Tips on double yolk twin hatching?

[happyhatcher1981]

Hi there wonderful BYC community!! I am so excited that today is day 11 and my two embryos from two separate yolks are still alive. Any help tips and advice on how I can help assist these babies should they both make it to day 21I imagine intervening may be the go to strategy for these??? would be much appreciated.

 

[wamtazlady]

There is a YouTube video of someone who helped twin chicks hatch. Someone on the forums tried to hatch twins a couple years ago. It was quite a long discussion. You could probably find it using the search feature. If I remember correctly the chicks were alive until the last day or so.

It seems to me from what I have read that it is not unusual for a double yoker egg to form two chicks. It is unusual for those chicks to actually hatch alive.

 

[happyhatcher1981]

There is a YouTube video of someone who helped twin chicks hatch. Someone on the forums tried to hatch twins a couple years ago. It was quite a long discussion. You could probably find it using the search feature. If I remember correctly the chicks were alive until the last day or so.

It seems to me from what I have read that it is not unusual for a double yoker egg to form two chicks. It is unusual for those chicks to actually hatch alive.

Thank you. I will try to find that video.