Set eggs February 12th! Hatch a long with me!

[B J Hopkins]

I believe they should have 3 front toes and one back toe, so if they don't have that I would say they are missing a toe. Sorry, I don't know why or what that would mean as far as culling goes.

Advice plz. Both chicks are the same. 2 front toes instead of 3

 

[Baggagolers]

Advice plz. Both chicks are the same. 2 front toes instead of 3

I believe Silkies have 5 toes. Maybe I'm not understanding your post, but this link has a good picture of Silkie feet. Hope it helps.

http://myakka2.myakkatech.com/Silkies.htm

 

[Papa Brooder]

Awoke this morning to three hatched chicks: 1 sizzle, 1 silver hamburg, 1 ameraucauna. I now officially understand the term "egg bowling". Holy cow, these little chicks are like bulldozers to the remaining 34 eggs!! I hope it encourages them to hatch and doesn't drown them!

 

[B J Hopkins]

I'm going to have to cull both og them. They are already becoming splay legged. Trying tape but must be doing it wrong as it seems to make it worse.

 

[TennesseeChicken]

Looks like we have 21 chicks total! It's hard to tell with all of the activity in the bator! We're about ready to transfer to the brooder. I've read about putting sugar in their first water; is this advisable at this point? Will post pics when the transfer is complete.

 

[naturespace]

I'm going to have to cull both og them. They are already becoming splay legged. Trying tape but must be doing it wrong as it seems to make it worse.

I think you are right. They will need to be culled. Sorry I use tape for curled toes, I'm not sure what I would tape for missing toes.

 

[B J Hopkins]

I believe Silkies have 5 toes. Maybe I'm not understanding your post, but this link has a good picture of Silkie feet. Hope it helps.

http://myakka2.myakkatech.com/Silkies.htm

Yeah, I checked the Mother hen this morning to make sure what they are suppose to look like. Looked real close at the chicks. The DO have the outside toe, but it's just a bare nubbin. I don't know if they can get their balance that way or not. I did check some of the other forums and found a link to a web site that showed how to tape splayed/spraddled legs. Am going to try that and see how things go first.

 

[naturespace]

Looks like we have 21 chicks total! It's hard to tell with all of the activity in the bator! We're about ready to transfer to the brooder. I've read about putting sugar in their first water; is this advisable at this point? Will post pics when the transfer is complete.

I have been putting vitamins in the water. Poly-sol, I think that's the name, it's for babies made by Emfimil. NO IRON version. You can also put apple cider vinegar in the water. You should do a search to find out how much. With the vitamins, I only do it the first few days. When I see that everyone is moving around and growing fine, I go with plain water.

 

[prclfd]

It's Day 20. When I went on lockdown I had 22 eggs with chicks. So far about 7 eggs that move around alot and no pips yet. I can hear faint peeps. This is my first hatch, so am I ok still? I keep seeing all of you with pips on day 20. The suspense is killing me

 

[B J Hopkins]

These pictures should show how the toes are. Have one chicks legs taped. The other fell in the water & just sat there. Had to dry it off & put back in 'bator. In the meen time, a Cochin mix hatched that I didn't even see was pipped. Pure Cochin is still working at it. Don't see anything going on in the remaining 7 eggs.