The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Cynthia12]

Here is the baby, please please tell me I can fix this. Its an Olive Egger if that helps. Its just kicking its legs like anything to get up too. If you roll it over, it sits for a min and then flips back over. Sorry for the messy incubator, but there was 29 chicks that hatched in the last 24 hours. HeHe

You aren't getting a bad smell from this baby are you? I really think that taping will help. I don't use band aids. I know a lot of folks will go .. say what? But I've used electrical tape for years. You would think it would stick to their legs way to much, hard to get off, but it sticks just right! Not hard to use at all. Sticks to itself real well, but never have had a sore leg or feet with that stuff...love it!

 

[Audio51]

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If it is shrink-wrapped it might not be too early. What is the humidity at?

 

[Cynthia12]

Here is some I used on a RIR about a yr. ago. I round the edges..hadn't done that yet in this photo.

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: I'll start with I never intervene, personal choice. Sally Sunshine has an assisted hatch guide, look for her post and she has a link in her signature. If it's stuck and dried, you'll need to help. My understanding is warm water, moist not dripping, on q-tip to clear it's face. To assist in hatch go slow, if you see blood stop and wait a while, if it's face is clear and it can breath you have time to go slow.

 

[Arielle]

Here is the baby, please please tell me I can fix this. Its an Olive Egger if that helps. Its just kicking its legs like anything to get up too. If you roll it over, it sits for a min and then flips back over. Sorry for the messy incubator, but there was 29 chicks that hatched in the last 24 hours. HeHe

Put baby in a tea cup. On its feet, sitting on butt.

 

[BadgerHill]

7 of 12 have hatched! 2 eggs have pips and are still working at it, and 3 eggs remain a mystery.

 

[sillycmoy]

Someone PM'd me and said I should try washing it off with warm water and towel drying it that it could be yolk that is making it not dry, do you think I should try that, and then tape its legs. Like with electrical tape? I should have that somewhere, I do have band aids, I just don't know how you go about doing it. I guess I could go look it up, but I need to get it to dry. Its really extremely wet and sticky. I rolled it over for a minute to see if would stay when I took the photo, and its sticky soaking wet. Its not drying at all.

As far as smell, I guess I could go smell it, but when I opened up the bator for a minute to take a photo, it didn't smell. Or I didn't notice an odor, but I did it super fast since I do have 8 eggs still in there

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[Arielle]

Here is some I used on a RIR about a yr. ago. I round the edges..hadn't done that yet in this photo.

Cute boot! lol

 

[Whoops]

AYEEEEEEE

The two chicks that hatched were huddled together in the incubator - so cute, but one was caught between one of the unhatched eggs and freaking out, so I opened in the incubator to move the egg. SHE LEAPED AND FELL OUT.

The fall seems to have knocked the absorbed yolk back out.

I moved the other chick to the brooder so he wouldn't walk through it and left her in the incubator in the hope that she will reabsorb it.

Any help or advice appreciated.

My poor chick - she worked so hard to hatch, and then this happened.