[DyArianna]

THAT is awesome! Just saw that your thread had been updated.. I have yet to have a complete clutch hatch.. so I'm hoping for that. I wonder if Gibbs has any more hidden splits! If a Lutino pops up.. well then.. he's a mutt alright. lol That'll make him split to pied, pearl, cinnamon, white face and lutino if that's the case. Maybe I'll get a white face this clutch. Mom looks split to that too.. so that would be great!

 

[RexiesMuM]

Im hoping for a whiteface pearl pied =D That's my fav mutation. This is my first clutch and i really hope the rest hatch my 11 year old bummed out when i told her the first one did not make it

 

[DyArianna]

Quick update.. visible pip marks have stopped. Still mad movement, seizing and chirping. I really hate attempting to assist as I always feel I'm jumping the gun. This little guy is way up in the air sac. I opened the very tip to get a look inside and the membrane is still looking perfect and there are tiny red spider veins still visible. He doesn't appear to be stuck to the side or anything so I put the egg back in the box and will check again shortly here to see if I need to go further. Will post later.

 

[DyArianna]

Wow.. what an afternoon! Well little Callen is here! Or Baby G as we are calling him.. after G Callen on NCIS Los Angeles. He is touch and go though, we'll see how the night goes. I opted for the assisted hatch and took my time with it making sure everything was going good. I would moisten the membrane, remove a little shell, make sure that he was still moving, breathing and chirping and then put him back in with mom and dad. They would immediately get on him and keep him warm. I did this every 20 to 30 minutes. So finally around 5:30 he was completely out. A half an hour ago I got a few drops of Pedialyte into him as he is just a sleepy little guy. He's a good pink, breathing good and mom and dad are still keeping him warm. His abdomen looked good, not black and he still had a little bit of his yolk sac, but not much. It has already almost shriveled up. I'd like to see him a little more active. It will be a long night I think. So let's keep our fingers crossed for him.

Question... how often should I give him a few drops of Pedialyte?

 

[srtiels]

Congratulations on the little one LOL....details please....what color down and eyes?

The parents should be occasionally giving him fluids...just check his crop every little bit, because they digest so quick.

 

[DyArianna]

Okay.. so I'll just monitor and make sure he's warm, breathing and moving. I just peaked in again and no sign of him, so he's safely tucked under mom and dad I think .. will investigate further in a bit.

He's got yellow down.. so no white face. And his eyes are dark... so a grey it's looking like..which also means baby boy! I haven't weighed him yet. Wanted him to get on an even keel first. I've never weighed my chicks right after they've hatched.. it's always been a few days down the road. What should be a good weight for a fresh hatchling?

 

[srtiels]

Something for the future. Weigh the egg prior to hatch. The shell is only a fraction of the weight, the pre-hatch weight, thus the egg weight will also be the hatch weight. average hatch weighs are 5-6 grams.

 

[DyArianna]

A couple of days ago the egg was 6 grams. I just went to go check on him again and got mom and dad to move willingly. Little one didn't make it. Dad was still nesting on him though. I checked him over real close and there are a couple little teeny weeny sores on him. I think mom and dad tried to motivate him but he was just too weak. So, in the same boat as RexiesMum.. I kind of had an idea when the pipping stopped that it was going to be a tough one. We'll keep our fingers crossed on the rest of them.

 

[srtiels]

((((hugs)))

 

[bjknight93]

Awww...i'm sorry

 

[RexiesMuM]

Im sorry hun hugs. No progress on my little one either but the sack has titlted alot more and my pip mark is just a little bigger. There is still movement inside so i won't intervene yet as i haven't heard chirping yet either

 

[roxy culver]

I'm so sorry...the 1st 24hrs are always the scariest in my opinion. When the baby makes it through the first night, that's when I stop worrying. Fingers crossed for the next one!

 

[DyArianna]

Thanks guys! No signs of pipping yet this morning on #2.. so will update as this one progresses too.

 

[lperry82]

Aw no i am so sorry for your loss

 

[DyArianna]

After yesterday being a stressful afternoon.. I had something really cute happen this morning. I know it's a bit off topic for this thread.. but didn't want to start a whole new thread for it. I was walking by Mr McGee's cage and I just about dropped when he came running to the side of the cage and says Peekaboo! His first words!! I'm such a proud momma! Made me feel so much better! Egg 2 is still not pipping.. still good veins and movement, just not time yet.

 

[lperry82]

Aw well that is good to hear at least guess he knew to cheer you up

 

[sunnysmom]

I'm so sorry to hear about your little one. How nice though that McGee knew to cheer you up! (And I do think they somehow know when you need it. )

 

[Sunshine2009]

Aww that is so sweet, they do know when you need cheering up, both of mine come to sit on my shoulder when I'm down. I hope the others will have a safe appearance soon!

 

[DyArianna]

Well as of 4ish this afternoon... no progress on egg #2. You can actually feel the little bugger moving inside the egg though. Will candle again later tonight. And just for kicks, I picked up egg #3 and there are 2 small pip marks on it. He/she must be trying to upstage #2. #2 will be 18 days tomorrow, so as long as I see veins and feel movement I will give it another day or two I think.

 

[DyArianna]

Still no pip marks on egg #2.. at 18 days. Still feel movement and it looks good though. However, egg #3 has 3 pip marks on it.. all straight in a line with soft cracks connecting them. The interesting thing is that these pip marks are really located half way down the egg, where as my others always pipped about 3/4ths up the egg. Hmmm... Egg #3 is 16 days. Is it possible somehow that egg #2 was delayed in incubation?? From everything I could tell they were all nested upon from the get go. If there are no pip marks tomorrow at 19 days.. should I try and do an assisted hatch? I hear no chirping yet and it's not the seizing movement that I feel when I hold it.. it's just general movement.