California - Northern

[debs_flock]

Is it me or is hatching winding down? Happy hatching to you all

It hasn't wound down now for years............

...............even when I was out of the country, DH hatched about three sets of eggs.

 

[CackleJoy]

vitamins with B in it and it takes 5 days or so. The sooner the vitamins are started the better. You will have to hand feed it and give it water until the neck is back straight.

I had one this year and culled it.

I can't commit 5 days of dropper feeding a chick. We will be gone Fri - Sun moving stuff out of our house in the mountains. I guess that just clinches it. Total bummer. I HATE culling chicks.

On the brighter side of things, I have 4 apparently healthy Basque chicks off of the 1st cockerel.

 

[ronott1]

I can't commit 5 days of dropper feeding a chick. We will be gone Fri - Sun moving stuff out of our house in the mountains. I guess that just clinches it. Total bummer. I HATE culling chicks.

On the brighter side of things, I have 4 apparently healthy Basque chicks off of the 1st cockerel.

You could give it a day. I often will but the chicks that I hatch for the egg farmer can't be taken care of like that. He does not have the time so I do what I can for the day or two that I have them. If they are not going to make in on their own after that, they are culled.

Wry neck can be caused by a hatching injury or nutrition. If an injury, they may not recover.

 

[chrissyr]

It hasn't wound down now for years............ ...............even when I was out of the country, DH hatched about three sets of eggs.

That is an awesome husband! Hopefully mine will get to that point soon

 

[Happy Chooks]

Think we might have our first case of wry neck. This chick would just keep looking at the ceiling and twitching until it fell over. Very odd. Wry neck?

That was last night about midnight.

This morning it looks like it might be trying to die.

Do you all have a go-to for wry neck? An instant cure?

This is one of those tiny Basque from my just-laying pullets who may or may not have been on Corrid when I first started gathering eggs.

Researching wry neck makes me think I should just cull the thing.

Here is a link for you. It's curable if caught early. Left untreated, the bird will have trouble eating enough and will eventually die.

http://www.theeggfarm.com/blog/2011/11/02/wry-neck-in-baby-chick-video/

 

[BCollie]

My lens just sold on eBay for $250, I should have the money from it on the 7th, which means I can do a little splurging and might try my hand at some (cheap) shipped eggs for my next hatch. I've found a few sellers with great feedback that can get eggs to me for only about $25 including shipping. I know shipped eggs are a big risk but it would be fun to try. We'll see.
On another note, I get to candle my eggs tonight! Yippie!

 

[Audio51]

One of the quail chcks looks like it has a leg issue. They all like to crawl under the quail egg sized hatching carton and I thinl it go stuck under there. It looks like the elbow joint may be hyper extended. I tried a vetwrap splint but I need a new roll (won;t stick to itself very well anymore) and an not really sure what position I would splint it in. Any suggestions on how to try tohelp this guy?







I lost aother one overnight (t got up between the wires on the "modified heating pad brooder" and I guess could nor get out. I covered it with screen so that won't happen again. The way I had it set up works great with chicks, but the quail are too tiny and can get in places the chicks can't.

On a brighter note...I have on BLRW out and another pipped under the broody this morning! Woo Hoo!!!

 

[BCollie]

One of the quail chcks looks like it has a leg issue. They all like to crawl under the quail egg sized hatching carton and I thinl it go stuck under there. It looks like the elbow joint may be hyper extended. I tried a vetwrap splint but I need a new roll (won;t stick to itself very well anymore) and an not really sure what position I would splint it in. Any suggestions on how to try tohelp this guy?


I lost aother one overnight (t got up between the wires on the "modified heating pad brooder" and I guess could nor get out. I covered it with screen so that won't happen again. The way I had it set up works great with chicks, but the quail are too tiny and can get in places the chicks can't.

On a brighter note...I have on BLRW out and another pipped under the broody this morning! Woo Hoo!!!

Well I'm no help with the hurt chick, but hopefully someone else can help you! But congrats on the BLRW! That's so exciting.

 

[liz9910]

So my chicken numbers have gotten out of control lol there wasn't very much demand for the Serama chicks I hatched so I decided to give them away......15 2 1/2 month old chicks gone. Whew. I've sold almost all of my layer flock too, down to 4 LF and 11 Seramas. (not counting the 7 chicks and 2 older chicks in the garage not sure what I'm going to do with them) but it was a relief to be able to do chicken chores in 5 minutes. My coop is so empty!!

 

[Audio51]

So my chicken numbers have gotten out of control lol there wasn't very much demand for the Serama chicks I hatched so I decided to give them away......15 2 1/2 month old chicks gone. Whew. I've sold almost all of my layer flock too, down to 4 LF and 11 Seramas. (not counting the 7 chicks and 2 older chicks in the garage not sure what I'm going to do with them) but it was a relief to be able to do chicken chores in 5 minutes. My coop is so empty!!

I keep trying to so that....but the numbers kee going the other way...

Besides...it gives you a chance to get some new breeds...right? (always think on the bright side when it comes to chicken math......