California - Northern

[WendyJeepchick]

Still no change for the better for my banty hen. It pains me to see her like that. It's a huge bummer as well since she is my showmanship bird. I'm continuing treatment, and today I noticed that she is opening her white eye and when I looked closely at it there was a gooey clear liquid in it. Almost like gelatin. I have no idea what that could mean, but I am hoping maybe it's just a part of the healing process. I also lost my dearest rooster today. I rescued him from a friend who said he had been dropped off at his farm. Poor guy was covered in lice and had a very overgrown beak. I believe he was old since he never once bred his hens, though he had a whole coop of Silkie girls all to himself. I don't think I've ever enjoyed a chicken as much as him. He'll be missed. The one thing's for sure, I definitely don't have a shortage of pictures of this guy. He was such a camera hog. On a better note, my wry neck Silkie chick is improving! That's something good to focus on.

Sorry you lost your beloved boy. What a lovely tribute you wrote about your friend.

 

[ronott1]

@Audio51 I woke up to check the hatch cam and am worried now!

Did the egg hatch?

@liz9910

I am so sorry about your boy! I know you tried hard to save him. Do take him to the Turlock lab.

@Silkies Forever

I am so sorry too and your story is very sad. He must not have been feeling well for a long time to have an over grown Beak too.

 

[PetRock]

@Audio51 I woke up to check the hatch cam and am worried now!

Did the egg hatch?

@liz9910

I am so sorry about your boy! I know you tried hard to save him. Do take him to the Turlock lab.

@Silkies Forever

I am so sorry too and your story is very sad. He must not have been feeling well for a long time to have an over grown Beak too.

Good morning! Ron, did you see my comment about my less than 1 wk old Pita Pinta chicks being yellow & black and white & black? Did you have that when you hatched PPs? I put bands on the yellow ones to keep track on how they mature in comparison to the white ones.

 

[PetRock]

My Langshans are pipping and hatching today! I missed the window of opportunity to remove the already hatched chicks. When we came home from church service last night, several of the Langshan eggs and a few of the others had pips in them. So it is wild and crazy in there today. I think that there are 14-15 chicks running around and 4 or 5 with pips & zips. I'm sitting on my hands to keep myself from taking the chicks out. They are running around pecking on everything including each other. Please hatch quickly, Langshans!

 

[Audio51]

@Audio51 I woke up to check the hatch cam and am worried now!

Did the egg hatch?

Yes! All 3 hatched overnight!

So out of 8 eggs, 7 hatched ans the 8th one was infertile. Does that make it a 100% hatch rate?

I was able to record the hatches but now have to figure out how to upliad them. Sure would be nice if Ustream had a plan between free and $99/mo. I just wasnt to be able to so a few basic things with it, not "Go Pro"!

 

[Audio51]

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That sounds pretty nice! I have been saying I was going to make a photo box for taking picture of my finches, but have never gotten around to it. I will have to figure something out to photograph these guys.

 

[Audio51]

My Langshans are pipping and hatching today! I missed the window of opportunity to remove the already hatched chicks. When we came home from church service last night, several of the Langshan eggs and a few of the others had pips in them. So it is wild and crazy in there today. I think that there are 14-15 chicks running around and 4 or 5 with pips & zips. I'm sitting on my hands to keep myself from taking the chicks out. They are running around pecking on everything including each other. Please hatch quickly, Langshans!

Woo Hoo! can't wait to see how they are doing!

 

[ronott1]

Good morning! Ron, did you see my comment about my less than 1 wk old Pita Pinta chicks being yellow & black and white & black? Did you have that when you hatched PPs? I put bands on the yellow ones to keep track on how they mature in comparison to the white ones.

They were all yellow with a little black, the white with more black and the mostly black with white.

I will be interested in seeing how the white with black grow out!

They are so nice!

 

[ronott1]

Yes! All 3 hatched overnight!

So out of 8 eggs, 7 hatched ans the 8th one was infertile. Does that make it a 100% hatch rate?

I was able to record the hatches but now have to figure out how to upliad them. Sure would be nice if Ustream had a plan between free and $99/mo. I just wasnt to be able to so a few basic things with it, not "Go Pro"!

100% fertile hatch rate!

It is the best you can have for a hatch.

The Ustream video needs to be edited and compiled. They upload to Vimeo if the video is too long. If not, Upload to You Tube.

 

[PetRock]

That sounds pretty nice! I have been saying I was going to make a photo box for taking picture of my finches, but have never gotten around to it. I will have to figure something out to photograph these guys.

I've been thinking the same thing. I need one that's black for lighter colored chicks and one that is a lighter color for the black chicks. I have a couple pieces of medium blue fabric that I have also used but not sure where I put them after I finished hatching last year. A box would be really nice because I wouldn't have to have Monet monitoring the edges. There is always at least one chick that wants to run full speed towards certain doom! I guess that I could put the boards on the floor and lie down on the floor like Ron did.