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[BlackwoodHollow]

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.

That sounds right. Gender selected. . . are these pointy vs round?

 

[Lacrystol]

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!

First thing is to clean him up, he's got a lot of gooy stuff around his belly, then you could try and use butterfly stitchs to help close it up some, bandaids may be to large and the small bandaids may not stick very well.. I would be scared to try and push it in, in fear it may stick to your finger and cause more to come out. If you put some Neosprin on your finger THEN push it in that may work. you just don't want it to stick to you. Once done PUT some more neosprin non pain reliever all around it.

 

[Lacrystol]

It will more likely if you don't do anything Dry up and create a scab and fall off but you have to keep it from getting infected..

 

[FridayYet]

I have wood pine chips in the brooder I just put the paper towel down in the incubator to make less mess

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.

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

First thing is to clean him up, he's got a lot of gooy stuff around his belly, then you could try and use butterfly stitchs to help close it up some, bandaids may be to large and the small bandaids may not stick very well.. I would be scared to try and push it in, in fear it may stick to your finger and cause more to come out. If you put some Neosprin on your finger THEN push it in that may work. you just don't want it to stick to you. Once done PUT some more neosprin non pain reliever all around it.

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

 

[lazy gardener]

That sounds right. Gender selected. . . are these pointy vs round?

Yes.

 

[Lacrystol]

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

I wouldn't stress to much about getting it in if you can GREAT, if you can't, that's OK, like I said it will probably scab over, just keep it clean from infection, if anything that will kill him.

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

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.

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:

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

Yes.

That's really cool. I was thinking about doing one of those with our other hatch(due in 7 days), but they are all wyandotte eggs and are all oblong and pointy-ish. I can't wait to see how yours turns out.

Edit: I will probably try this with our next rhodebar hatch, though, since they are an autosex breed.

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

I wouldn't stress to much about getting it in if you can GREAT, if you can't, that's OK, like I said it will probably scab over, just keep it clean from infection, if anything that will kill him.

Got it.

I'll try my best not to stress.