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Need help guys! Baby chick just hatch...whats hanging out of or off of it?!!??? Yolk sac? Tumor? Intestines?
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henless said:
I'll still technically henless since they are babies. They are supposed to be pullets. In fact, that is all Horaney's sells is pullets. You have to special request roos. What a difference in your yard! It's really nice now!! I'm hoping to have ALL hens! I would like to get a roo next year when I get some more babies. I want to raise these and get used to dealing with chickens again. We had chicks when I was a kid too. I don't remember much about it except for slaughter day. Daddy would wring their neck and them darn headless bodies would chase me all around the yard. :barnie Welcome to the board! I'm also from East Texas. Live out in the country with Longview being the closest "big" city, lol Here's some pics of my new babies. They range from 4 days to about a week old. I have one Barred Rock that has a lot of wing feathers. I think she is the oldest one. Here they are line dancing under my Premier heat plate. I have to say I love my Premier heating plate. They seem to really like it. Not much peeping going on while they are under it. It's just a big change from what they are used to. I got them at a local feed store, Horaney's in Longview. They have a brooder room that is heated, so they don't use heat lamps. Best part is, they let you pick/catch your own if you want. They also know what kind they are getting every week, unlike some places I've checked. I got 15 chicks. Three each of RIR, Australorp, Barred Rock, Americaunas (Easter Eggers) and Golden Comets. I really wanted some Orps and Wyandottes, but they wouldn't have any of those until the end of March. I figured that would too much of an age difference, so I got the BR's and Comets instead.
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Congrats on the chicks Henless. I am trying to hold off getting chicks until after my daughter's wedding May 31st, but I figure when one of my hens goes broody I'll be scrambling to find 1 to 3 day old Buff Orpington or Gold lace Wyandotte chicks. I am down to 6 hens and have room for about 4 more. My DH wants to cross fence the yard so the girls can not get (poop) on the back porch and pool deck. They already have a nice size chicken yard, but they climb the trees to get over the fence to forage in my flower beds and their favorite digs. It is just harder to wash down the poop in the colder months.
 
jajeanpierre said:
That's the egg yoke that hasn't been completely absorbed.
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Will the chick finish absorbing it?


hensfortherapy said:
Congrats on the chicks Henless. I am trying to hold off getting chicks until after my daughter's wedding May 31st, but I figure when one of my hens goes broody I'll be scrambling to find 1 to 3 day old Buff Orpington or Gold lace Wyandotte chicks. I am down to 6 hens and have room for about 4 more. My DH wants to cross fence the yard so the girls can not get (poop) on the back porch and pool deck. They already have a nice size chicken yard, but they climb the trees to get over the fence to forage in my flower beds and their favorite digs. It is just harder to wash down the poop in the colder months.
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I wanted some Orps and Wyandottes! I love how the Orps are usually so docile and love the coloring of the Wyandottes. Maybe next time (unless I run across some in the next week or so).
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This is the egg yoke left over. Did you help the chick to get out of the egg? In incubator, sometimes due to inappropriate temp and humidity, the chick hatching is not consistent as the mother hen process. Don't try to help the chick getting out as this action may result in deformed chick or death.
 
hungnguyen said:
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This is the egg yoke left over. Did you help the chick to get out of the egg? In incubator, sometimes due to inappropriate temp and humidity, the chick hatching is not consistent as the mother hen process. Don't try to help the chick getting out as this action may result in deformed chick or death.
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I haven't helped at all. The swelling of it has gone down...it looks like deflated intestines now... :(
 

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