs underneath her and is stumbling around the bator and peeping a lot at me. She even tries to climb up onto the other eggs to get closer to me when I talk! It's adorable but I'm hiding now as I feel bad since I can't pick her up I also have another egg that pipped and zipped 3/4 of the way. It stopped about 4 hours ago but I can still hear it peeping inside. Hopefully it's just napping!

 

[1stTimeChikMama]

My second chick is dead. I waited and now I'm kicking myself for it. It was completely glued in the egg. I couldn't even pull some of the egg pieces off of it. It was rock hard... like amber

The first chick is doing well but looks like it's covered in glue as well. Now I'm wondering if the remaining eggs will have this same issue. I don't want to make the same mistake and wait too long to help again but I don't want to rush either. Has anyone ever dealt with this glue/amber stuff in their eggs/chicks? When is the best time to step in? When they internally pip? Externally? Start zipping and stop? I am kicking myself over waiting so long for this second chick. I stepped in once I didn't hear it chirping anymore... but it was too late. Oh I can't believe I didn't do the right thing. Poor baby died because of me waiting...

 

[dwegg]

i'm no expert but the pip/zip you should see the membrane as white or grey and flexible but if it is brown and there is no progression then it has started to harden...

 

[Roxannemc]

I wouldnt get it over 80.
Unplug all your vent and get some out.
70- 75 is ok if you arent in a really humid area...65 is a common setting too.

 

[Roxannemc]

Marine
sorry your lucky chick didnt make it .That is really sad.
Such a miracle but as you say probably some neuro issue.did the other one do anything?