TWINS hatch day!

[Amlaprelle]

Our silkie twins are hatching today! Hopefully. This morning one pipped on the wrong end, as we assumed he would. I pulled the shell away and put bacitracin on the membrane. We can see his beak but no movement. Not sure if he’s alive anymore since he poked thru his membrane and there’s still a lot of veins present. No bleeding that we can see tho. The other baby has internally pipped in the air cell chirping away! We won’t assist unless he doesn’t pip in the next 12 hours or so. This is all new to us so advice is welcome! Going off Sally’s article on how to assist a hatch. Since we have one on each end we are really trying to stay hands off unless necessary. In the pic is the wrong end baby with the shell I pulled off so we can see what he’s doing.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Our silkie twins are hatching today! Hopefully. This morning one pipped on the wrong end, as we assumed he would. I pulled the shell away and put bacitracin on the membrane. We can see his beak but no movement. Not sure if he’s alive anymore since he poked thru his membrane and there’s still a lot of veins present. No bleeding that we can see tho. The other baby has internally pipped in the air cell chirping away! We won’t assist unless he doesn’t pip in the next 12 hours or so. This is all new to us so advice is welcome! Going off Sally’s article on how to assist a hatch. Since we have one on each end we are really trying to stay hands off unless necessary. In the pic is the wrong end baby with the shell I pulled off so we can see what he’s doing. View attachment 2586602

Wishing you luck!!!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Watching!

 

[Cecisflock]

uuuuhh crazy!

 

[Amlaprelle]

GRAPHIC PHOTO BELOW

Well they babies died. One pipped thru the membrane and we think he bled out and took his sibling down with him. They were both perfectly formed and almost the entire yolk had absorbed in both of them! Graphic photo below but look how cool that they made it as far as they did!

 

[Lemon-Drop]

GRAPHIC PHOTO BELOW

Well they babies died. One pipped thru the membrane and we think he bled out and took his sibling down with him. They were both perfectly formed and almost the entire yolk had absorbed in both of them! Graphic photo below but look how cool that they made it as far as they did!

Oh, I’m so sorry they didn’t make it! It’s cool though that they made it that far.

 

[Amlaprelle]

Oh, I’m so sorry they didn’t make it! It’s cool though that they made it that far.

It really is I think that even if I tried to intervene I would have killed them. Wish the one in the air pocket had pipped first!

 

[Cecisflock]

GRAPHIC PHOTO BELOW

Well they babies died. One pipped thru the membrane and we think he bled out and took his sibling down with him. They were both perfectly formed and almost the entire yolk had absorbed in both of them! Graphic photo below but look how cool that they made it as far as they did!

I can't say I'm surprised, sorry

 

[Amlaprelle]

I can't say I'm surprised, sorry

We aren’t either but it is pretty amazing how long they did last. A miracle in itself they were so well off together

 

[Brooks_]

Wow, I want to make it to the level of incubating. But to attempt with a double?
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