Anyone hatching April 5-7 or so? ALL DONE, READY TO BE LOCKED

[SabaiFarms]

Thanks for this thread. It helped me a lot through my first hatch. It's amazing how this forum answers questions without me even having to ask them.

Only one survivor: Mort.

Mort with store bought buddies.

 

[Suechick]

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I found that my brooder temp maintains better when I cover it. So right now my chicks are in a ventilated cardboard box with the lid just cracked. When the temp in my house goes down at night I've been covering it with a blanket to keep the chicks nice and toasty. I also notice that when there is a draft on it the temp goes down 5 to 10 degrees but then comes back up. The chicks are OK to have a temporary drop in temp. My broody took her 2 day old chicks out yesterday they hung out in the yard for about an hour and the temp was in the 60s. Some of the chicks were under her, but most were exploring in the yard, so if it's OK for them I figure my chicks in the brooder at 80 degrees are OK for 1/2 hour.

I'd suggest trying to move the chicks back to the brooder. And, if you're hatch date has passed the one that's chirping may have been positioned poorly to pip. I'd candle to find the air cell and give it a pip/zip treatment in a steamy bathroom then back to the bator and up the humidity in the bator.

I know others say if it can't make it out of the shell that they leave it alone. It's up to you.

Oh, I thought of something else. If you fill an old sock with rice and microwave it that can heat up your brooder, the chicks will snuggle up to the sock for warmth. This is what I use when I take chicks around with me to do show and tell. You can also fill a gallon bottle with hot water and put it in the corner of the brooder to give warmth.

 

[Alas]

Sheesh! Two of the chicks in the bator have been sidling up and pecking the crud out of each other since they hatched.

 

[Delmar]

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That is what we did. We used cardboard from a french fry box. I didn't realize though that the cardboard had come off before we took that photo. I read on the other thread that one person suggested tape on the bottom as well as the top. We just re did the job and it looks to me like it is goning to work well. It seems that, as long as the toes are spread and straight, they will not curl. It has worked for the last five minutes anyway

I found I had to use the strongest tape. Well, not duct tape. But a good strong medical tape. Waterproof is the best.

The tape from band-aids seems to be sticking to her toes quite well. It is waterproof and made to breath.

If it's a loner it will want to have company all the time. Can you get a buddy for it?

We are looking at that. We have not quite given up on the hatch but they longer it goes with no more pips the less optimistic we become. I don't really want to go to TSC and buy 6 since we would rather hatch our own, but if it come to that it comes to that.

How close in age does a good brooder buddy need to be?​

 

[chevgrl]

How's everybody doin? I took a break from the forum cause I need to get stuff done and I got two little ones (human) that are sick. I've got 7 in the brooder and 2 in incubator and 1 pipped, today is only day 21 although some eggs in the bator were put in 3's days later so they should just be starting to pip today or tomorrow.

 

[Suechick]

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Such a bummer to have sick kids!! Hope you stay well.
Sounds like your hatch is going great!!

YAY!!

 

[Suechick]

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Awesome, didn't mean to sound like a know-it-all. Sorry if I did.
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I've seen chicks together that are up to a week apart in age. But I don't know much about this. Anyone?

 

[Suechick]

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Its astounding how early pecking order gets established!!

 

[chevgrl]

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Such a bummer to have sick kids!! Hope you stay well.
Sounds like your hatch is going great!!

YAY!!

So far so good. When can I float test? My incubators is super stinky so I candled eggs but none of them smell. I think it's the water and poo from other the chick... is that possible?

 

[latebloomer]

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I found that my brooder temp maintains better when I cover it. So right now my chicks are in a ventilated cardboard box with the lid just cracked. When the temp in my house goes down at night I've been covering it with a blanket to keep the chicks nice and toasty. I also notice that when there is a draft on it the temp goes down 5 to 10 degrees but then comes back up. The chicks are OK to have a temporary drop in temp. My broody took her 2 day old chicks out yesterday they hung out in the yard for about an hour and the temp was in the 60s. Some of the chicks were under her, but most were exploring in the yard, so if it's OK for them I figure my chicks in the brooder at 80 degrees are OK for 1/2 hour.

I'd suggest trying to move the chicks back to the brooder. And, if you're hatch date has passed the one that's chirping may have been positioned poorly to pip. I'd candle to find the air cell and give it a pip/zip treatment in a steamy bathroom then back to the bator and up the humidity in the bator.

I know others say if it can't make it out of the shell that they leave it alone. It's up to you.

Oh, I thought of something else. If you fill an old sock with rice and microwave it that can heat up your brooder, the chicks will snuggle up to the sock for warmth. This is what I use when I take chicks around with me to do show and tell. You can also fill a gallon bottle with hot water and put it in the corner of the brooder to give warmth.

i did move the chicks to the bator, the temperature came up and they're happy

i did open the shell for the one that hadn't pipped, and sh was shrink-wrapped, helped him along a little and noticed he was derformed (had no upper part of his beak and coudn't even find eyes) so i culled him, and it was fast, but i'm terribly upset.

really hope the one with the standing problem starts doing better, i'm not sure i can lose another