April 2023 Hatch-A-Long

[Canadian Wind]

Ahhh man!! Show her the price you could get for them!

She'll retort that we are NOT paying that much for a chicken!

I don't know where she got her stubbornness from. Can't be ME.

 

[microchick]

Well done. You must be so proud for overcoming it.

I'm not sure if I'm dealing with it but I have a cockerel suddenly unable to stand up since last week and I'm a bit scared, especially with 22 chicks in the brooder and another 24 eggs in the incubator at the moment. All I can do is hope it's not it, but it's good to know there's hope even if the worst comes to be.

I hope your hatch goes well!

Thank you and Oh My! I hope it isn't but I've learned the hard way that if you suspect it , it might be your worse fears,
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How old is the boy and what other symptoms does he have? Is he thin? Is he eating? etc. Other things it could be but usually Marek's is at the top of the list in young birds with sudden difficulty standing.

I had one 9 week old bird that presented with scissor paralysis. It was a BO pullet. Began in one foot. It was knuckling under her toes, progressed to it dragging its bad leg then developed the same symptoms in the other foot and leg. I put the poor baby down when it started huddling in a corner because the other chicks were picking on it. That was the only bird that I had that presented that way. Others had Ocular MD, the rest survived the original infection only to succumb to either neuro symptoms, or visceral tumors.

My best advice is to be vigilant. If the rooster succumbs have it necropsied. Concerning the chicks, well, in for a penny in for a pound. If you are dealing with MD they will be exposed as the rest of your flock is now officially carriers.

Time will tell as they say. But yes, there is life after Marek's.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Difference between my biggest and my smallest egg in the incubator. Big one is barnyard mix, small one is OEGB.

 

[Poodlemum]

7 pipped or zipped!!! AND ONE IS NOT BLACK!!!

 

[Poodlemum]

Thanks! I agree, I do need some cuties! I was excited to get a new d'Uccles baby, but it is what it is...I will just try to enjoy the other bearded babes that hatch! I'm hopeful the two watermaal eggs make it too!

Turns out I didn’t get a D’Uccle egg, boo! I guess it could be covered by a silkie/Cochin, but then I’d definitely expect feathered feet. Timmy has been running over to the coloured coop as soon as I let her out, so maybe a barred OEGB/bantam BR mixed with who knows lol

 

[Poodlemum]

Congrats to Kevin/Karen, you sneaky bastard I’m guessing buff laced Polish roo, no idea which WTB laid that egg. Mags is white with black spots, so maybe her? Otherwise a lot of BBS, barred, and partridge

 

[kurby22]

Turns out I didn’t get a D’Uccle egg, boo! I guess it could be covered by a silkie/Cochin, but then I’d definitely expect feathered feet. Timmy has been running over to the coloured coop as soon as I let her out, so maybe a barred OEGB/bantam BR mixed with who knows lol

Sadness!! I have had so many people complain that their d’Uccle roo was a jerk so I’ve been afraid to get one! But I have two Millie fleur and a porcelain…so I was hoping this time I might get a roo! Wasn’t meant to be I suppose!

 

[Poodlemum]

Sadness!! I have had so many people complain that their d’Uccle roo was a jerk so I’ve been afraid to get one! But I have two Millie fleur and a porcelain…so I was hoping this time I might get a roo! Wasn’t meant to be I suppose!

Thumbelino is super sweet! I just don’t have the heart to get rid of my cuddly roos, all my large fowl are buttheads (except Rocky, who isn’t mine lol). He’s a year old now and just barely started crowing. He’ll go with his ladies into a breeding pen when it ever stops snowing

 

[Iluveggers]

Day 17 for me. I candled, weighed, & removed turners. Have an appointment tomorrow after work, so I didn’t want to have to do all that for lockdown. I can just bump humidity after dinner. A few eggs looked much further along than I suspected, so hatch will be interesting!

 

[microchick]

I have two one SDW rooster who came out just a tad larger than the other boys. I think he has a bit of one of my Amish Barnyard Cross birds in him which means there is a Game bird gene lurking in there somewhere and boy does he have the attitude for it. Saw him today chase one of my Fayoumi roosters around the coop. Big bird attitude in a small package but I'm wondering how many eggs in my incubator have his imprint on them.

Time will tell I guess.