California - Northern

[ronott1]

It was 28.8 here at 600 feet, at 6:00 a.m. No ice crystals in my hummie water, no ice in my chicken water. Hens were a little more vocal, however...

My chickens seem happier this morning without the North Wind.

No ice on the water here but frost on the roof top.

 

[Minflick]

It was frosty on all the rooftops around here too. And my last tomato plant has died from the cold. It was 35.x last night by 9 o'clock! That's much earlier in the evening than we usually get that kind of chill.

 

[EZFarms]

so who wants to see adorable serama chicks? and maybe help with color idenification

 

[ronott1]

so who wants to see adorable serama chicks? and maybe help with color idenification

I would love to see pictures!

 

[EZFarms]

two brown one black and one mottled like mama

i also have two 4-5 month old chicks that are living inside with the seramas should i move them outside or will they be okay?
(They had gotten wet and cold and aknost died)

 

[tommysgirl]

Hi guys I have a broody hatch going and I need HELP!!!.

Found this chick all icey and not under mama so brought her in and put her under a heat lamp. Put Nutridrench on her foot and squirted Vetricyn on this vascular protrusion coming out of her vent. She is chirping and moving around her little box but I am wondering what it is and what else I should do. Chick has two fluffed siblings and two more remaining unhatched but internally pipped all are from an eggs from
@PetRock




It appears to be drying out.

 

[EZFarms]

ron, chiquita any of you that are experienced in hatching i think im paranoid again. last serama egg was chirping earlier when i listened but now its not and hasnt pipped either amd my bantam cross has yet to internally pip. what do i do if anything?

 

[SilkiesForEver]

ron, chiquita any of you that are experienced in hatching i think im paranoid again. last serama egg was chirping earlier when i listened but now its not and hasnt pipped either amd my bantam cross has yet to internally pip. what do i do if anything?

I would leave it. Check on it in a few hours, but make sure you don't take the egg out from under mama (or incubator) for too long. I've had chicks chirp and then do nothing for hours, then bam! Next morning they are out and fluffy.

Good luck with your chicks! You're doing great.

 

[PetRock]

Hi guys I have a broody hatch going and I need HELP!!!.

Found this chick all icey and not under mama so brought her in and put her under a heat lamp. Put Nutridrench on her foot and squirted Vetricyn on this vascular protrusion coming out of her vent. She is chirping and moving around her little box but I am wondering what it is and what else I should do. Chick has two fluffed siblings and two more remaining unhatched but internally pipped all are from an eggs from
@PetRock




It appears to be drying out.

Congrats on the 2 and I hope that the other 2 hatch! I also hope that this little one makes it. It looks like it has an unabsorbed umbilicus to me. I hatched over 200 chicks last year and I had this happen less than 5 times. Most of them did not survive. After the first time it happened, someone on BYC recommended putting iodine on it to kill bacteria and help it dry out. Vetericyn Spray or Gel would probably work, too. You will need to keep her separate from the other chicks until the problem is resolved so she doesn't get picked on. I wish that I had kept better records. I just chalked it up to something that happens occasionally.

Here is a BYC page that talks about it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mushy-chick-disease-yolk-sack-infection-omphalitis

 

[Happy Chooks]

Tommysgirl - looks like un absorbed yolk sac. You want to keep it from scooting around and rupturing it. I would put it in a cup.