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

[TeaChick]

I suspect one of my hatchlings died/drowned in the shell. I took out the one live chick from the incubator today, and one of the two remaining eggs was stuck to the bottom of the incubator. I took it off and there was a pip hole, but there was no movement from the little beak sticking out, and it looked like it had been there for a while. It pipped on bottom instead of on top.

I must have candled wrong or something.

Should I try to work it out of the shell, or is it dead for sure?

I'm sure this has been answered, but I'll tell you what I would do. I'm a total newb, so I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
I would find the Assisted Hatching article (written by someone very smart here on BYC)

. And I would work on the egg realizing that the chick probably is dead (so no expectations), but give it a chance just in case it happens to be alive.
Hoping for the best for your chick!!!

and

just b/c this is a very stressful situation either way.

 

[JerseyHen]

Wow, we'll then, I'm going to raise the humidity...just in case lol, don't want to risk it.

That second link is from a commercial emu operation. Like I said earlier, I have no idea about emu eggs. I barely have a handle on chicken eggs, lol.

 

[Happy Chooks]

IT'S HATCHING!!!!! REALLY FAST!!!!!!!TRYING TO SET CAMERA FAST ENOUGH!!!! YAYYYY EMU

Yay!

I didn't ask my parents if i could buy the pig. I did it and took care of it and now my parents are fine with it. Because i knew if i asked it would be a no.

You are a sneaky one! At least you take care of her.

I'm joining in with sumatra and silkies!

Welcome!

THE EMU HATCHING LIVE USTREAM LINK http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ergaergaz

So glad I didn't miss it!

I TELL YOU! WAY TO TURN A GOOD DAY BAD!

I had found this morning instead of our planned 3 hour delay for school today we ended up not having any school. So, my mom told me we could go down to our breeders and bring him all our extra roos, which I had planned on also taking eggy our silkie to him as well.....he was beating up marshie all too much.

so the other day I decided to take eggy to my breeder who was not open sunday, so I planned on taking him today. what made me decide to get rid of him was the fact that he was over mating his girl and was pulling feathers out way too much. eggy tried mating with marshe and she was trying to get away, so Cadbury came after eggy to get him off of her, protecting his girls from eggy's dumb brains.

so when we went down to the coop we drove up to it and my mom had said for me to stay in the car so I didn't get my shoes all dirty and I could tell her which roos I would take. that's when she had noticed Cadbury. when I saw him I was thinking, wow he sure was rolling in the mud! then I realized he had blood caked all over his hackles! the back of his comb was chopped off by who knows what.....but I knew it was eggy. I stormed over to eggy and grabbed him by the tail with so much force I just walked to the box and threw him in. I screamed I hate eggy.....I wasn't trying to be mean to him, its just Cadbury is my pride and joy and he had hurt him! I just broke down after that and couldn't see my baby in the state he was in....of course the blood made everything look worse that it actually is...I think. then my mom told me to just keep one of the 5 roos from my new years hatch, which I was sole fully keeping 2 and temporarily keeping one to sell to another local BYCer here. well, she just shoved all the other roos into the box except for my two I wanted, leven and milkshake. then all she said was I told you so.....uh, sorry but you told me what? nothing. I had told her I needed to get rid of my roos...she never told me.... LOL

anyways, I was ticked at eggy. wouldn't even look at him. im just mad that Cadbury can now not be entered into our state fair. ANGRY you have no idea. I am still crying as im typing this because I couldn't stand to loom at him In such a state. im sorry.



sorry the gross pictures, but it was what I had seen.....im so upset!


looked back in the coop after I got back from my breeders and it looks like a murder scene with blood speckled on the feeder, shavings, doorway, and nest boxes.

I know the blood looks bad, but they can heal from amazing injuries. He will be fine. And ditto on the point deduction on his comb, you can still show him.

 

[bantambury]

I know the blood looks bad, but they can heal from amazing injuries. He will be fine. And ditto on the point deduction on his comb, you can still show him.

ok! that's great to know! thank you and ron!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Awwww, Caleb, I hear it cheeping. Whistle to the baby and make it hatch!

 

[PAchickenlover]

Awwww, Caleb, I hear it cheeping.  Whistle to the baby and make it hatch!

X2

 

[PAchickenlover]

It is both a miracle and one of the hardest things ever to go through.......watching and waiting for an egg to hatch....

 

[JerseyHen]

It is both a miracle and one of the hardest things ever to go through.......watching and waiting for an egg to hatch....

So hard not to help it!

 

[Gardeningmama]

Quote:
Am I missing something?? I have no sound on mine.

 

[Marthab1953]

Am I missing something?? I have no sound on mine.

I do not hear it either! It sure has been pushing that crack