When a hatch goes "too" long leg problems?

[MountainMarans2012]

My display was reading 99.5, but I bought a Spot Check to double check at egg level, and had temps from 97.9 to 99.9, with an average of 99.0. I would rather be a little low than a little high, so I bumped the display to 100.0 on my next hatch and hatched 22 of 23. Had one hatch on day 20, 20 hatch on day 21, and the last hatched early on day 22. All healthy, no assists, no defects. My best hatch ever. FWIW, this was also the first time that I never opened the incubator until the hatch was complete. #22 was a surprise. I left it running for one more day after taking the chicks out, just in case

Thank You for the Help, will make the adjustments .....

 

[scflock]

Thank You for the Help, will make the adjustments .....

Not saying it will work for everyone, but it worked miracles for me. Have you double checked the interior temps with another thermometer?

 

[JJSS89]

The answer to the first question is definitely yes. If temperatures are off then defects can/will occur. A little bit low isn't a problem usually. The more off, the more severe. Especially if it is too warm, that's deadly and can create some very deformed chicks.

 

[ChickenLegs13]

My late hatchers are always full of problems; curled feet & toes and leg problems being just a few of them

 

[scflock]

My late hatchers are always full of problems; curled feet & toes and leg problems being just a few of them

Me too. It may be cold hearted, but I shut down early day 23 now, no matter what is happening. It's easier for them to die in the shell than watch them suffer and cull a few days later. I have successfully strapped 2 spraddles, but more often than not I end up heart broken. I never assist any more, either. I look at it as nature's way of culling the weak

 

[okiemamachick]

I think that's where I'm at wiyh assistance as well one instance broke me of it for sure!

 

[ChickenLegs13]

My late hatchers are always full of problems; curled feet & toes and leg problems being just a few of them

Me too. It may be cold hearted, but I shut down early day 23 now, no matter what is happening. It's easier for them to die in the shell than watch them suffer and cull a few days later. I have successfully strapped 2 spraddles, but more often than not I end up heart broken. I never assist any more, either. I look at it as nature's way of culling the weak

When my bators are running full time I don't waste any time on late hatchers because I need to clear the bators as soon as possible and get another load going.
During the slow season I might give eggs some extra time and "help" chicks but of the dozens of late hatchers that I've "helped" only a very few survived the bator to move to the "special needs" brooder box. Even less few of those make it to the outside brooder to be with the normal chicks. I can count on 1 hand those that actually made it to maturity and started laying.
There is a difference between helping, for example, a shrink wrapped slow zipper that's hatching on it's due date and helping a late hatcher that's several days overdue.

 

[DrangonsAsstnt]

We hatched some chicks, and one is having some serious leg problems. It can't straighten it's legs on its own at all, plus it's painfu for the chick when I touch it. When it does move, it walks on the knuckles of its knees. It's knees are pretty swollen too. And the right one bleeds and has puss some times. What can I do to make sure this chick stays healthy?