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  1. S

    Pipped at the bottom

    Two fold question... Day 25 in the incubator for my bobwhites. The majority are hatched and in the brooder, but I still have several cheeping and pipping. I have several that have pipped on the wrong side of the egg. It's more of in the middle or towards the point of the egg. 1. What causes...
  2. W

    Slipped tendon?

    This chick hatched about 8 hours ago. One of the legs is stuck up. It is trying to stand and cannot. Is there a way to fix this? The toes are all fully developed.
  3. W

    Chick hatched leg stuck up

    This chick hatched about 3 hours ago. The leg is stuck up and it can’t put it down. It is trying to get up and walk around and is kind of hobbling. Any suggestions?
  4. C

    Chickens won't get back in brooder, maybe stuck?(RESOLVED)

    So my 'New Jersey reds' are kept in a large bowl shaped brooder that is in a large dog cage, and they as of recently have learned to jump out. usually they jump back in soon after, but today they have not gone back in at all, and I have seen them trying. I want to help them, but every time I...
  5. J

    Stuck chick??

    Update: I had to intervene last night and help (coconut oil worked amazingly!) I softened the membrane and “cracked” off the shell. Put her back in incubator an within 10 mins she broke out of the membrane. This morning she’s almost fully dry and seems healthy! Thank you! Help. I don’t know if...
  6. D

    Duckling eyes stuck closed...?

    So our black swedish hatched 2.5 days ago now, had a bit of a troubled hatching with the yolk sac, but we're mainly worried about it's eyes. It looks like they're goopy or stuck shut...? We feel so bad cause she can't see anything, and must be so scared. We keep trying to gently wash them out...
  7. B

    URGENT!! STUCK CHICK!

    Hi all. I HAVE A CHICK TOTALLY TRAPPED IN DRIED MEMBRANE! Egg pipped at midday on Saturday (uk time here). It quickly unzipped, but then seemed very stuck. I have read a lot about this sort of thing, and knew to just wait 24 hours. The next day, two further chicks had hatched, but not this...
  8. B

    Bulge on quail chick!

    My quail baby hatched this morning yet it still attached to its umbilical cord, there it’s lots of white stuff and blood but nothing is improving, looks very weak tried to move yet can’t as it’s stuck, is there anything I can do to help? There is also a bulge where the cord would go into the...
  9. Q

    Rooster won't stretch his leg. What to do?

    Hi, I'm writing here in hopes to get some help from the great people here! Starting from the beginning, this rooster had a really bad case of mites that we somehow missed for quite sometime. When we realized there was a problem, he was already limping pretty badly but was still standing up...
  10. Jemima Duck

    Duck beak gummed up?

    Hello, I'm new to owning ducks, and have had 2 runner ducks for a little over a week now (and getting another tomorrow). Apart from my other post about their behaviour (which I was told was normal, phew), the ducks have been getting along fine. I have been using just hay for bedding up until 2...
  11. J

    Is my chick stuck?

    Hi, brand new here but have been reading along and learning for the past few months. I’m on day 21 with my silkie bantams and one of mine has pipped at the wrong end and looks to be stuck. It’s been this way with no improvement for at least 8 hours, maybe more. Chick is peeping away and trying...
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