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[lazy gardener]

Okay, I took a q-tip and put a ton of neosporin on it and started to try to push it back in, but I am just not confident enough, I guess and, it wasn't going in readily, so I stopped.
I cleaned it up and am letting it dry before I try the stitches and the bandaid. If that doesn't work, we have some gauze that I will try.
Thanks for your help! +2

If you can't do anything with the q-tip, I doubt that it would be wise to start working near that chick with a needle and thread! I'd just leave it alone. It should reduce on it's own.

 

[Lacrystol]

Oh don't use a needle and thread. By stitches. I meant those butterfly band aids.

 

[WalnutHill]

Hi guys!
Our hatch isn't going that great, I'll fill in details and catch up later.
Right now I have a question for the experts. WARNING, semi-almost-graphic pic ahead

What do I do with this? It was an assisted hatch and it seems to be just a bit of it's intestines hanging out. I know some people have pushed them back in with success, but it's such a little bit, I am scared I will do more harm than good. It pops out every time the little thing cheeps. I feel just awful. Now that the chick is dry, I want to put a band aid on it, but I didn't know if I should leave it alone or push it in.

HELP!

Don't stress this one. Clean location (cup with paper towels) and a couple hours time. You need the absorbed yolk to shrink a bit so that the intestines can retract. I just culled one this morning that had about twice as much out and it dried out and would not heal. I had a stupidity-caused issue in my incubator that kept the air cells too small. I've fixed it.

I have successfully used the butterfly closures to help the navel seal but it won't work until the intestines are in. But once they are, dab the area clean, pull the skin together over the navel, and let another set of hands apply the closure.

 

[chicapee]

Have you guys used Vaseline on your hatchings??  I would be a little Leary on using it, it's thick and could cause blockage.  I think Plain water is just fine.  

I always use bacitracin without pain reliever, water dries out the membranes too rapidly

 

[chicapee]

I now have 2 batches of shipped eggs in my old bator.  (Second batch went in a couple of hours ago.)  Hubby finished the wiring on the new bator, and it's working up to speed.  Any readers have tips for managing temps when using the STC 1000?  I assume that I put the sensor at the top of the eggs, in the most central location, and check the periphery temps with my thermometer?  I hope to move the shipped eggs over to the new bator this evening, and add my gender selected eggs also.  Expecting to set:  9 + 13 shipped, and about 24 gender selected.

I put the sensor on the opposite side to the heat and at top of egg level

 

[RubyNala97]

Sounds like they wondered off and when it got dark they found the closes roosting place they could. or Something scared them off and they got lost. I have had that happen to me, the only problem I ran into, is they made it a habit. Heck I had a LARGE rooster just show up at my house one day. LOL. With mine,they got trained. I would feed them treats before they got the treats, i would make a certain Calling noise. it's kind of cool because each time when I make the noise, Youll see chickens, ducks everything come RUNNING out from ALL over the place because they knew I had there treats. LOL Don't give up yet, they will probably still come home..

Thanks for the encouragement but I should have mentioned for any newer members to this thread that they are silkies, so they do not roost and have limited vision. And they are not the smartest chickens...but don't tell them I said that!

My cochin hen is broody and gets up everyday. Ive heard some people give them food and water bowls for while theyre seting and i was prepared to fo so, but ive seen both her and my turkey get up to go eat, drink and strech, then go back. Ill be tryn to candle them soon! My incubator has an optional cool down feature to mimic that natural phenomenon, based on studies, and ive read that spritzing the eggs helps with water loss as well, so that would be another reason to use it. I had this scare Last night Myself! Three chicks whove just been intergrated didnt come back to the coop. For him to get five houses down though, do u think he may have been chased? Mine wont usually even cross the busy street!

I've only had two broodys. One, literally only got up twice to eat, drink and go to the bathroom. The other one seems to hope off the nest once a day to eat quick. I'm sure just like us women, we are all different in pregnancy and will do and not do certain things. So the hens are the same. I'm sorry you had a scare too. I do think that maybe something chased them. I don't know but I don't have much hope they will come back. I looked all day, everywhere. Even drive around in my car looking.

Hi guys! Our hatch isn't going that great, I'll fill in details and catch up later. Right now I have a question for the experts. WARNING, semi-almost-graphic pic ahead What do I do with this? It was an assisted hatch and it seems to be just a bit of it's intestines hanging out. I know some people have pushed them back in with success, but it's such a little bit, I am scared I will do more harm than good. It pops out every time the little thing cheeps. I feel just awful. Now that the chick is dry, I want to put a band aid on it, but I didn't know if I should leave it alone or push it in. HELP!

I'm sorry you're dealing with this. I would keep it clean and give it some time. I bought this navel antibiotic spray at my feed store. It starts with a "v". I've really liked having it on hand so far. I can find the name if you're interested.

I like to cover the pine chips in the brooder with paper towels the first day or so. Once everyone is eating, drinking and running around, I take it out. Seems to give them a little more stable footing and keeps them from eating the flakes.

Me too. I but the extra soft kind called Viva. They absorb great and it's easy to clean. I just pick up the old one and put new ones down, for the first few days.

This, but I don't use chips, I use straw, thanks to a tip I got from Walnuthill. It works really well. This hatch has been rough. I am not sure what went wrong, aside from rough shipping. We have weak chicks that can't push out, one that has crossbeak(top much shorter than bottom and REALLY crossed) so bad that it can't zip(and I am not helping it b/c I don't want to have to cull it later ), and this one with the intestine issue. Only 6 of the 12 that went into lockdown externally pipped. Of the other 6, one is cheeping internally since the day before yesterday but hasn't externally pipped, the rest aren't showing any signs of life at all. Today is day 21. I'm pretty mad at the post office right now. This is the worst hatch I have ever had BY FAR. On the bright side:

Could it be genetics too? I can't remember if scissor beak is genetic. Shipping is just terrible on eggs. It's so sad. you're doing a great job! I would put a little safety hole in the internally pipped one.

Sorry about your rough hatch, Chooks. and hope your guy with the open navel heals well. I can't wait until I don't need shipped eggs anymore. In fact, I'm about fed up with the problems in shipping and the problems with the change in altitude. Out of 18 shipped eggs, I left 6 in at lockdown but only 3 of those probably have a chance at hatching. Luckily the one that hatched zipped out quickly without a problem. Nothing yet from the other 5, but I'm on day 20. Hope you get a few more. The ones in the picture are adorable!

 

[Lacrystol]

I always use bacitracin without pain reliever, water dries out the membranes too rapidly

Well I could make some disagree points but will leave it at that.

 

[Lacrystol]

your profile pic is that a Female Phoenix?

 

[WVduckchick]

your profile pic is that a Female Phoenix?

Female Silver duckwing OEGB

 

[Lacrystol]

Did I read that correctly, it was Silkies that took off? WOW, that's odd, my silkes won't even leave the coop even if I leave the door wide open for them. And no your right they don't roost, they can't even fly off. Something must have scared them..