ChickClown
In the Brooder
I’m not sure if it’s an emergency but I’ve read that it is
On Friday we had a chick starting to hatch, it was hatching upside down so we assisted but when it came out, it had hatched prematurely but they were and still strong, last night their yolk bursted and we had a sleepless night till it stopped leaking, the yolk is currently dark red in colour and stiff like clotted blood but it doesn’t smell infected however it smells fishy, it’s been over 24 hours since it burst and the chick despite not ever standing before has tried to stand and successfully did so for a few seconds, we are keeping them isolated and cleaning them with warm water when we can to prevent any infection and we every so often give them water by holding a shallow dish of water up to the tip of their beak and they’ve drunken water but have not eaten food yet even though we tried to give them some chick starter
I think we are doing ok but I would like some advice since this is a very new thing to me and I am very worried for the little guy
On Friday we had a chick starting to hatch, it was hatching upside down so we assisted but when it came out, it had hatched prematurely but they were and still strong, last night their yolk bursted and we had a sleepless night till it stopped leaking, the yolk is currently dark red in colour and stiff like clotted blood but it doesn’t smell infected however it smells fishy, it’s been over 24 hours since it burst and the chick despite not ever standing before has tried to stand and successfully did so for a few seconds, we are keeping them isolated and cleaning them with warm water when we can to prevent any infection and we every so often give them water by holding a shallow dish of water up to the tip of their beak and they’ve drunken water but have not eaten food yet even though we tried to give them some chick starter
I think we are doing ok but I would like some advice since this is a very new thing to me and I am very worried for the little guy