Blood Veins and Absorbed Yolk???

[Mimi13]

Makes perfect sense to me.Wait til she is eating and drinking good then you should be able to add one of the other littles. Worth a try anyway.

This is true.

 

[Mimi13]

Saturday morning I finally decided to bring in a brood mate to this little chick I helped hatch. I hated to take one away from Molly Marans, my broody, but it was in everyone’s best interest...if it worked that is! She didn’t like it one bit either.

I got the smallest of the three and put ‘her’ in with Blackfoot, aka Slick. (My sidekick grandson gave ‘her’ the Indian sounding name because that’s how he distinguished her from Molly’s chick. I called her Slick simply because her head and face down are slicked back because of the coconut oil I used on the membrane.)

All went unbelievably well for which I was thankful! A lot of staring on the part of Slick because she had never seen another chick before and the usual toe pecking, from both.

 

[Mimi13]

Slick and Molly’s chick are not a lot different in size at all. That surprised me because there is a little over two days difference in age. Slick is so stubby looking compared to the other chick. She came from one of my Ameraucanas and is the only chick (out of 11) to have a pea comb. Her stubby booty makes her look like an Aracauna, but she does have a tiny tail. My almost 4 year old grandson loves our chickens and ducks and can be a tremendous help...at times! He always has their best interest at heart, as evidenced here when he picked up a piece of poop and told them that wasn’t good for them.

 

[Mimi13]

I’ve been battling all last night and this morning over what I should do with these two chicks — raise them inside or try to give them back to Molly. Slick was not eating as good as I had really wanted to see, but I suppose things were rocking along well enough that I bit the bullet and took both of them out to Molly. Worst case scenario I would snatch one or both up if I saw any ill will toward them from Molly.

OMG was I ever surprised! Molly never acted in any way different than if they had both been with her the entire time...a huge answer to prayer! Slick, on the other hand, stood there dumbfounded, once again just staring at Molly. When Molly would cluck to the chicks, only three went running for her tid-bitting. Slick just stood and stared. I was worried. However, I sat and watched 30+ minutes and it didn’t take her long to figure out what was going on.

Long story short for today, I continuously checked on them throughout the day and again when they were bedding down. My heart melted when I watched as Slick slid in underneath her broody!

I didn’t take any pictures of the reunion and I could kick myself now, but if all is still good in the morning I will. Here are a few pictures of the two together before I returned them to Molly! Oh, and Slick has a tiny brown spot on the top of her head, has a pea comb and I believe maybe will have a beard and muffs (when the oil disappears.) Molly’s chick already has wing feather tips.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Thats a true success story I dont read often. Congrats !

 

[Mimi13]

Thats a true success story I dont read often. Congrats !

I know, right? I’m still a bit baffled myself. From all the horror stories I’ve read I guess I was expecting Molly to try to kill at least Slick!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Its normally the chick that wont have the broody. Slick must of made fast friends w/ her sibling.

 

[Mimi13]

Its normally the chick that wont have the broody. Slick must of made fast friends w/ her sibling.

I’m lucky then...and happy too!

 

[Mimi13]

My little baby started crowing today. It’s okay I guess because he is a little cockerel that I probably won’t keep. But still, he is special because he would have been dead if I hadn’t intervened.

He’s a pretty little thing with tiny muffs. He is 6 weeks old today!

 

[Sylver Queen]

This egg was one of four eggs under my third broody. The first three hatched early in the morning on Day 20. She left the nest early in the morning on Day 21. I got the egg and candled it and saw there was an internal pip. Still not thinking it was alive, I opened it and peeled it back over the air cell (probably a little too much.) The chick was and is still very much alive and in the incubator. I put coconut oil on the inner membrane yesterday because the blood veins were still full. It has been like this for 24+ hours now.

My questions are:

• Does it look as though the blood has receded enough, and
• would the yolk already be absorbed?

Today is Day 21 for the chick. I do see it still “chewing” occasionally like it is still absorbing the yolk.

Any thoughts? Please and thank you to all the egg experts!

@WVduckchick @casportpony

ETA: in the morning. The way I had it written made it sound like the Chicks hatched early and the broody left the nest early, which could be the case (a little bit) I guess, but not what I was meaning exactly.

This egg was one of four eggs under my third broody. The first three hatched early in the morning on Day 20. She left the nest early in the morning on Day 21. I got the egg and candled it and saw there was an internal pip. Still not thinking it was alive, I opened it and peeled it back over the air cell (probably a little too much.) The chick was and is still very much alive and in the incubator. I put coconut oil on the inner membrane yesterday because the blood veins were still full. It has been like this for 24+ hours now.

My questions are:

• Does it look as though the blood has receded enough, and
• would the yolk already be absorbed?

Today is Day 21 for the chick. I do see it still “chewing” occasionally like it is still absorbing the yolk.

Any thoughts? Please and thank you to all the egg experts!

@WVduckchick @casportpony

ETA: in the morning. The way I had it written made it sound like the Chicks hatched early and the broody left the nest early, which could be the case (a little bit) I guess, but not what I was meaning exactly.

This egg was one of four eggs under my third broody. The first three hatched early in the morning on Day 20. She left the nest early in the morning on Day 21. I got the egg and candled it and saw there was an internal pip. Still not thinking it was alive, I opened it and peeled it back over the air cell (probably a little too much.) The chick was and is still very much alive and in the incubator. I put coconut oil on the inner membrane yesterday because the blood veins were still full. It has been like this for 24+ hours now.

My questions are:

• Does it look as though the blood has receded enough, and
• would the yolk already be absorbed?

Today is Day 21 for the chick. I do see it still “chewing” occasionally like it is still absorbing the yolk.

Any thoughts? Please and thank you to all the egg experts!

@WVduckchick @casportpony

ETA: in the morning. The way I had it written made it sound like the Chicks hatched early and the broody left the nest early, which could be the case (a little bit) I guess, but not what I was meaning exactly.

I am learning as much as I can about this right now. I was meticulous incubating the first time and had six out of seven eggs hatch into healthy babies, but on day 23 I still saw no movement and no internal pip from the seventh egg. I opened it to find a live baby and didn't know to look for veining on the air cell. It was positioned backwards with his head toward the other end of the egg but it turns out I probably should have just left it. This is good info, and good to see yours survived! Mine hadn't started breathing yet or it may have survived as well.