Ok so literally just snip it off close to the naval? Should it be tied or clamped first? I took a better pic. The part that is bulging a little seems to be drying. Is this normal before it all gets sucked in?
Oh and it has pasty butt too now. It pooped and it's stuck to it's but. It's going to need a warm rinse to get it all cleaned up. At what point is that safe considering it's naval?
I have learned if they chick is still attached dragging the shell around I use what the doctors use hemp clips and pinch the cord like they do babies then I cut it and hold the chick for a few minutes with the clip pinching the cord. Then I release it and it stops bleeding no blood. Very good way and it works I learned this first hand after many many chicks hatching. HOPE THIS HELPS YOU
. I hatch birds year round big mistake I make every year I hatch around January then I have to deal with the cold running many heat lights. After this year I learned no more hatching during winter, lol. I hatch 100/300 every year. I have 30+ roosters going to the meat market this Tuesday from jubilee orpington,black orps and exec.
cannot find the link to dyed eggs contest. here are real dyed eggs. the kids had a ball. it kept there attention for around 2 hours. They colored and recolored eggs over and over. This made my Easter. Hadn't colored colors since my kids were small.
This was a party for to jeep members , my daughter and jeep meet and Mexican dinner. great dinner.
I have one chick connected to the membrane via the cord. It hadn't fully absorbed the yolk last night and it had a little bulge. I wrapped it with it's shell and put it in a cup overnight. This morning it's out and alone in the bator. The cord is drying but the membrane part is still mushy and I'm very worried it's going to pull off and bleed because it tries to walk and gets caught up on it. How can I safely detach or cut it? I tried to search and can't find much. My computer fried this weekend so I'm stuck with looking on my phone. Help please! :-(
Thank you Sally Sunshine and BYC - I had to assist my marans - she pipped early yesterday morning, then could not get the shell away. I reached in a got off the little piece after 8 hours. She started zipping after that but 12 hours or so later only made 1/4 headway. Last night 9ish I zipped the shell for her because her foot was sticking out of the hole! You can see how she was in the first photo. An hour later she could not push out (my theory is that she could not use that foot/leg to push) so I got the rest of the shell off and some membrane. (Second and third photos). At that point I remembered to take pictures! After another hour of pushing she could not get out and she was getting sticky, so I cracked some more shell, put her back in the incubator, and she pushed herself the rest of the way out. (No photo of that, it happened quickly after I put her back in the incubator). I still had to remove the glued-on sticky membrane. I let her rest overnight in the incubator, and this morning was happy to see she is still alive! I think I'll have to wash her but I really wanted to let her recover her strength - she really fought hard to get out and I'm glad I had those articles to read from this group when to help her but not too much help!
I tried a better pic. And since I'm on my phone I tried posting this before but I'm not seeing it. If it's a double post I'm sorry. It now has poop stuck to it also.
Ok so literally just snip it off close to the naval? Should it be tied or clamped first? I took a better pic. The part that is bulging a little seems to be drying. Is this normal before it all gets sucked in?
Oh and it has pasty butt too now. It pooped and it's stuck to it's but. It's going to need a warm rinse to get it all cleaned up. At what point is that safe considering it's naval?
Well I would never cut it off right close to the chick. I leave 1/4 inch of it or maybe a little less. But never cut right at the body, you may slip and cut the chick or the chick could move and get injured.
Quote: NEVER CUT a cord with a sharp object, always pinch those veins or it will bleed out, always blunt, When I deliver pups I either grab the hemostats or dental floss, I have no luck with dental floss on chicks it tends to just cut through all that stuff.
I use my nails and pinch the cord x2 with nails and then carefully pull in both directions and have no bleeding, BUT AGAIN, I SERIOUSLY CANT JUDGE WHAT YOU HAVE HANGING IN THE IMAGES, sorry!
I have learned if they chick is still attached dragging the shell around I use what the doctors use hemp clips and pinch the cord like they do babies then I cut it and hold the chick for a few minutes with the clip pinching the cord. Then I release it and it stops bleeding no blood. Very good way and it works I learned this first hand after many many chicks hatching. HOPE THIS HELPS YOU
. I hatch birds year round big mistake I make every year I hatch around January then I have to deal with the cold running many heat lights. After this year I learned no more hatching during winter, lol. I hatch 100/300 every year. I have 30+ roosters going to the meat market this Tuesday from jubilee orpington,black orps and exec.
cute chick!
