Help please, only one hatched ...

[Helle K.]

How long do i wait and where to cut the cord? Do I pull out the cord?

You can cut the cord - which I guess must be the umbilical cord - close to the eggshell, but the cord has to dry up and fall off the chick itself, otherwise you will kill the baby

[Che Guebuddha]

Ok I have cut the cord off and left a bit hanging from the chicks vent. The chick is fluffing up and walking a bit but mostly sleeping.

I gave it a few drops of water from my finger tip and it was drinking it seems to be eating small parts of wood shavings! Is it already hungry?? I read on the net that chicks need only water in the first 2-3 days and food afterwards?

I placed a shallow dish with water in the brooder with small stones in so the chick doesnt dry.

So far no new eggs have hatched but the aquarium incubator is holding same temperature all the time 37'C

[Helle K.]

Good that you have managed to control the temperature in aqualand

A chicken doesn't need food or water for the first 48 hours, but my chicks usually start tasting food and water as soon as they are removed from the incubator - I remove them as soon as they are dry.

If the chicken seems ok and healthy tonight, you can try to give it to mama hen when she is on the nest with the other chick for the night. Gently place the newborn under her wing..from behind. If the chick needs some more time to get in shape you can wait until tomorrow night. I hope she accepts it - if not - you have a problem. The newborn has to have a mate or two

[palleti]

It is important that "baby food" is available at once, so that chicks can feed as soon as they are able to.

The sac with leftover nutrients from the hatching period is not supposed to be used as food, but as a supplement to the food the chick is able to find itself. The way Nature intended,  so to speak. See the link below: 

http://fjerkrae.dk/prod/index.php?topic=810.0