ChickMamaInProgress
In the Brooder
- Apr 18, 2022
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(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes. Just over 3 weeks ago.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 23 started in incubation. 10 hatched so far.
(3) What breeds do you have? Bantam
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Watching the miracle of life with my own kids and students. I'm a teacher.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Watching my kids play sports. Rescuing animals of all kinds.
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
Husband and 2 kids. Pets: 3 cats, lots of fish, snails, and a bearded dragon.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
Found BYC online while searching answers to questions as of a month ago. Wanted to join due to wanting to learn more about hatching chick's.
(8) Hatching was going great with multiple births until yesterday at 4pm a chick was pipping and tonight at 9pm seemed stuck in the shell and not making further progress (I believe from shrink-wrap) so I assisted the chick after researching how and now the chick has what looks like a thick cord trailing from its umbilical cord. It bled for a couple minutes but has stopped. Chick is still moving around and peeping off and on but Im worried he/she is hurting or wont make it.
Thanks for all your help and guidance so far!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 23 started in incubation. 10 hatched so far.
(3) What breeds do you have? Bantam
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Watching the miracle of life with my own kids and students. I'm a teacher.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Watching my kids play sports. Rescuing animals of all kinds.
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
Husband and 2 kids. Pets: 3 cats, lots of fish, snails, and a bearded dragon.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
Found BYC online while searching answers to questions as of a month ago. Wanted to join due to wanting to learn more about hatching chick's.(8) Hatching was going great with multiple births until yesterday at 4pm a chick was pipping and tonight at 9pm seemed stuck in the shell and not making further progress (I believe from shrink-wrap) so I assisted the chick after researching how and now the chick has what looks like a thick cord trailing from its umbilical cord. It bled for a couple minutes but has stopped. Chick is still moving around and peeping off and on but Im worried he/she is hurting or wont make it.
Thanks for all your help and guidance so far!
Glad you joined.
