Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long! - Page 1000

I had a NH chick that had one leg perpendicular to the other behind it's back.  For ten days I held it for every speck of food and every drop of water.  It now runs!!!  I couldn't cull it, because otherwise it was vigorous and wanted to live.  I named it Penelope (for Penelope Cruz from the pirate movie, peglegged).  Unfortunately, Penelope now is starting to develop a little color in the comb and wattles, so may end up Johnny Depp.  But I put so much time/energy/care into this chick, it will have a pet home in the pasture with the sheep.  It can't go into a breeding program, but I can't cull it either.
 

One of the four Icelandic eggs now has a HUGE, very obvious pip volcano!  YAY  I was afraid I'd end up with a singleton breed, of course it still might be two roos!

 

Deb
 

 

For those of us without GFM status.....................page 1,000!!!

 

Deb

My hatch is complete with 16 out of 24. I am happy with the results wished more Lav's hatched but oh well. My first 4 came from 3 year old hens and the chicks are huge compared to the pullet chicks

Here is everyone

 

The 4 bigger chicks

 

The EE is front is my favorite. I am in with the face!! My oldest has named it Brownie

 

I am dying to see how the chick in the back with the brownish/red face turns out. Hopefully she has an all black body with just the brownish/red face. There are 2 just like this and unfortunately I do not know who laid them I did not see the egg they came out of.

 

That is the difficult decision. Without a clear diagnosis, you can only try until you decide otherwise. 

 

I only have 5 Basque from my 15, but I am still thrilled. Probably because my other shipped eggs, I only have 1 of 17, and one stalled out pip.

There are still 6 Basque eggs in there. At least 2 of them looked good at lockdown, so I haven't given up yet.

I hope your chick with the bad leg makes a recovery! I don't even know if I have any injuries. The incubator is packed, and I'm afraid to open it because there are a few pips in there.
16 of the 30 that made it to lockdown are out.

Sarah, sorry you had a bad hatch but glad you persevered into another hatch.

 

For the person with the injured chick leg, smear triple antibiotic ointment on it at least twice a day. I'd put it in a different brooder if you can so the other chicks don't pick on it. It'll take a day or two before it'll put weight on it.

Then you can start doing chicken physical therapy - I made her run a few feet to my hands then got crickets and mealworms when she was getting stronger.

 

Hi everyone i only got 14 out so far out of the 73 eggs that went into lockdown i have several pips and 1 zipping at lock down all 73 were alive and kicking what could have happened for them not to hatch is there still hope for them to hatch

Congrats on all the chicks!

Sorry to all who is having few or no chicks hatch.

Still no pips YET! But they are not due until tomorrow.