Alaska hatchers..How is everyone doing? Baby pics !!!!!!

[Ban seabhag]

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Awesome race Lance!!!!!!

 

[Mrs MIA]

Babies!!! Started pipping a day early, and now we have Delawares, Ameraucanas, Red/Black sexlinks, Orpingtons, and even a silkie or three!

 

[PandoraTaylor]

I have another few (7) eggs in the turner now, awaiting enough for a hatch. I figure the turner is the best place to store them until I start the incubator, as it turns them for me and I don't have to worry about forgetting to turn them. Plus I can monitor the humidity of the incubator, and there for control the area they are in!

I am thinking about adding yesterday's gathering of 15 to it and just letting it run.....then I will add to the laying flock, as well as the breeders.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Oh my... 4H group came to see the chicks/bunnies... I'm wore out! Fun bunch, but I'm not used to that much energy anymore! LOL! I took them in small groups to the incubator room, showed them the new babies, even candled a couple of eggs so they could see the chicks moving inside...

22 chicks out, more on the way... and I just set another 70+ eggs...

 

[Ban seabhag]

Its beautiful here today. Around 32 and the sun is out. This is a glorious time of year if its not too cold.
I bet the kids loved it!

 

[BirdBrain]

Folks, you have really been busy hatching!! I'm in Texas visiting my folksand getting my chicken fix until my birds arrive in May. My moms flock are some that I hatched for her last year. Our rooster has a problem with his comb. If you have a chance to wander over to the Emergencies forum I would appreciate it if you could look at the pictures and weigh in on the discussion. It is entitled "What is wrong with Goliath's comb".

 

[PandoraTaylor]

Setting 1 more batch probably in the morning. I just moved the first 2 hatches to a new kennel...
they are not sure what to make of each other yet.

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The bigger ones kept picking on the little ones. so they are seperated again.

March 6th Chicks-

they (19) are in a 110 Gallon aquarium which they seem to be outgrowing fast.....

 

[Ban seabhag]

I tried to put the faverolle in with the week olds (she is 3 weeks) but they mobbed her and she is so mild mannered she had no clue how to deal with them and she's alone now also. They are looking really good Pandora!

 

[Ban seabhag]

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I agree with you, even if he was exposed to cold, the tips would go first. Other than that I haven't a clue, I don't know enough about possible ailments or anything like that. I wouldn't say fighting or pecking is likely however, since it is on both sides in the same place.
He's a handsome dude BB.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Boy, Carmen, I don't know... it looks like an infection of some sort, considering it shows up on both sides of the comb. If he were mine (and oh, boy, is he purty!) I would take another photograph in a week to see if it's changing. If there's no change, or it's getting bigger, I would administer a broad spectrum antibiotic and see how it reacts. If it looks like it's getting smaller, then I would just let it run its course. I'd have to do a little more research, I think... I'm not familiar with pox, but the few photos I've seen don't look like that.


Some of the next generation Ameraucanas...