CHICKS PROLAPSE

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hey Guys,
We have recently hatched some eggs, light Sussex (bought from e bay) Only 2 of the chicks hatched and when they did there behinds were hanging out and there was blood all over. They only survived a couple of hours. Everything was done correctly and the batch we hatched before were fine although they were fresh gathered eggs that had not been shipped. We have 7 back in now (some buff Orpington) but im worried the same will happen again. We have a brinsea Mini advanced and a have a humidity temperature so im positive we did everything right?? Any one no what could have happened???

Thanks in advanced.
 
hi,

sounds like they were too wet and didnt dry out enough before hatching. did they hatch on the right day or were they early and did they hatch normally or did you help them out of the eggs? i have this happen several times before and its not nice. using an incubator no matter how good is never as good as mother nature and does throw up problems. also the eggs coming threw the post really doesnt help either but if thats the only way you can get the breed you are after sometimes its the only option.

were the yolk sacs absorbed or outside the chicks belly? somebody else might be able to give you a proper explanation hopefully but fingers crossed for better luck this time
 
i thought it sounds like yolk sac too. did you help them a bit noraly if i have to help one there a lot of blood so now i just leave alone live or die i seem to make things worse
 
Hi, sorry to read about your hatch. I agree sounds like un absorbed yolc sac I have also had this problem, there is not a lot you can do especialy if your humidity was not too high during incubation. It can also happen if they are born early or hatch too quick, which is unlikely. The quality of the eggs could be a big factor as well. A prolaspe is not bloody though I have a chick at the moment with a prolapse and there's just a bit of a lump protruding from where the vent is. May I ask what humidity you kept it at? Another way to do your next hatch is lower th humidity. My last hatch was nearly dry until 3 days before hatch. Hope this helps a bit and hope your next hatch goes better :-) X
 
No we didn't help them what so ever !!! I was always told not to help as it's life way of natural selection!!! Both chicks absorbed the sac but they did pip a day early (day 19) the last 2 days the humidity was at 79-81%!! They both hatched out by day 20 and both looked healthy when they hatched but it was when we came back to check on them that we noticed all the blood!! Were putting it down to experience and future hatchs were going to try sorce fresh eggs we can collect most likely the ones from the farm where we have a rhode island red cock and some mendlsham and black rock pults. That is as soon as the buffs hatch!! We had seven but after candling them tonight only 3 were fertile, thanks guys for the advice.... Do you think also it depend on the freshness of the eggs as our first hatch were collected and hatched within days the more infertile eggs seem to be the ones that are posted???
 
I run my incys dry until the 18th day - then it goes up to 60 - I have just had a hatching - not as bad as yours - where the humidity went too high (we had a short power cut and everything went haywire) - 69° and I had chicks that hatched too wet - I wouldn't have your humidity so high next time - good luck :-)17
 
The first chicks we had were fine wirh the humidity but after the last batch were defiantly going to keep the humidity down!!!! Thank you
 
basically the less you disturb the eggs the better the chances of them hatching. they could all have been fertile before they were posted but if they get shook up they wont hatch. also the weather affects eggs in the incubator aswell. if its humid outside you wont need as much water etc
 
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