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[txmel]

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very cute! what did you do about food and water while it was in the mug?

 

[txmel]

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yeah both of her feet are twisted and i have put chick shoes on her i just dont know what else to do?

Im not sure there is much else you can do for that.
My very 1st hatchling ever had a twisted foot. I tried the shoe but it didnt work. Then she seemed to get around ok. But as she got larger, she couldnt get around at all. She hatched early march. I just had to cull her recently. Its no kind of life if you cant make it to the food and water. She was such a sweet girl too

What was your humidity and temp through incubation? And what kind of bator?

humidity was around 30 to 35 with a few dips into the 20's before i added water, temps averaged about 99 to 101 i dont think the fan was working real well. at lockdown the humidity was increased to 60-65 . its a homemade incubator. i had 3 others hatch and the only other one with feet problems was the other jg chick. i got her/his feet to straighten out with the chick shoes, had to wear them for 2 days is all.

 

[clothdiaperingmom]

Are you doing dry incubation? I never had good luck with that. Ended up with my twisted foot chicken then. 1st batch hatched 0/13, then 1/14.

For Brinsea bators, their instructions say 40-50% during incubation. Up to 60-70% when see 1st pip.

My 1st thought when you mentioned twisted foot, was humidity problems. But I am no incubation specialist.

 

[EastinChickens]

I have my second pip!!!!

 

[txmel]

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this was my first attempt at dry incubation but i dont think i'll try it this way again because this is my first problem with twisted feet and walking problems too, and had some unabsorbed yolk problems as well. i dont know if all are related to humidity but i had better luck with the reg incubation method i did before. as far as chicks begining born with problems

 

[Tigerjane]

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Go chickie, go!

 

[abooth]

congrats on all your chicks everyone

 

[Peep Talk]

Congrats on all of the chicks everyone! I just got some good news! I will be home this coming weekend! Trip plans changed so that means I will be home when my babies are hatching! Woo hoo! I have 35 out of 80 quail eggs left and 3 out of 3 bantam eggs left still going strong. We are due this Saturday-Sunday.

YAY!

 

[chickboss]

Congrats to all you hatchers out there! Yay! More chicks! I just set eggs on the 2nd. All mutts, some may be Olive Eggers, and perhaps a couple of pure Marans. Just for fun and to add more color to the laying flock. Also set some of my own BRcross roo/EEs for a friend. Doing my first candle on them here tonight.

ETA: Out of 21 I had 3 clears and one early quitter, so 17 makin' a go of it!

 

[StormyMoon]

I set eggs on the 20th of july 5 of them but only 3 made it to day 19 and we are waiting on the pips I cant wait to see them. These were experiments just to see if my chickens eggs was fertile. 3 out of 5 not so bad for experiments 1 egg was clear the other didnt develop all the way. This will be the last time I set eggs. Till next spring

Wish me luck!