We got two goslings that are now 7 or 8 weeks old - yesterday the female (we think) and slightly smaller one started limping on her left leg. Looked at her foot to see if she had something sticking her and her foot and leg look fine and seem to move naturally. She can still run pretty fast...
Usually if you see that the chick has pipped, but they don't make any progress after that (for maybe a day) then they may be shrink wrapped. This just means that the inner membrane has dried and the chick is stuck to it. I have helped out many many shrink wrapped chicks. I take the whole egg...
Hi,
I hope I don't cause any offense, but what makes these 'giant' cochins vs LF cochins? The babies are beautiful! Do you have more pics of your hens and rooster?
Thanks!
I have been hatching steadily since New Years (Yay!) and I hate the dust/dander. So I got a couple air filters and put the smaller one in the bedroom for the brand new babies and a larger one in the garage where I have 2 different pens of different age chicks. It has kept down the dust...
THANKS to you guys for responding! Yes, it is wry neck. I got some vitamin B and vitamin E and have been giving a drop of each - supposed to be 4 times a day but I'm gone all day to work, so I have only given it 3 times between last nite and today, but IT IS WORKING! She is already looking...
Just hatched some Lemon Blue Cochins, of course this is the prettiest of the bunch....
When I first found her in the incubator, she was upside down in the egg carton (in an empty cell) with her head tipped all the way back into the neighboring cell. I thought she was dead! But I picked her up...