WooHoo!!!!
Is your brooder ready to go?
Once the chicks are fully dry you could put them in the brooder
Is your brooder ready to go?
Once the chicks are fully dry you could put them in the brooder
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It’s ready, I just need to move it upstairs and put the sand in. Those two hatching have raised the humidity to 83%, and there are no other pips currently, so I feel okay opening the lid to take these guys out. The second one is still a little damp. I’ll take a nap (that was a long night!) and I’ll move them after.WooHoo!!!!
Is your brooder ready to go?
Once the chicks are fully dry you could put them in the brooder
I've been debating on how to go about this. I read about people starting them on nipples from the beginning, here on BYC, and thought I'd give it a try. There's a large jar lid under the nipple waterer, to catch any drips, so if it looks like they're not drinking (after I give them a couple more demonstrations), I'll just push a nipple and let it run and puddle some water in the lid, so they have an alternative source until they figure it out.Nice job on the nipple waterer, but they probably need an open one the first couple weeks.
Dehydration is not something you want to deal with.
Thanks for addressing this! I guess at this point I'll just wait and see. I was just curious. What do you think about the clumpy stuff at the bottom of the egg though? When these two chicks hatched, there was nothing in the shells... or at least not that I could see through the lid.In an earlier post you mentioned extra space at the bottom of the egg before lockdown. I've seen this too but don't have a good answer for you on it. Some do, some don't. Sometimes it means the chick hasn't developed properly even though you're seeing growth and movement. Other times the eggs like this hatching without an issues.
There's typically something left over in the bottom of the shell. Yellowish, greenish, jelly looking leavings. Just as delightful as it sounds.Thanks for addressing this! I guess at this point I'll just wait and see. I was just curious. What do you think about the clumpy stuff at the bottom of the egg though? When these two chicks hatched, there was nothing in the shells... or at least not that I could see through the lid.