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I had thought the sticking out part could be pushed back in, but it really didn't want to cooperate. From what I understand, the open hole and cord on my baby are the remnants of 'where the yolk went' - it's not quite the same as an umbilical cord in humans but has the same basic principal.
The hole has not fully sealed yet, it has scabbed over and we've been cleaning it to keep bacteria out.
Around 2 am this morning the chick awoke and was back to its loud active squirming self, tried to give it some more mash, and then did the band-aid trick on it's splayed/spaddled legs - http://www.poultryhelp.com/spraddle.html. I'm hoping that when I get home from work it will be a bit more 'upright'.
It has the most adorable face, with it's spots all mis-aligned. we'll care for it as long as we can, the little thing doesn't seem to have given up yet, which I suppose is what really matters.
I'm almost certain that the baby would have been fine if the broody had not abandoned the nest to play with the other 8 chicks. By the time we noticed she was no longer sitting it was most likely too late for the un-pipped eggs (day 22), but this baby was still trying to free itself from the egg! Bad broody!! We tossed the eggs and baby under a spare broody, but I think the temperature change might be why it ended up having so much trouble extricating itself. This chick finally freed itself by nightfall, and we've been coddling it ever since. The spare broody turned out to be just as unreliable and we found her sitting on a different nest this morning, with the last four eggs cold and dead (day 24).
The hole has not fully sealed yet, it has scabbed over and we've been cleaning it to keep bacteria out.
Around 2 am this morning the chick awoke and was back to its loud active squirming self, tried to give it some more mash, and then did the band-aid trick on it's splayed/spaddled legs - http://www.poultryhelp.com/spraddle.html. I'm hoping that when I get home from work it will be a bit more 'upright'.
It has the most adorable face, with it's spots all mis-aligned. we'll care for it as long as we can, the little thing doesn't seem to have given up yet, which I suppose is what really matters.
I'm almost certain that the baby would have been fine if the broody had not abandoned the nest to play with the other 8 chicks. By the time we noticed she was no longer sitting it was most likely too late for the un-pipped eggs (day 22), but this baby was still trying to free itself from the egg! Bad broody!! We tossed the eggs and baby under a spare broody, but I think the temperature change might be why it ended up having so much trouble extricating itself. This chick finally freed itself by nightfall, and we've been coddling it ever since. The spare broody turned out to be just as unreliable and we found her sitting on a different nest this morning, with the last four eggs cold and dead (day 24).
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