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[Bunnylady]

I posted this over on the hatching forum but am not getting any responses maybe you guys can help. I have a batch of shipped SFH eggs due to hatch last night/today and one has a problem. Several have saddle shaped cells but are stable and look OK. The problem is there is one that has the air cell is still completely detached and free rolling. I candled when I was adding water to the incubator and noticed. I can hear him tapping and see him moving. I've never had one develop this far with a loose air cell.Is there anything I can/should do for this chick?

The only thing I can think of to do would be to put the egg into an egg carton or something else that would help to keep it nearly vertical, with the large end upward. If the chick pecks through on the right end, that might help. I'm afraid it won't do any good if the chick tries to hatch out of the small end (I have a Serama chick doing this as I type!).

ETA - I see my advice concurs with one of our hatching gurus; I feel better about it, now.

 

[tnspursfan09]

It is going to be a long 4 weeks waiting to hear the outcome of this little adventure!

 

[chickensnewtome]

Oh my goodness ya'll! After an emergency Vet visit this morning we found out the my Pekin female is most likely blind in her right eye after a rooster attack. I am just glad she is alive, she had blood dripping from her nose and we got ointment and antibiotics for her. Thank goodness she is alright!

 

[chickisoup]

Oh, poor thing!

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Does it still smell like licorice??

Only me. Only me, I swear. This could ONLY happen to me.

There I am at the Pub, secure in the knowledge I will be picking up some chicken breed eggs tomorrow I don't have in my flock. One of the other regular Pub customers is a beekeeper and a regular handyman who has, in the past, raised chickens, ducklings and doves, even says he has an old incubator in storage... We frequently chat about silkies being broody, how much easier it is when hens hatch eggs, etc.. He isn't present; this is just the backstory to this tale. He knows I am setting eggs under a silkie hen for an Easter HAL.

One of the owners of the Pub - Ian - lives next to my Thistle Dew Ranch property. The beekeeper lives on Ian's property in a fifth wheel trailer. Another regular arrives, announcing Ian has hit and killed a wild turkey on the road, Ian and the beekeeper are considering cleaning the wild turkey carcass to cook it. A third regular hears this news and decides he will go get his knives from home and go over there to assist them (so the process is handled "right"). Laughing, he departs.

A short time later, the phone rings; the server answers it, listens, says,"Yes, she's here," then brings the phone to me. It is Ian.

The deceased turkey is a Jenny and she had an egg inside her. The beekeeper has told Ian it is hard-shelled enough to be a viable hatching candidate and urges him to ask ME to come rescue it, because I have a broody silkie.

Ian feels this is an opportune time to have me visit his property, have a glass of wine with the three of them, and salvage the turkey egg so his tenant doesn't get his tender heart broken. (I am paraphrasing much of what these three men said in this tale...)

The Jenny carcass is destined for a version of Coq au Vin. The guy with the knives opined frying would be the most appropriate cooking method. Ian and I, plus his lady friend who happened to call during the evisceration process agreed Coq Au Vin would be best. Ian will bring a small portion for me on Sunday evening, the Pub's Trivia Night (which I seldom miss).

Meanwhile, the not-laid egg was being kept warm inside the beekeeper's jacket next to his body; he put the precious thing in an empty coffee can half full of turkey down before handing it over to me.

And Sparkle has accepted the wild turkey egg. I may move it to a different broody hen when the planned-for Easter Hatch BCM eggs begin to hatch in three weeks....

Linda, I hope my retirement is half as interesting as yours is!!

I like Bom-Pa! My boys all called my mom "Sugar" until she died in 2008. Now, my granddaughters call me "Sugar." I love it.......

Love it, too!

Quote: x2 lol

 

[getaclue]

Well, I've been diagnosed once again with yet another type of cancer. For those of you that would be kind enough to include me in your prayers, I will be grateful. On a lighter note, WE ARE IN LOCKDOWN!

 

[bamadude]

I like the way arielle gets caught up at 1 time. Its efficient

 

[Cynthia12]

Well, I've been diagnosed once again with yet another type of cancer. For those of you that would be kind enough to include me in your prayers, I will be grateful. On a lighter note, WE ARE IN LOCKDOWN!

Prayers going your way. Bless your heart. Hope they figure out the right things for you.

Glad you have some happy moments coming up with some little fuzzy babies.

 

[drumstick diva]

You will be in my thoughts and prayers

 

[bamadude]

Well, I've been diagnosed once again with yet another type of cancer.  For those of you that would be kind enough to include me in your prayers, I will be grateful.  On a lighter note, WE ARE IN LOCKDOWN!

may God have his hand on ur situation. The eggs arent as important as u are. Hope everything goes well.