Transporting baby chick with unabsorbed yoke sac

[Wyorp Rock]

3 days she needs to be eating/drinking.

That's a hard call whether to transport her with you or leave at home.

 

[bernie131]

Hi I'm completely new to hatching chickens. I have followed so much of this forums advice over the past few week. Thanks everyone! I have a specific question that I can't seem to find any answers to. I hatched 6 baby chickens 2 days ago. 5 were perfect but the 6th came out with part of it's yoke sac unabsorbed. I have done so much research on what to do and she is still alive and doing reasonably well although much smaller than the others and unfortunately only eating from a syringe. She stayed alone in the incubator until this morning and I have now moved her into the brooder with the others although she is separated in there. I'm a bit concerned about tomorrow (should she make it) as we have to go to my mums house for Easter and it will be all day. I only have one heat plate that the others will need. I am thinking of putting her back in the incubator and taking her with me so that I can feed her. I can't seem to find any guidelines around doing this so I'm also concerned that there may be something wrong with the idea. The fan does seem loud and I'm not sure about oxygen levels. Any suggestions would be very appreciated!

She doesn't need to eat or drink,..when she absorbs the sac she will get what she needs. I left mine in the incubator then under heat lamps...it took 2 days

 

[Chookable]

I ended up taking her with me. She has made it through 3 days and in some ways seems stronger although the yoke sac burst a bit tonight and it bleed a bit too. She started making a very distressed chirp and i thought that would be the end but I held her for a long time and she settled and went to sleep. She ate when she woke up and was back to normal. Any thoughts on the photo? It's not the best as my phone has a crack on the camera.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you get another photos since the sac burst?
Is the navel closed?

I would keep her on puppy pads and try to keep it as clean as you can. Apply Bacitracin or Triple Antibiotic ointment on anything that looks open.

She needs hydration and to eat. Give her drops of water and if you have chick vitamins those would be good. Wet soaked feed.

 

[BelovedBirds]

I ended up taking her with me. She has made it through 3 days and in some ways seems stronger although the yoke sac burst a bit tonight and it bleed a bit too. She started making a very distressed chirp and i thought that would be the end but I held her for a long time and she settled and went to sleep. She ate when she woke up and was back to normal. Any thoughts on the photo? It's not the best as my phone has a crack on the camera.

That is worrying. This is why I felt she ought not be moved. It's possible that this could lead to infection, please take a photo so we can see her naval.
keep everything clean, very clean. Keep her on something soft, like puppy pads or paper towels.

 

[Chookable]

The little chick is still going. I can't believe what a fighter she is! She came out from under the heat plate by herself for the first time last night and is going in and out today. Then finally this afternoon I saw her drink water from the bottle top i put in there for her for the first time! I am going to be devastated if she doesn't make it at this stage. She usually happily eats of the syringe when I offer it to her but has now refused twice. I'm concerned that she is filling herself up with water. Should I add something to the water? I've seen plenty of people talk about how helpful save a chick is but I don't have any. I can only get it online (I'm in Australia) The long delivery time wouldn't get it here soon enough to be of any use to her. Is there anything else that I could be doing. Should I take the water away for a while to see if it encourages her to eat food? Until now I haven't given her any water. I figured that the food i'm giving her is so watered down that what she really needs is nutrition.

 

[BelovedBirds]

The little chick is still going. I can't believe what a fighter she is! She came out from under the heat plate by herself for the first time last night and is going in and out today. Then finally this afternoon I saw her drink water from the bottle top i put in there for her for the first time! I am going to be devastated if she doesn't make it at this stage. She usually happily eats of the syringe when I offer it to her but has now refused twice. I'm concerned that she is filling herself up with water. Should I add something to the water? I've seen plenty of people talk about how helpful save a chick is but I don't have any. I can only get it online (I'm in Australia) The long delivery time wouldn't get it here soon enough to be of any use to her. Is there anything else that I could be doing. Should I take the water away for a while to see if it encourages her to eat food? Until now I haven't given her any water. I figured that the food i'm giving her is so watered down that what she really needs is nutrition.

Could you take a photo of her naval? Every day that passes is a good sign, but it really depends on how it looks, we can advise if it needs extra attention and better her chances.
Don't take the water away, if she has food available, try to entice her, "peck" at the crumbles with your hand to encourage her and get her attention.
Another thing you could try is scrambled eggs, giving her a bit of scrambled egg will give her a huge boost and she may be willing to try some.
Offer some chick grit (not adult grit, it must be fine pieces with no added calcium), just sprinkle a tiny bit into a separate bowl, she'll take what she needs.
The egg might help, and might appeal to her more so than her crumbles.
I really do reccomend getting some save a chick asap if you can.
For now try scrambled egg, and take a photo of her naval if you can

 

[Chookable]

Ok thanks, I will get some more photos when I next feed her fairly soon. I think it looks really concerning as the part of the yoke sac that is attached to her is still very big although also getting very dry. I was hoping that it might have separated more from her by now. I wish I could get save a chick but really I can only buy it from amazon or ebay and it comes from overseas. The estimated delivery time is towards the end of May! There seem to be two types of Save A Chick an Electrolyte one and a Probiotic one. There are other products that I can get at local pet stores that are either of these. Would you recommend probiotic or electrolyte? There is a product called Vetsense Avi-Lyte Electrolyte liquid for chickens. Is this ok? There are also probiotic products. I tried scrambled eggs earlier. She's not eating anything at all solid. I have been mashing up chick starter with some water and raw egg yoke and basically she just sucks up the liquid from this and I throw away the rest. I put some crunched up chick starter and even some of what I feed her in her box she won't go near it apart from to walk right through it.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Ok thanks, I will get some more photos when I next feed her fairly soon. I think it looks really concerning as the part of the yoke sac that is attached to her is still very big although also getting very dry. I was hoping that it might have separated more from her by now. I wish I could get save a chick but really I can only buy it from amazon or ebay and it comes from overseas. The estimated delivery time is towards the end of May! There seem to be two types of Save A Chick an Electrolyte one and a Probiotic one. There are other products that I can get at local pet stores that are either of these. Would you recommend probiotic or electrolyte? There is a product called Vetsense Avi-Lyte Electrolyte liquid for chickens. Is this ok? There are also probiotic products. I tried scrambled eggs earlier. She's not eating anything at all solid. I have been mashing up chick starter with some water and raw egg yoke and basically she just sucks up the liquid from this and I throw away the rest. I put some crunched up chick starter and even some of what I feed her in her box she won't go near it apart from to walk right through it.

I would try electrolytes, but honestly I'm not sure if probiotics would be better. I'm also not sure on the brand.

Keep trying with wet foods, try not to make it too wet, just a slight mash of chick crumb, which will need replacing a few times a day as it can go sour.

@Wyorp Rock

 

[Chookable]