Arizona Chickens

[Coffee N Chickens]

Morning chick report--three in the brooder, three in the incubator doing the newly hatched chickie faceplant, and one hatching. Five of the six are colored like the males have been up until now.

 

[BlueBaby]

Morning chick report--three in the brooder, three in the incubator doing the newly hatched chickie faceplant, and one hatching. Five of the six are colored like the males have been up until now.

If most of them turn out to be boy's then you will have to have a talk with those girl's, because the hen decides the sex of the fertilized egg when it's layed.

 

[CaroleW]

A probably dumb question.

One of the girls in the coop with Rolex has been giving me eggs with extra large yolks. There's no telling the eggs apart when you look at them, but whan you crack them open there's more yolk and less of the clear/white part. Would this account for a large chick? I used the eggs from that coop for this hatch. The two little yellow spots at the top are from the camera.

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IDK but the yolk is the food for the chick (from my understanding) so it would make sense that more food makes a bigger, stronger chick.

 

[BlueBaby]

IDK but the yolk is the food for the chick (from my understanding) so it would make sense that more food makes a bigger, stronger chick.

That may account for the fact that even if the egg's are all the same size, even some of the girl's will be a bit bigger then other's.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

If most of them turn out to be boy's then you will have to have a talk with those girl's, because the hen decides the sex of the fertilized egg when it's layed.

Well, it's now 6 out of 7 dark chicks with some yellow, one dark brownish one, and an eighth one pipping. I sure do hope they're not all boys.

The biggest chick, Big Bird (formerly Angry Bird), has one leg going out to the side. It seems to be improving a bit and he's less than 24 hours old, so I'll wait and see if he needs help. He may just be figuring out this walking business.

 

[BlueBaby]

@Geckolady How many chick's now?

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

@Geckolady How many chick's now?

Seven. One egg pipped this morning and was chirping earlier, but has not made any more progress. Another one rocks every so often, but no sign of a pip. When should I intervene?

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

The one that has trouble walking has a really big belly, and I think that has a lot to do with it. It can't get both legs under that big belly. It keeps ending up on its back and can't right itself.

 

[BlueBaby]

Seven. One egg pipped this morning and was chirping earlier, but has not made any more progress. Another one rocks every so often, but no sign of a pip. When should I intervene?

If you have to help them you can. On the one that is rocking you might have to see where the the air-cell is is at and then carefully poke a small safe air hole for it. If the one that was hatching already made a hole, check to make sure that the membrane is still moist, and if it has dried carefully add a bit of water with your clean finger's to remoisten it.

 

[BlueBaby]

The one that has trouble walking has a really big belly, and I think that has a lot to do with it. It can't get both legs under that big belly. It keeps ending up on its back and can't right itself.

That doesn't sound good.