Anyone HATCHING?!?!? Newbie's and addicts WELCOME!!!! Hatch Calendar page 1!!!!

[silkymom1986]

I was just looking around at new post and came across this 3rd annual easter hatch, any reason to incubate more eggs sounds good to me, lol

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/625456/mahonris-3rd-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long

Quote:Whats the easter hatch?

 

[silkymom1986]

So glad to hear hes doing better!!!

I had the same thing happen once to one of my chicks, it didn't have as many side effects as you are explaining, guess he was lucky.

So I just thought I'd give an update on my little Tank as hopefully it will help others in the future if they have a healthy little one go suddenly down hill.


Tank was the same all day yesterday and I kept expecting to go over and find him dead but he was hanging in there .... Last night I fed Tank some egg yolk and more electrolyte water. He just stayed huddled in a ball not moving much or lifting his head or opening his eyes. He seemed to have kind lost some coordination wasn't standing and when he tried he often ended up twisting onto his back.... I would turn him over and dropper feed him more water etc etc. His feet looked a little strange like they were over extended if that makes sense.... If he did walk he was going backwards only .... so strange.. Not to mention that he had not pooped since the clear liquid squirt on Saturday!! The other one that was a little lethargic did poop..... I tried massaging his crop and belly and nothing .... So this morning still no poop and other one pooped again... I figured I needed to do something... I had read to feed him a drop or two of olive oil. Well a minute later he pooped! It was like a bunch clear mucus with a little brown. Since he pooped he is now standing, lifting his head, cleaning himself etc etc.... These things came back slowly and he was still walking backwards but has progressed and can walk forward and DRANK on his own!!! Still not 100% but seems to be on the road to recovery.

 

[silkymom1986]

This is adorable!!!

How old are they?

My quail hatched today! I know you're not supposed to mix quail and chickens, but I put these together really quickly for some pictures. So cute! I've got 78 quail so far, with a few more in the incubator that might yet hatch. I had to open it after one was stuck under the carton all day, so I took them all out. That one too a couple of hours to stand up, but I can't tell which one it is now, so I guess it's doing OK. The chick is one of my Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, which hatched on Saturday, so two days difference between the birds.

 

[CowgirlJules]

Thank you!

The chick was two days old, and the quail had just hatched that morning.

 

[silkymom1986]

6 more days until hatch day, I can't wait!!!

Anyone have any new chick pics to share?!?! I'm starting to have withdraws, lol!!

 

[Lady Chickadee]

Two more days till lockdown! 19 silkie eggs are doing great!

 

[Johndeere96]

I just put mine Into lockdown

 

[silkymom1986]

Just put 25 in lockdown yesterday around noon and just had one hatch on day 19!!!!

I'm sooo excited!!!

 

[Lady Chickadee]

Good luck everyone who's hatching or in lockdown!

 

[Maximus]

Please don't think I'm a dumbo but what is Lockdown Oh and I just put 7 eggs under a hen today