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Thank you! Me too. She was exactly what I hoped she'd be, blue and red like her mama. I still wish I'd given her another day before opening but with a fully absorbed yolk I'm guessing she wouldn't have gotten into position for hatch.Oh no, I am so sorry for your loss!
Don't beat yourself up. Sometimes they will just not make it despite our best efforts.Another finding I forgot to mention that may have actually been the real issue. I think the chick bled out which is my bad, but it didn't get into position and likely wasn't going to hatch. I found its umbilicus wrapped tightly around one of its feet, meaning it couldn't move that leg without ripping its life source, meaning it couldn't move into position. Does anyone find this happens often?? Could it be egg-shape related? I mean it was really hard for me to unwind it from its leg without tearing it, so I'm wondering if similar to a human birth that would have caused problems. Weird.
Thank you much, I am anticipating all these lessons with help me invite healthy chicks into this world for years to come.Don't beat yourself up. Sometimes they will just not make it despite our best efforts.
I am sorry you lost it.
Hey I know I’m late responding. Four pages I didn’t read (yet), but I just wanted to chime in and say I have done this too. Try not to feel too bad. One of the ways we learn to get better at things is by the experience we gain when we accidentally do the wrong thing.I know, I should have known better and I feel completely horrible, but I'm asking for help anyway. Day 23 and I know eggs can go even longer but there is zero sign of movement at any point, large air sac with no pip, and everybody else finished hatching over 24 hours ago. I had kept it in the incubator but with no sign of anything I didn't want to be cooking a deceased chicky in there, so I gently punctured at the air cell, saw movement and wish I had put it straight back but I thought perhaps the chick was malpositioned for pipping and breathing so I tore the membrane but made it bleed. Of course I put it straight back in with a ton of humidity and plenty warm, but I'm wondering if anyone who has made this choice ever had a chick survive.
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Thank you so much! I've been doing a pretty good job forgiving myself. It does not seem like it was going to hatch as it developed facing the wrong way and seemed quite weak after being two days late with a dwindling oxygen supply. Someone shared with me that they can hatch wrong end by external pipping but this one seemed unable to do so, so I feel that I put it down before it would have died anyway. I have definitely learned though to check for vain presence before tearing a membrane and that it's possible to chip through the opposite side of the egg when a chick is breech to try to give it air and started breathing! Definitely a learning experience, and thank you so much for sharing and encouraging.Hey I know I’m late responding. Four pages I didn’t read (yet), but I just wanted to chime in and say I have done this too. Try not to feel too bad. One of the ways we learn to get better at things is by the experience we gain when we accidentally do the wrong thing.