Are my eggs resting or have they died???

[Rory the Chicken]

Cool, it might be because one egg hadn't hatched when we moved the chicks into the brooder. that egg hatched and that is the chick that is being pecked

 

[Offshoreorca]

Cool, it might be because one egg hadn't hatched when we moved the chicks into the brooder. that egg hatched and that is the chick that is being pecked

Our little white silkie chick gets pecked more by the others (which are larger cochins and cochin-silkie crosses). She's completely fine though, just at the bottom of the pecking order. I'm sure things will be okay. The only time you'd have to worry is if the chick is getting physically hurt or if it has a disability (sometimes that causes other chicks to peck more, as happens with older birds too).

 

[Rory the Chicken]

ok, I'll say if they injure any anyone else.

 

[Rory the Chicken]

by the way, all thee chicks are drinking perfectly.

 

[Rory the Chicken]

I've been observing the chicks and they only occasionally peck each other. Could they possibly have been establishing a pecking order?

 

[Offshoreorca]

I've been observing the chicks and they only occasionally peck each other. Could they possibly have been establishing a pecking order?

Yes, they have pecking orders even as chicks. Some pecking is just out of curiosity but other times it has meaning - you will find out who the brazen bold ones are, who the shy ones are, and who lies in the middle. It is a normal part of their day-to-day lives.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

Cool, it might be because one egg hadn't hatched when we moved the chicks into the brooder. that egg hatched and that is the chick that is being pecked

Sometimes you can just put up a piece of hardware cloth inside the brooder and that way the little one will still be with all the others until it gets a little bit stronger in a day or two.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

by the way, all thee chicks are drinking perfectly.

Can you post a picture of your chicks? I am dying to see them! Congratulations by the way! I think you said that all six of your eggs hatch, that’s great! Did you buy your eggs from a breeder?

 

[L11]

We are incubating 6 Araucana eggs and we are on day 19. On day 17/18 they were shaking a lot but on day 19 they have all stopped. Is this normal? We read that they were resting but others said that the embryo has stopped developing. Can you please help me out?

No worries here. It takes 21 days for chicks to incubate fully and hatch. Just keep an eye on them. Good luck!

 

[TrustyRusty]

They could be resting or the temp/humidity is wrong and they are stuck in the shell. If they are standardbred Araucanas, few, if any will hatch, as Araucanas carry lethal genes and rarely, if ever, have a 100% hatch. By definition, lethal genes cause death in the incubation process. By now they either hatched or didn't...