August Hatch-A-Long!

[epmchickens]

Ok I can not breathe!! After my first hatch I went outside to check on my coop chickens and I heard my daughter scream, our kitten accidentally pulled the bator down in the floor and our chick and 2 unhatched eggs were on the floor, one was bleeding bad, the other just badly cracked all over. I immediately got the chick and put her in the ready brooder/aquarium. And then put the badly cracked egg back in the bator. After I got the mess cleaned up I went back and checked the egg. I found a tiny hole in outer membrane and could see it was drying inside so I spritz it with water and my DH helped me make our best attempt on sealing it up with candle wax. It was moving inside and is now back in the bator with good temps and humidity. My little hatchling is snuggling a panda beenie baby and is quite chirpy. I held her in a towel against me to finish drying her. I cannot believe all of this happened. And to ice my cake our dog got my sweet love EE Roo chick (9weeks old) today. I have cried half the day away,

[/IMG]I am feeling a little mowed over. Just hoping for the best now. Any advice on the chick and does my wax egg chick have a chance?

I am so sorry! I don't even have words....

 

[Nashonii]

I've been trying to catch up on everyone's hatches. I'm sooo sorry epmchicks. Bad cat, bad, bad cat...typical cat though. I hope you recover, and try again soon.
I have a question: 8 of mine hatched on day 20, 1 hatched on day 21, and I have one left.
I was afraid it might be getting tired and needing more oxygen than it was getting. so I cut a tiny hole through the inner lining for it. As I cut I felt movement, and have been seeing it rock for 2 days now. (No peeping though.) Should I go ahead and get it out? I go out of town Fri. until Mon. evening. so if I don't get it out tomorrow, I won't have another chance until Mon. night. All the ones that have hatched have been fine, so I have no reason to think this one won't be, if it has the energy to get out, at this point.
What do you think I should do?
(They are Black-Cornish, or Marans father. Cornish & Lace-wing-? mothers.)

 

[familypendragon]

where did those eggs ship from...right after you got those I received some that were pretty bad, 3 broken packed loosely...rolling around in the box!! and then the eggs that I set Saturday and they blew up in the incubator all over my other expensive shipped eggs UGH!!

Oh no! These came from Pennsylvania if I remember right... lots of possible culprits between there and Texas I imagine.

 

[BY Chicken Lady]

Awwwwwww...so sad. At least your little first hatched chick is ok, right? Poor Rooster, I would have been adding my kitten and dog to Craigslist after that- I hope your other chick is alright... :'(

Don't be too hard on the kitten. It was just curious about the chirping I'm sure. Just today my adult cat was doing his usual morning activity of watching the chickens forage for bugs in the Chunnel. He got curious about the chickens activity and got up on the run wall to watch them from above and accidentally fell thru the edge of the netting cover down into the chicken run. At that moment he was surrounded by 9 adult chickens watching him! I worried about what my three cats would do if one of my chickens go out of the run but never thought about what would happen if one of the cats got in the run.

The tables were suddenly turned and the chickens outnumbered the cat, lol. Fortunately the chickens were use to seeing the cats laying just outside the run so they were not afraid of the cat...and therefore didn't attack him. My cat came to my bedroom window (within the run area) and cried out to me to get him out. I didn't know where the meows were coming from, certainly not thinking it was from inside the run so I didn't do anything about it, figuring he was just outside meowing at the chickens in the Chunnel. About an hour later my husband was outside and saw the cat in the run and called me to come let him out.

It was the funniest thing to see the cat hanging out in the run with all the chickens, lol. I opened the door and he came out. I honestly think he had a fun time in there. Hopefully if the tables are turned and a chicken gets out to where the cats are, they will be as kind to the chicken.

As tragic as the result was because of the curious kitty, it did not intentionally harm the chicks.

 

[familypendragon]

My little angel passed...it lived 4 days but it was a struggle...all the others are thriving

Sorry

 

[familypendragon]

I'm just starring at that baby! she is going to be so beautiful

Reminds me of a can-can dancer with big fans

 

[familypendragon]

Yay, two very nice external pips in my Barred Rock eggs! Go chickies go! I am hoping at least 2 more survived that bator spike to 107.

 

[DeannaA]

Reminds me of a can-can dancer with big fans

She reminds me of this, so I named her Isis. But your right, I'm changing it to Sally.

 

[DeannaA]

One more Cochin hatched. 6 pips. More babies in the morning.

 

[MyNewHobby]

I new things were going way to well with my cochin bantam eggs and something had to give at some point. My husband woke me up at 3:30 A.M. and said, the power was out. I jumped out of bed and ran straight to the incubator....the temp was 81. I did the only thing I could possibly think of which was to gather my 7 eggs and place them on my stomach covered with a pillow to warm them again. They are now back in the incubator and all are still moving (day 16) I just hope they make it through.