I have a chick that didn’t fully absorb their yolk before hatching. It was just a little bit so I found some similar posts online and followed the advice there with my own tweaks and the little one is looking pretty good now but I want to know what else can go wrong at this point and what I can possibly do to help.
This is a picture from several hours ago. I think the yolk was fully absorbed but there’s still a bunch of gunk hanging off them. I’m trying my best not to mess with anything unless I actually know what I’m doing so I haven’t touched it at all and I think it’s getting smaller as they’re drying off but it’s hard to tell now that they’re getting fluffy. Chick is very active and didn’t want to stay in the teacup I was using to keep them from moving around too much.
teacup to restrict movement with a sterile nonstick pad inside to help chick absorb the yolk without sticking to anything.
The rebellious nugget
This is a picture from several hours ago. I think the yolk was fully absorbed but there’s still a bunch of gunk hanging off them. I’m trying my best not to mess with anything unless I actually know what I’m doing so I haven’t touched it at all and I think it’s getting smaller as they’re drying off but it’s hard to tell now that they’re getting fluffy. Chick is very active and didn’t want to stay in the teacup I was using to keep them from moving around too much.
The rebellious nugget