i recently tried incubating some chicken eggs, and so far have had only 1 egg remain fertile and hatch properly, and the hatch went amazing and he seems extremely happy and healthy, but he is alone and seems a little bit in distress. i have his water, mash, and heating pad for him, yet he keeps...
First time posting...hope I'm doing this right. I hatched 3 silkies this morning( first hatch at around 330AM, last two hatched at approx. 9 & 9:30AM.) Shipped eggs. They hatched on day 21, as they should, but 1 of my babies pipped sometime early Friday morning and he was the last to hatch @...
Hey!
I just hatched a few Buff Orpington. All doing great but one.
She cannot stay on her belly or stand on her legs. She lays on her back with her legs up.
What can I do to help her? She is alone in an incubator and warm, and I gave her a bit of water.
Thank you!
This is a one week old chick born out of the incubator. She had a hard time getting out of the egg. We helped her, but some of her skin / duvet was stuck. And she has a limping leg. She can get around, but it’s getting worse as she grows.
Any idea how to help her?
Here’s a video of her getting...
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