What do you think went wrong? Warning- graphic chick embryo picture

[NHDoc]

This chick pipped and zipped, but never hatched. Any ideas on what might have gone wrong?

Here is what I found when I picked away where the air cell was:

This is when the shell was removed- it looks like the yolk sac was never reabsorbed? Maybe?

 

[janastasio]

Looks like a non-resorbed yolk, and sometimes we just don't know why..... Sorry When you get alot of non-resorbed yolks, sometimes its an indication of low humidity, but I wouldnt say that with only one.

 

[momofchicks]

Not trying to sound mean, but, was it for sure dead when you opened it up? Sometimes it takes 24 hours after zipping to hatch and during that time they absorb the yolk. I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[Teresaann24]

I personally have never had this happen, My aunt has they pip and zip all the way out and just die. It's all about the will to live if they are not strong enough to get themselfs out they die. I always watch my hatches I never leave them if I see one that has zipped all the way but over hours has not gotten out I help them. some say not to but I got with my gut and so far I haven't been wrong.

Sometimes there just is no reason why they die. They just do...

 

[Tala]

I had one pip, and zip most of the way, and just die mid-zip. One minute she was talking and zipping, then next thing I know (I was facebooking so not paying exact attention) she just quit on me.
I don't think she drown. The yolk was absorbed and she looked normal when I cracked her open. It was like she just ran out of energy

If yours was zipping before the yolk was absorbed, maybe they didn't have enough strength/nutrients to fully hatch?? Maybe it tried to hatch out before it was truly ready, so it wasn't strong enough yet.

 

[kathyinmo]

Hatchability problem analysis ....

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/aa204

 

[grammy of David]

I had 2 in my very first hatch that just could not get totally ou† of †he shell. They looked like this little guy. So I jump on line and found that sometimes †hey dry ou† to much, if i† has taken them longer than normal to hatch. So it was recommended to place them in lukewarm water, but not cover face., carefully so as no† to drown them. I did that and the I could pick off the shell for them.If you †ry picking off the shell, and there is no† enough moisture you will make them bleed by pulling skin!. At first I thought I would just let nature take it course, bu† I could not stand by and just watch them die......I AM SO VEERY PRO-LIFE and it just seemed like let an aborted baby die. I had turned off the incubator and had gone to bed, but got back up for it was just wrong for me.That is when I got on line and found out how to help! They both lived with no problems and are adults having baby keats of their own for these were guineas!

 

[NHDoc]

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Definitely dead. It was more than 60 hours since it zipped.

 

[Gypsy07]

I'm not sure about the exact timescale of events, but I think I read somewhere that the chick pips the shell before it has fully absorbed the yolk sac. It rests a bit after pipping, gets some oxygen into it, absorbs the yolk to get its strength up for the final push and then it hatches out. I'm not sure if it's supposed to absorb the yolk before or after zipping though...

Just thinking that if the yolk normally absorbs AFTER zipping, then you might have a healthy chick that simply got stuck due to low humidity rather than a chick with some inherent weakness.

Did you open the other eggs that didn't pip?

That list of reasons is interesting but totally befuddling. There are so many possibilities I don't know how you'd start narrowing it down!

 

[usschicago1]

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Not sure, but it looks like it would have been a cockerel anyways.