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

[Nomibear]

My hen was given 10 eggs. They aren't "due" until Monday. Yesterday I found this!

Since I know I didn't let her have some of these eggs until the 31st, I'm holding out hope that she hatches more then one...

 

[Whoops]

This chick is driving me insane! She seems to be re-absorbing the yolk sack, when she will stay still, but she keeps crawling all over the other eggs, dragging it behind her. She look like she was going to poop, and I grab a paper towel and open the incubator to prevent her from pooping on it, and she bolts for the edge of the table. I barely prevent another fall. Everything I come up with that would fit in the incubator to contain her she escapes, tips over and then runs to sprawl across the eggs, dragging the yolk sack, getting her head on top of the water reservoir so that I can't reclose the incubator.

I am so frustrated! Poor thing.

 

[jbher]

This chick is driving me insane!  She seems to be re-absorbing the yolk sack, when she will stay still, but she keeps crawling all over the other eggs, dragging it behind her.  She look like she was going to poop, and I grab a paper towel and open the incubator to prevent her from pooping on it, and she bolts for the edge of the table.  I barely prevent another fall.  Everything I come up with that would fit in the incubator to contain her she escapes, tips over and then runs to sprawl across the eggs, dragging the yolk sack, getting her head on top of the water reservoir so that I can't reclose the incubator. 

I am so frustrated!  Poor thing.

I hear ya!! This ameraucana has unabsorbed yolk also. It escaped the washcloth I wrapped it in and still is not ready. I hope this works. Put it's but back in the shell it's attached to and wrapped in warm paper towel and into a tall glass. The newly hatched faverolle is chirping like crazy and it's making the ameraucana keep moving.

 

[Whoops]

This one was fine when she hatched, though I did have to assist her. She looked fine. Then, I lifted the incubator lid to tend to the other chick and she bolted out of the incubator, off the edge of the table and onto the floor, and the yolk sack seem to fall back out? Unless it's some other part? I wasn't expecting it at all.

Anyway, at this point, all I can think of is to turn out the lights in that room and hope she goes to sleep and reabsorbs it.

Poor chickie. I feel so bad for her. Plus, she was the only girl that hatched. The other is a roo.

I hope your chick has better luck.

Quote: This one was fine when she hatched, though I did have to assist her. She looked fine. Then, I lifted the incubator lid to tend to the other chick and she bolted out of the incubator, off the edge of the table and onto the floor, and the yolk sack seem to fall back out? Unless it's some other part? I wasn't expecting it at all.

Anyway, at this point, all I can think of is to turn out the lights in that room and hope she goes to sleep and reabsorbs it.

Poor chickie. I feel so bad for her. Plus, she was the only girl that hatched. The other is a roo.

I hope your chick has better luck.

 

[misbhaven]

Can you seperate her in some way until morning , you don't want her to rupture that sac...I had have 2 bad results tonight. I went to check it had been 4 hrs since I did..one pipped wrong end on the underside it was dead in the shell. .. another looked like it had a small egg sac and ripped it and bled out..luckily I hatch in baskets and they were in the same one I quickly moved eggs changed a paper towel liner..6 to go pretty sure 2 are quiter but they are ameracauna's so can't see through blue shells real well... a lot of factors come into play. Mine were shipped and fairly certain low quality...they are EE not ameracauna's and I am thinking they were old. Eggs to begin with which effects everything.

 

[JennaLynn122]

can someone point me in the direction of how to humanely euthanize a chick at home?

 

[hokankai]

I have 1 chick and 3 ducklings out so far!

 

[JennaLynn122]

I have 1 chick and 3 ducklings out so far!

congrats!

 

[JennaLynn122]

Please ignore previous question. She passed on her own. I made her as comfy as I could. Put her on a soft baby blanket beside me on my bed and pet her. It seemed to calm her some. Thank you guys for all the help with her. Especially @Cynthia12, who stayed up helping me multipule nights.

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Without knowing what day would you say this egg was on? I have a video of me turning it, I just have to wait on photo bucket to play nice with it.