6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

[Cynthia12]

No external pips yet but there is atleast one internal pip on a very thick shelled egg. i saw pip last night around 9pm but it could have piped anywhere from friday night to saturday night....i am worried about the eggs cause the shells are very thick on 3 of them but they are moving inside the eggs and the one external pip eggs keeps moving around.

What? No babies for you yet? Due date must be later later. Hope they get going for you! Good luck!

 

[Cynthia12]

Well my official count is 5 out of 10 eggs set. So 50% isnt to bad for my first attempt at incubating i think

Not bad at all, and I love the color. Blues! May be some splash in there?

 

[Cynthia12]

@ronott1 Do you think this is a cull? Or is there something that can be done for the little guy?

I personally think it's a cull. :/

 

[Cynthia12]

It is a cull if it is a slipped hock or a deformity.

It is sad--I have had a couple like that.

Oh..there you go, I answered before I got to that post..catching up.

 

[Peep_Show]

I look at the little curled up marans that hatched this morning and compare to the other two chicks and, you know, it's quite obvious something ain't right with it. I've started the B-vitamins and Poly Vi Sol and even did the splayed-leg-chick bondage outfit as the legs never quite get into standing position++. But looking at the chick's demeanor and expression and I'm wondering if there's some severe neurological damage that happened. I mean -- and I cannot express this without sounding un-PC -- I think the little thing is mentally retarded or brain damaged. The light just isn't there in the eyes. It just flops around the incubator and has absolutely no coordination. If placed in the brooder it would no doubt flop and drown. I'll continue with the treatments for a while longer (a couple of days) as I do believe in rooting for the underdog and see if it "chicks up" and has some functionability, but WOW. Seems so tragic. I wonder if the thickness and coloring on the marans shell inhibits oxygen penetration?

++ In describing the position of the legs, in a normal chick facing to the left the legs are under it at six o'clock. This chick's feet are placing more to nine and ten o'clock. It's like it cannot get out of the curled up in the egg (fetal) position.
Yesterday's chick by this hour of development was pecking at stuff and following around after its 3-day older sibling like an adoring little sister toddler. (They're actually now about the same size)


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On a happier note: I candled the TJ's eggs set last Sunday and pulled 3 of them (1 clear / 2 blood ring), leaving 32 with great healthy veins. Best of all, with the white shells I could candle in broad daylight and didn't have to take the eggs out of the tray. Loving that!

 

[Cynthia12]

What? So I made a goof.

 

[Peep_Show]

On a side note....

I went to the farmers market today, the same spot where I got my NYD HAL eggs. They only hold it once a month during the winter. Anyway, the sellers of my HAL eggs were not there. But I did make the acquaintance of a different seller, who is vending fertile eggs, who gave me her card and said that if I ever wanted to get serious about a hatching adventure again to call her and she'd set me up with fresh eggs only a few hours old. Sweet!

 

[Cynthia12]

I look at the little curled up marans that hatched this morning and compare to the other two chicks and, you know, it's quite obvious something ain't right with it. I've started the B-vitamins and Poly Vi Sol and even did the splayed-leg-chick bondage outfit as the legs never quite get into standing position++. But looking at the chick's demeanor and expression and I'm wondering if there's some severe neurological damage that happened. I mean -- and I cannot express this without sounding un-PC -- I think the little thing is mentally retarded or brain damaged. The light just isn't there in the eyes. It just flops around the incubator and has absolutely no coordination. If placed in the brooder it would no doubt flop and drown. I'll continue with the treatments for a while longer (a couple of days) as I do believe in rooting for the underdog and see if it "chicks up" and has some functionability, but WOW. Seems so tragic. I wonder if the thickness and coloring on the marans shell inhibits oxygen penetration?

++ In describing the position of the legs, in a normal chick facing to the left the legs are under it at six o'clock. This chick's feet are placing more to nine and ten o'clock. It's like it cannot get out of the curled up in the egg (fetal) position.
Yesterday's chick by this hour of development was pecking at stuff and following around after its 3-day older sibling like an adoring little sister toddler. (They're actually now about the same size)


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On a happier note: I candled the TJ's eggs set last Sunday and pulled 3 of them (1 clear / 2 blood ring), leaving 32 with great healthy veins. Best of all, with the white shells I could candle in broad daylight and didn't have to take the eggs out of the tray. Loving that!

Sounds like something different all right, at least you are giving it a go. Good luck on what ever happens here.

I know about candling white eggs..nice to be able to see in there..early. he he.. did I say early?

 

[Cynthia12]

On a side note....

I went to the farmers market today, the same spot where I got my NYD HAL eggs. They only hold it once a month during the winter. Anyway, the sellers of my HAL eggs were not there. But I did make the acquaintance of a different seller, who is vending fertile eggs, who gave me her card and said that if I ever wanted to get serious about a hatching adventure again to call her and she'd set me up with fresh eggs only a few hours old. Sweet!

Easter Hatch A Long!!!

 

[draye]

Anyone have a thread started for the EHAL?