Okay guys....I'm throwing in the towel so to say. One beautiful little chick from Chick-among-us is all I have to show from my swap eggs.
I had 50% hatch of my own that were put in.
Farmer Chef, I don't know what happened. Your eggs were showing great development first 12 days. Then...
Pipping started last night but I didn't want to say anything until someone popped out of a shell.
Farmer Chef: Yours looked the best developed on day 10, but nothing hatched yet.
Chick-among-us: One...Tiny...Black...Chick....With Feathers on Its Legs? Explain please..........
I had one, of mine, Pip 2 days ago and then nothing. On eggtopsy it looked as if it pipped below the air sac. That is the oddest thing about this hatch. My eggs have very small air sacs and the swap eggs suffered a large amount of dehydration of the air sacs.
Today is Day 21. No peeps or...
I'm hoping someone more knowledgeable than myself answers this thread. Just didn't want you to feel all alone.
If you know where to locate his crop, feel to see if it is distended,firm to palpation, or just soft and empty. Research "Crop Impaction" here on BYC if it feels firm and full.
Try to...
Going into Lock Down tonite.
I had to pitch some eggs that looked Okay last week but did not fill out the egg and there is no movement notable. That is disappointing. I'm learning. Have some with very large air sacs...1st time I've seen that.
Terrible time keeping humidity up. Even with...
Sorry forgot to address swollen face. This can be due to an upper respiratory infection.
Check here: http://www.apa-abayouthpoultryclub.org/Edu_Material/Poultry Diseases/EXTERNAL SYMPTOMS FOR DIAGNOSING POULTRY
Or do research here on BYC for chronic bronchitis, respiratory dieseases and...
Treat for scaley mites by applying Vaseline Petroleum Jel to leg surface. (Suffocates mites.) But I wonder if the initial swelling has caused the scales to fan out instead.
I currently have a roo in the "Chicken-pital" due to foot swelling that got so bad he hid in a nesting box. He does have...
I think the same thing is happening to me also. My 5 eggs I put in are doing Okay, But...some of the swap eggs look like they have stopped progressing. And I think one of them has started to leak...or I was a little too sloppy with the water refill?
I'm not an experienced hatcher outer and...
Okay...Okay...I'm as bad as everyone else' I could hardly wait to fire up the bator and start toasting those little Fuzzy Butts.
If it wasn't for the USPS slowing up the delivery I'd have had mine in sooner too.
I'm just letting them do their thing in the bator. I have a Little Giant still air and I have to keep an eye on it....often. I will not worry about candeling again until time for Lock Down. I pitched several on day seven but not many of yours as I could not see thru those green shells! Some...
Here's my report: Farmer Chef... Lots of veining in 70% of White eggs, can't tell too much about colored eggs. The big white has super highways of veins growing in it.... Sure you didn't send me a turkey egg? Or Alligator?
Then: Chick Among Us... Green eggs are always difficult for me to...