thank you the two that were zipping just popped out so I think there may only be 6 that will not make it they have not even pipped yet this is the last batch for me for the year I THINK...LOL.
I saw this breed and loved the blue so I wanted to add them to my flock of yard chickens.
Thank you Amy I was worried! maybe the humidity got to high during incubation and I didn't catch it it is dropping to the 80s now so Im not as worried. The chicks in there now seem to be doing alright and I have two zipping right now sorry I panicked
Well I have opened all the vent holes but the humidity is not dropping and the ones that have pipped will drown if the humidity stays to high for to long. the little one I helped had egg goo dripping from his beak that was why I helped him he was also sealed in the shell before I opened the...
20 blue feather legged cochin eggs put in bator march 22 today is day 23 they started pipping yesterday. temp and humidity was 100.1 and 71% till the first chick hatched. After the 6th chick hatched the humidity jumped over 90% and I saw one chick that zipped halfway then was having allot of...
All the little ones that did hatch are doing wonderful and are eating and drinking fine.
Please excuse my daughters dirty fingernails she was feeding the chicks worms...lol
I know it was horrible and I felt afoul cause there was nothing I could do All the baby's were put to rest in the flower garden. at least now I know what happened to them.
Now the last egg was extremely hard for me to do and i baled like a baby It was still Alive but it was never going to make it it was really deformed
no eyes, brain exposed, and deformed beak.
The next one was a silkie that I think dyed before hatch day now this egg was leaning against the turner moter and was not getting the same amount of shift the others were so I don't know if.this was a factor or not
It did not have eyes
The first egg that I started on had pipped but didn't hatch I think it was because the chicks had knocked him against the wall of the incubator and the hole was covered.
he also still had some yolk left in the shell
So the other eggs did not hatch and I was wondering if I should just put the eggtopsy's in this thread or is there a different thread to put them in. I did learn allot from them and know why they did not hatch.
Blue Cochin's
Black Cochin's
White Cochin's
Blue Silkies
White Silkies
Black Silkies
And only a few Blue Lace Red Wyandotes lol
I called my dad and he came over to see his chicks and was like Wow you actually hatched them.
I was like Thanks for keeping the faith dad. He said I'm just kidding I...
Here are the pics with all my chicks
the first 2 I had the brooder light on but it was really hard to see them
So I shut the brooder light off for just a moment to snap some quick pics
Now its hard to see some of the chicks cause they blend into the wood shavings...lol for example...
well all but four hatched not sure why I candled them and no movement I'm assuming that they didn't make it but i'll let them go for the night and do eggtopsy if they still have not pipped or hatched. still I think 20 out of 24 was good for my first time.
He just turned 4 this past January. He is a hand full don't let that cute face foul ya...lol We just got our piglets for the year and by the end of the day he is dirtier then them.always getting into something.