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This is true.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.
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This is true.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.
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!Thats a true success story I dont read often. Congrats !
I’m lucky then...and happy too!Its normally the chick that wont have the broody. Slick must of made fast friends w/ her sibling.
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:
Today is Day 21 for the chick. I do see it still “chewing” occasionally like it is still absorbing the yolk.
- Does it look as though the blood has receded enough, and
- would the yolk already be absorbed?
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:
Today is Day 21 for the chick. I do see it still “chewing” occasionally like it is still absorbing the yolk.
- Does it look as though the blood has receded enough, and
- would the yolk already be absorbed?
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.
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:
Today is Day 21 for the chick. I do see it still “chewing” occasionally like it is still absorbing the yolk.
- Does it look as though the blood has receded enough, and
- would the yolk already be absorbed?
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.