I too have hatched peachicks with bald spots on the head, but it is only the pied. But the parents do not have it. I have the Hova-bator, I don't think its close to the heating eliment because they all would come out like that. They appear healthy. Is this a sign of a male, since they have...
I will in the morning, I was going to look at the girls, see who the guilty one is. there were not any Silkies here unless it was prior before we got the hens. I did read something on the Silkies about their feet but not since the hens have been here.
Well if it makes you feel any better, we do the homemade incubator, great success by the way. But with summer now here, the incubator gets up in temp.... So mine got up to 100, so I turned off the light bulb to get the temp back to 95/96 degrees (because I didn't want to lift the lid and let...
these are one of our own chicks we hatched and I noticed this is the only one with feet like this. Anyone want to take a stab at this one? Buff Orpington is the father and the hens are Black and Blue Cochins. Thanks
*UPDATE* So the sac is gone but a tiny bit he/she wants to still lay there but only on one side it wont move to the other side. He does move around like a scoot but not yet holding up its head or walking.
It was past 24 hours since our duckling pipped not much progress was going on, we started to help it along and when it had hatched (what looks like the yolk sac) is still attached. Will our baby make it and if so how long will it take to absorb?
The batch that was due yesterday were under way, the pipping party has begun. Of the 4, 3look good. One was hatched 3:30am this morning and 2 others are going to hatch this morning sometime. Going to have to do a float test on the last one. Next couple of weeks could be very interesting, as we...