August Hatch-A-Long!

[sweetappleacres]

I worked so hard on the sling lol. And Pretty Special said thank you. She would have typed it herself but its a little hard with her disability.

 

[DeannaA]

I worked so hard on the sling lol. And Pretty Special said thank you. She would have typed it herself but its a little hard with her disability.

SO cute. Loooks like a furry frog.

 

[DeannaA]

My EE and quail died in the eggs. Some of my guineas are astill alive but very dry indside the eggs. I never opend the incubator for 4 days. The humidity stayed high. But still dried out. Ihave increased it more. But how can I fix a dry membrane inside an egg?

 

[geordiechick]

I worked so hard on the sling lol. And Pretty Special said thank you. She would have typed it herself but its a little hard with her disability.

I thought hobbles worked better for spraddle legs than a sling but I,m no expert....good ingenuity on the sling tho

 

[ihavechickens]

Well because both chicks died we are not going to get any more chicks instead we are going to get either a pullet or a young hen

 

[AParmer]

I used a band aid to fix the splay leg on one of the babies from my last hatch. It was my first hatch, so my first "splint." A local breeder showed me how. I'm not sure what the success rate is for this method. But worked beautifully for Zipper here.

Before (the little black and white)


With his "splint"


Also with his "splint"



I will have to go take pictures of him when my crew is up for the day. He gets around like nothing's happened. I left this on for about a week. Have to watch it closely and make sure it can't trip into the water or where the other chicks can trample him.

 

[ggladd]

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Yep, now I know what a Straddle leg is and what not to do-

i had a chick in my first batch had spraddle leg really bad. The paper i put dow was too slippery. I tried the sling with no luck at all. Ended up having to put it down because it was bleeding underside. I was pretty upset about it.

 

[AParmer]

Zipper is on the right. I'm terribly sorry about the picture quality. Even with a great camera, pictures stink under a red light.

 

[Bantamlover124]

Zipper is on the right. I'm terribly sorry about the picture quality. Even with a great camera, pictures stink under a red light.

What type of chicks are they?

I i had a chick in my first batch had spraddle leg really bad. The paper i put dow was too slippery. I tried the sling with no luck at all. Ended up having to put it down because it was bleeding underside. I was pretty upset about it.

Awwwwww- I hope that never happens again to one of your chicks-so sad

 

[ggladd]

What type of chicks are they?
Awwwwww- I hope that never happens again to one of your chicks-so sad

The chicks are BB Red old english game bantams. I dont think it will happen again bit was a noob mistake on my part so now i know that newspaper in a no no.