Helping hatch a shrink wrapped chick
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Helping hatch a shrink wrapped chick
10 489 просмотров · 5 л. назад
Falls Family Farms
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10 489 просмотров · 5 л. назад
Warning: small amount of blood in video.
I opened the incubator this morning, thinking hatching was finished, to take out the chicks and get them in the brooder.
I left the incubator on the unhatched eggs, just in case.
I checked on them later to see if any were viable, and heard chirping from one.
Because I had opened the incubator twice today, and this one had pipped a little (opened a small hole in the shell), the membrane inside the egg has dried up and essentially shrink wrapped the chick in place, so it can’t hatch itself.
Here is how I helped it hatch, using a warm wet towel and a toothpick.