Nicola O Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Bertha has hatched five chicks over the last 48 hours, but I've noticed that the last one out - hatched during today - his belly hasn't closed properly and you can see a tiny yellow bulge (I assume that's the remains of his yolk). The tiny 'opening' is clean and I have given him a little puff of poultry antibiotic wound powder. Can chicks get over this and as the last of the yolk is absorbed with he 'close up' ?? He is quieter than the others and keeps stopping to rest and his head drops into the shavings, and then he leaps up. I'm hoping he is quieter because he only hatched today and hasn't fully recovered from it and hasn't found his feet yet. I will, of course, keep a close eye on him but I wondered if anyone ele has experienced this, and what the outcome was. Nicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 It will probably be ok. As long as there isnt any insides coming out of the navel I wouldnt worry too much, any small bumps nearly always shrink back It may have hatched a bit early or from a small egg so may never be very strong but hopefully the tiredness is just temporary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola O Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Thanks Redwing He looked better this morning, and just looked at him again as I've got in from work and he is bombing round with the others - but I was shocked to see that one of the others had died. He seemed absolutely fine this morning, and there's not a mark on him so I'm not sure what's happened to him . This has not been a good hatch for poor Bertha. She started with 12 eggs, crushed 2 within the first 24 hrs, and then managed to crush and kill another 3 at hatch (before they even got out of the egg), 2 were infertile, so I was pleased that 5 had made it. Now we are down to 4 . Nicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
