My Sage Eggers hatched on the 6th! Being CL over Welsummer, I THINK I have 6 pullets and a cockerel. What do you think?
The possible boy is in the front in this pic.
Wow, adorable chicks! And sorry about the dismal set. I think some sellers just don't care. As someone said, they can just use the excuse that you screwed it up. So any time I set shipped eggs or even from someone else, I set some of my own for comparison purposes. Then if mine died too, I'd know it was me and not the eggs. (have never had that happen though lol)
As I mentioned on the other thread, I think they look plenty big for day 5! How old were they at set?? That makes a difference if they were older, therefore bigger, to start with.Good Morning! I am hoping to get some opinions on my aircells! My eggs are starting day 5 and I checked a couple. Last year my aircells grew big FAST when I was running at 25-30% humidity. It was my first attempt hatching since I moved to a higher altitude...6500ft. So this year I am trying higher humidity to slow it down....50-55% and this is what they looked like this morning
These are Bantam Cochin eggs
Thoughts for starting day 5?
It's a vitamin deficiency - E and Thiamine (which is one of the B vites) and some think selenium possibly? There were a lot of varying opinions on the topic when I researched. Some think it's hereditary, or that it comes from a deficiency in the hen who produced the egg, or that certain medicated feeds block vitamin absorption... leave it to the web to really be confusing and all over the place as far as causes go... but, they all agree it's vitamin related, so a straight dose of vitamins is the antidote. (Oh, there is also a general consensus that shipped chicks suffer from it more often because of the stress (and lack of good nutrients during shipping.)
I have always used vitamins in my waterers for my new chicks, but sometimes the severity of the deficiency calls for a more direct approach. And as wvduckchick said, severe cases often do not recover - and I was so grateful to have her depth of experience here, at my fingertips when it all happened.
This chick exhibited the early signs right from the get-go, only, I had never encountered it, so I just thought she was an extra sleepy chick. I wonder if all the trauma the eggs in that shipment went through played a part? It truly was miraculous that she and her brother hatched at all... so perhaps. (I don't feel particularly inclined to do a study on the topic.)
Hope that muddies the water for you a bit more.
Awe, they are super cute. And you're a hatching manic! LOL I'm jealous of your blrw. Enjoy them! Hopefully the next hatch will be just fine too.
My 9 new blrw babies... 2 splash, 3 black and 4 blue.Thank you everyone on here for your help along the way. Even though I don't comment much, I read everything and I've learned so much from you all. I have another lockdown coming tomorrow with bieles, more blrw, CCLs, bresses and blue ameraucanas. I'm a little more nervous about this next batch because shipping took 4 days..
Oh wow. I can't add a whole lot since I'm on my first hatch, but I also live at 6,000 ft. I candled last night at day 7-8 and that's about what my air cells looked like. My eggs were 1-2 days old and my humidity has averaged around 30%.Good Morning! I am hoping to get some opinions on my aircells! My eggs are starting day 5 and I checked a couple. Last year my aircells grew big FAST when I was running at 25-30% humidity. It was my first attempt hatching since I moved to a higher altitude...6500ft. So this year I am trying higher humidity to slow it down....50-55% and this is what they looked like this morning
These are Bantam Cochin eggsThoughts for starting day 5?
