Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[CluckNDoodle]

I ordered some legbar and silverrud blue hatching eggs. They ship on the 16th.

I bet your eggs will be just in time for the Easter hatch-a-long!

 

[hysop]

Oh I found an old picture. This was an assist for a malpositioned chick. You can see that I opened the air cell and put coconut oil on the interior membrane. The blood vessels are still very heavy and filled with blood so I had to wait quite some time before I could move forward with the assist.

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Yeah my question was more for situations like that. Okay so in the future just put coconut oil and let it rest and do its thing. I dunno I see blood and automatically think it’s a goner. I need to learn a lot more before my next incubation on March 21. Still waiting to hear a reply from my husband’s aunt to see of she’d like some olive eggers. Hopefully the right rooster fertilizes these eggs. They are not free ranging til I get some eggs for my hatch which will be 2 wks

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Yeah my question was more for situations like that. Okay so in the future just put coconut oil and let it rest and do its thing. I dunno I see blood and automatically think it’s a goner. I need to learn a lot more before my next incubation on March 21. Still waiting to hear a reply from my husband’s aunt to see of she’d like some olive eggers. Hopefully the right rooster fertilizes these eggs. They are not free ranging til I get some eggs for my hatch which will be 2 wks

Malpositions are the hardest assists hands down and I've lost a lot of sleep helping them. It's basically a waiting game of watching for the blood vessels to recede enough to be able to poke a hole in the membrane and get oxygen to the chick. Sometimes during all of the staring at the egg you can identify where the head is and that makes life easier as well. I know it's a loooong page but the link to assisted hatching is extremely educational even if you never want to assist, it's good to know.

 

[julskinka]

As I round out D20, I've got three babies (all CCL crosses that I don't intend to keep). Every single egg has either an external pip or a confirmed internal pip, except that freakin' BBS marans egg. The opal legbar had a side pip.

Because that egg is the one I want to hatch the absolute most, and I know at least one other shipped egg pipped in malposition, I'm a smidge bit tempted to poke a little viewing hole to make sure the beak is in fact pointed at the air cell. I'm trying to remind myself that it's early still, but everyone else seems to have decided they were at least ready to start breathing. Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

 

[beth1004]

I just don't know what to do. I don't want to lose this little one. How long can a chick stay in the egg without pipping and still survive?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I just don't know what to do. I don't want to lose this little one. How long can a chick stay in the egg without pipping and still survive?

I don't know an exact amount of time but I do know that if the chick is internally pipped then a safety hole will give you many more hours to decide.

I can only say what I would do but I'm a tinkerer by nature.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Upon further inspection, I think something is wrong with my chicks feet. I think it only has 2 full toes on each foot.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Upon further inspection, I think something is wrong with my chicks feet. I think it only has 2 full toes on each foot.

About to go take a pic so you all can confirm I’m not going crazy.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Upon further inspection, I think something is wrong with my chicks feet. I think it only has 2 full toes on each foot.

Oh no! I'm so sorry! It sounds like it must be genetic. I've never hatched a chick missing toes. I wouldn't even know where to start...

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Oh no! I'm so sorry! It sounds like it must be genetic. I've never hatched a chick missing toes. I wouldn't even know where to start...