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The Bamberg Herald
Bamberg, Bamberg County, South Carolina
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E. R. Drake explains a simple olive oil method to help chicks hatch from tough shells under hens, preventing death and improving activity, with potential benefits for incubators.
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I wish to tell the readers of the Agricultural Epitomist how I help out the chicks that cannot get out of the shell owing to the tough coating over the head. The remedy is very simple. Have a small bottle of olive oil, pour a drop or two on the opening. Spread the oil around the shell with the finger; tenderly remove a little of the shell and so on until the shell is off over the chick's head. Now, remove the coating of the chick's head, pour in a few drops of oil around the cavity between the chick and the shell, put the chick under the hen twelve hours, and he will be as spry and active as those that got out of the shell themselves. If you take the chick out of the shell without using oil you break an artery and it bleeds to death; the oil is a tonic. I have no experience in using an incubator, but having used this simple remedy for years under hens with the best results I am of the opinion that the hatch would be greatly increased in incubators.—E. R. Drake, in the Epitomist.
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without oil, the chick breaks an artery and bleeds to death; with oil, the chick becomes spry and active after 12 hours under the hen.
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E. R. Drake describes a remedy for chicks unable to hatch due to tough coating over the head: apply olive oil to the shell opening, spread it, remove shell tenderly over the head, remove head coating, add oil to cavity, and place under hen for 12 hours. The oil acts as a tonic. Used successfully for years under hens; suggests it would increase incubator hatches.