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    Day 25: no pip, but water candling wobbles

    I thought about it, very seriously. Maybe next time.
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    Day 25: no pip, but water candling wobbles

    Yup! Got 12 eggs (4 of each), and only intended on keeping one of each kind anyhow, regardless of how many hatched). So if the BCM and OE are pullets... total success :) Wish we could have Roos because then even if the BCM were a boy, we have 3 blue layers in the flock, which would mean...
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    Day 25: no pip, but water candling wobbles

    I gotta show them off. A black copper marans (never seen feathers on the middle toe before!), a Crele marans (blondie, confirmed girl) and an adorable puffball OE.
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    Day 25: no pip, but water candling wobbles

    Thanks. It’s OK. I’m assuming anything that would hatch so late probably wouldn’t have a good chance of surviving long anyhow. We got 3 absolute beauties out of the experience, though :)
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    Day 25: no pip, but water candling wobbles

    No pipping so I checked again today. Did not wobble, so it’s done.
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    So we left this little one (which my daughter named Sweetie) with a trusted bird friend. Just as we were handing her over, she started pecking at and eating crumble :) Take a look at Thursday morning (can’t hold head up) vs this afternoon (sitting up fine). Amazing improvement. I’m hoping she...
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    Much to our surprise, the little one is holding its head up now, and though not quite walking around, is getting around on its heels, and waking us up middle of the night with loud cheeping. Saw first attempts to eat and drink (pecking at food and water) and backing away from the Q tip (which is...
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    I’ve kept it separated from the rest. So far #1 hasn’t behaved aggressively again, so it may have been a one-off (with bad timing).
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    It’s 2am. The little injured/wry neck chick woke me up from a dead sleep cheeping loudly in the brooder. Scooped her up and held her. Still cheeping. Dipped her beak in water - shook her head, quiet for a moment, started cheeping. Put some mushed up crumble in front and she pecked at it. Shook...
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    Believe it or not. The lump seems to have receded quite a bit. Unfortunately, it also has wry neck (which we are treating with Vit E, but might part with it tomorrow...)
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    The new hatches are being brought in for cocci and Marek’s. The older ones are getting pox vaccinations (wing jabs).
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    Day 25: no pip, but water candling wobbles

    If it makes a difference, these are chickens, not ducks. Expected them to be out or unviable by now... having one showing signs of life but no pipping is a surprise!
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    Day 25: no pip, but water candling wobbles

    Ongoing drama with our first incubation. This is exhausting, hah. Went into lockdown last Friday, with 7 eggs that showed progress. 1st hatched at exactly Day 21 (Monday). Next 3 hatched 24 hours later, including the one with the birth defect and wry neck. It is still alive. Wednesday still...
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    She understands what culling means and why it is done. We are taking some teenagers back where we got them from for their second vaccinations, and taking these new hatches in for cocci & Marek's (our entire flock has been vaccinated this way), and will bring the injured/defect/wry neck one with...
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    Good news bad news. The lump seems to be lessening. Bad news: this little one has wry neck, and I’m not sure it will make it because it’s not showing any interest in eating or drinking :( Managing to get Nutridrench and water in it with a saturated Q tip held to the beak - it dribbles to the...
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    Breeder confirmed it looks like a birth defect - hydro cephalus. More than likely, we will have to cull (if it doesn't die soon anyhow). My 10yo will be heartbroken :(
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    I’ve already considered that possibility. Never had to do that :( Id like to see how it responds first to the ointment and time alone in a warm DRY environment.
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    Yeah, wondering if this isn’t a “birth” defect, or maybe something went wrong towards the end of incubation. It doesn’t have shallow or labored breathing.
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    Not looking so good this morning. It did move around a fair bit last night and cheeped. But isn’t as coordinated as the others. Also a rests its head on the right side/tilts when sitting up. I can’t imagine that pecking CAUSED that, but it certainly didn’t help. Put some neosporin like...
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    First hatchling is aggressive

    I am starting this thread here from the end of a tail one I started about dealing with a broody, elsewhere: OK so we have 4 that have hatched in the incubator, but #1 which hatched yesterday was pecking at #2 and #3 through their pip holes. When #2 broke out, #1 dragged the shell off and ate...
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