Like I told you in an older post, we put some new eggs in the incubator. There were 10 Silkie’s eggs and 4 of Ameraucana.
And now we have 7 Silkie and 3 Ameraucana baby chicks. I’ll promise to show you some proper pictures with them after they will fluff up a bit, as now they are a little messy 🙂
But the main thing I want to talk now is that even if I know that you should let nature take it course, is OK to help a chick come out of its egg.
I know that this might lead to problems, everybody around me told me so, every articles I read said so, but sometime you have to choose, and I decided to help a little fellow come out of its egg.
It was the end of day 19 and a little chick decided that was time to come out of its egg. I don’t really know what happened, but it didn’t make it. It just made a hole and stopped. On the second day, more than 12 ours after the first pip it was still in the same situation. Couple of hours later it managed to break a little piece of shell and kept rising it but didn’t manage to go any further. I guess it was stuck and could not make the ring in order to split the egg and come out. We hoped that the high humidity from the incubator will eventually help it but no, it didn’t. While on the day 20 and 21 others chicks were hatching without any problems it remained trapped inside its egg. Through the little hole I could see that the membrane was starting to dry out and keep it more trapped. So after almost 40 hours of trying to escape I decided to take my chances and take it out of the egg.
It was a process that made me so nervous that my whole body was shaking of emotions, but I did it. Using a small pair of tweezers I chipped the shell while with a small syringe I wept pouring warm water over the membrane. Finally I managed to take it out, peeled almost all of the membrane and than put it on a wet, warm piece of paper towel and put it back in the incubator. An hour later it was just like any other chick that hatched naturally. It still has some small pieces of dried membrane stuck to its feathers, but I will try to clean it when it will be more vigorous.
It’s a happy ending story with a happy healthy chick.
Sometimes is good to follow your instincts and do the right thing.
You will see him soon, now is not very presentable 🙂
Greenzonelife 
Apr 09, 2019 @ 12:53:23
Buna,
Ai facut foarte bine ca l-ai ajutat, insa de regula acesti pui care stau prinsi in coaja mai multe ore, nu sunt atata de vigurosi pe cat iti lasa impresia. O spun din propria experienta. Nu spun ca va muri, doar ca vei vedea diferenta dintre ei. De aceea unii ii lasa in pace si pana la urma mor daca nu reusesc sa sparga coaja cat sa iasa. Acei oameni doresc pasari sanatoase, viguroase cu care pot scoate pui vigurosi. Pana la urma, fiecare urmeaza ceea ce il intereseaza. Sa speram ca puiul ajutat se va face mare si sa te bucuri de el. In orice caz, nu trebuie imperecheat mai departe.
O zi reusita, Alina
Apr 09, 2019 @ 12:57:53
Eu cred ca fiecare fiinta are dreptul la viata, iar daca sta in puterea mea sa i-o salvez cu atat mai bine 🙂 Eu nu cresc acesti pui pentru profit.