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[Cynthia12]

Wow, went to fb, saw this..found it..speaking of old..ha..time goes by pretty fast alright. I feel like it's almost happened just this fast.

 

[ronott1]

Ok... I have been googling... ALWAYS bad when you are looking for information regarding "chicks"

Maybe y'all can help...


I have one chick... not hatched, but alive, and WEIRD!!!


OK.... I popped open a tiny hole to see, and then made it bigger to figure out what was going on... this is what I found:

- most of the blood had dried up... so it looked like it was at the point that a little bit of struggling to escape the egg would finish drying up blood etc.

-yolk is completely absorbed, navel closed

- most of the membrane up by the aircell looked normal... but towards the egg wall the inner membrane was very much like jello.... NOT the normal super thin membrane, but THICK and jello like.

- there was a little bit (SMALL amount) of the yellow amber like stuff on the chick between chick and membrane ... I am sure this little bit of "sticky chick" was due to the big humidity drop when I left that one egg in the incubator and cleaned every thing else out.

- there was however, also some yellowish foam bubbling out of the chick's mouth.

-it almost looks like the upper side of the the neck and head of the chick is a bit swollen, I gently pushed down on that swollen area, and more foamy stuff ended up in the chick's mouth.

- I cleaned it all up... the chick looks good for a chick that should be dead.... but it isn't dead.... I put it back in the incubator.

-it is peeping well, and moving a bit, no very good "push itself out of the egg" thrusts, but not bad.

-disease? genetic? total huh???

The foam could be from swallowing the goo. The body of the chick is normal and the weird part was the membrane in the egg?

The yolk was likely scrambled in shipping. Do the vitamin, plain yogurt and scrambled egg routine and hope for the best. If the belly was mushy and green then it would be bad. That is a bacterial infection called mushy chick disease.

 

[bamadude]

Ask scg for her pic in the speedo hat

 

[Alaskan]

The foam could be from swallowing the goo. The body of the chick is normal and the weird part was the membrane in the egg?

The yolk was likely scrambled in shipping. Do the vitamin, plain yogurt and scrambled egg routine and hope for the best. If the belly was mushy and green then it would be bad. That is a bacterial infection called mushy chick disease.

yep... chick looks normal... membrane weird, foamy mouth weird, slightly swollen side of head and neck weird


It was one of MY eggs.... which is why I very much would like to know why


no infection looking stuff.... it is still mostly in the egg.... I just peeled enough so that if it wanted to push out, it would be able to.... but I didn't take it all of the way out....

I am kinda hoping it is dead before I check on it again.

but the very thickened membrane is totally strange

 

[Latestarter]

Wow, went to fb, saw this..found it..speaking of old..ha..time goes by pretty fast alright. I feel like it's almost happened just this fast.

That was really something. exceptional speed artwork.

 

[drumstick diva]

That was awesome and creepy at the same time - I was afraid it was going to end with her on a slab. I'm glad the artist didn't go that far.

 

[vehve]

Pretty cool video.

 

[chickadoodles]

Ha Ha! I changed mine....

That is a cute one Ron!

 

[chickadoodles]

Cynthia, this was my first HAL and you were very helpful to everyone! You made a very nice for me and everyone! Thank you!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Simmer down, y'all. Simmer down.


1-3 inches of snow predicted for us again tonight. At least yesterday's accumulation has mostly melted.