4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[Bettacreek]

Lost my NYD hatched duckling in the night. I'm not sure it was eating. I did get a new chicken chick out. Cornish cross baby. Hopefully my shipped eggs do well.

 

[coldupnorth]

These are the 4 little ones that hatched for me.

Ringo (Serama mom/Showgirl dad) - naked neck, 4 toes and no feathers on legs

Star (Serama mom/Showgirl Dad) - 5 toes and feathered shanks
No naked neck

Chipper (Sizzle mom/Showgirl dad) - 4 toes
Alfonz - (Silkie or Sizzle mom/Showgirl dad) - naked neck, 5 toes and feathered legs.


It will be fun to see what they grow up like. This is my winter pen that will be separated a bit in the summer. We only have one Serama and she grew up with most of the Silkies, so she is pretty comfortable in there.

 

[AlivianAcres]

Started with 12 eggs...4 chicken 8 quail....I got 1 chick....the rest either never started it quit

 

[Sweetly Silkies]

Started with 12 eggs...4 chicken 8 quail....I got 1 chick....the rest either never started it quit

 

[ronott1]

What is a Jubilee Orp?

Sorry if this was already answered.

There was a nationwide contest to pick a chicken breed for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The Orpington was not picked so it is not directly connected to the Diamond Jubilee but the type dates back to 1897. I can't find the specifics now but I think a strain of Sussex was picked.

Jubilee Orps are rare now having been imported by Greenfire Farms. They are reddish and have a speckled pattern.

 

[CasieD]

Anyone here using the Brinsea Ecoglow brooder heater???

I've got one and have it set up to put my just hatched chicks in once the rest of the eggs are done. I set it up and put a thermometer under it. I have it on the lowest height and the temp under it is only 86°. Is that what other people are getting with them too?? Is that warm enough? I'm used to the 95° that you should set up for with the lamp.

 

[FeyRaine]

I actually think the herniated navel is going to turn out fine.
Since it was still connected in a closed system from "hatch" until 6 hrs later when it finally finally really closed off internally
(if I had messed up at the 2 hr mark when it looked closed off but was just crimped around the foot I think it would have been real trouble)
but Chick B took a long time laying around I I think it actually continued to close up so as long as it didn't draw any infective agents inside things should be good.

On the other hand I have to say, I've dealt w/ reg. & problem births in dogs, cats, goats, and llamas, and this egg hatching stuff is, for the birds (way more tricky!)

But so far B & W are doing fantastic - they can both walk really well now, and are way more active than I expected at this point, they are actually perky!
They take naps of course, but are otherwise moving around the bator, peeping to each other then finding each other and snuggling.
B has actually pecked at a few things, like little bits of eggshell. Maybe too soon to get overly hopeful but they are acting like regular chicks at this point

Zero action w/ Egg L, 15 hrs since first peep ...

 

[coldupnorth]

Anyone here using the Brinsea Ecoglow brooder heater???

I've got one and have it set up to put my just hatched chicks in once the rest of the eggs are done. I set it up and put a thermometer under it. I have it on the lowest height and the temp under it is only 86°. Is that what other people are getting with them too?? Is that warm enough? I'm used to the 95° that you should set up for with the lamp.

I use one and have found that it works fine inside especially if you can have a cover over that part of the brooder to keep heat in. I find that it cannot keep up when I use it in my heated garage (50*). I've lost some really nice chicks to the heating element failing on one of mine.

 

[CasieD]

Quote: Thanks, mine is set up in the basement. It is heated but only around 63° down there. I'll drape something over that area to see if it helps!

 

[ronott1]

Anyone here using the Brinsea Ecoglow brooder heater???

I've got one and have it set up to put my just hatched chicks in once the rest of the eggs are done. I set it up and put a thermometer under it. I have it on the lowest height and the temp under it is only 86°. Is that what other people are getting with them too?? Is that warm enough? I'm used to the 95° that you should set up for with the lamp.

You can't use them if the room is too cold. I use one in the garage and it gets down to 40 in there at night(Gotta love California!). If you are using the 20 with bantams, you can remove one of the sides and leave it at an angle for the small chicks.

To answer your question, The eco glow is like the mother hen. If the chicks are cold, they stand up and make contact with the black warm part. I have been using mine for a year now and have had hundreds of chicks under them. Not a single one has died from being too cold or too hot. You do not need thermometers with it and you do not need to worry about catching the house on fire. And like a mother hen, they do not heat the area up to 95 degrees.

They pay for themselves in electricity savings in a month or so too.

I hope this helps!