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I would post what kind you wanted and go from there.
I would post what kind you wanted and go from there.
Chicken Swaps Of Nh ( May Listings )
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If you have to open it, mist it with warm water and add more water for humidity at that time so you won't have to open it again.
Or you can do what I do to up the hum during hatch. Keep a sponge in there under one of the vent holes. Using a straw and syringe drop water on the sponge (dont do to much at one time it brings it up quick) this way you never open the bator.
I also agree 70 is to high. 70 causes sticky chicks and most drown. I up mine to 55-60 and they seem to hatch out fine.
Yah know Darlene maybe its not you. Maybe its your adult birds? How old are they ? What do you feed them?
I also keep a sponge under one of the vent holes with a syringe to add the water. Just make sure it isnt the one with the wiring.
If you have to open it, mist it with warm water and add more water for humidity at that time so you won't have to open it again.
Or you can do what I do to up the hum during hatch. Keep a sponge in there under one of the vent holes. Using a straw and syringe drop water on the sponge (dont do to much at one time it brings it up quick) this way you never open the bator.
I also agree 70 is to high. 70 causes sticky chicks and most drown. I up mine to 55-60 and they seem to hatch out fine.
Yah know Darlene maybe its not you. Maybe its your adult birds? How old are they ? What do you feed them?
I also keep a sponge under one of the vent holes with a syringe to add the water. Just make sure it isnt the one with the wiring.
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If you have to open it, mist it with warm water and add more water for humidity at that time so you won't have to open it again.
Or you can do what I do to up the hum during hatch. Keep a sponge in there under one of the vent holes. Using a straw and syringe drop water on the sponge (dont do to much at one time it brings it up quick) this way you never open the bator.
I also agree 70 is to high. 70 causes sticky chicks and most drown. I up mine to 55-60 and they seem to hatch out fine.
Yah know Darlene maybe its not you. Maybe its your adult birds? How old are they ? What do you feed them?
Heather, how did the twin egg make out?
If you have to open it, mist it with warm water and add more water for humidity at that time so you won't have to open it again.
Or you can do what I do to up the hum during hatch. Keep a sponge in there under one of the vent holes. Using a straw and syringe drop water on the sponge (dont do to much at one time it brings it up quick) this way you never open the bator.
I also agree 70 is to high. 70 causes sticky chicks and most drown. I up mine to 55-60 and they seem to hatch out fine.
Yah know Darlene maybe its not you. Maybe its your adult birds? How old are they ? What do you feed them?
Heather, how did the twin egg make out?
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If you have to open it, mist it with warm water and add more water for humidity at that time so you won't have to open it again.
Or you can do what I do to up the hum during hatch. Keep a sponge in there under one of the vent holes. Using a straw and syringe drop water on the sponge (dont do to much at one time it brings it up quick) this way you never open the bator.
I also agree 70 is to high. 70 causes sticky chicks and most drown. I up mine to 55-60 and they seem to hatch out fine.
Yah know Darlene maybe its not you. Maybe its your adult birds? How old are they ? What do you feed them?
My adult birds are just over a year and their eggs hatch out fine, figures they are the mutt eggs and some seabrite. It is the eggs I am buying from breeders, so I am sure they are doing the right thing, I just think it is me or the bator or a combo of both. I will get that gauge at wally world and see. Right now I am dealing with the cutest cochin chick and he has spraddle legs and clenched feet and I want to save him but I can get the darn legs set. I am going to try cheryls idea with the pipe cleaner, but the poor thing has cardboard snow shoes on and now I have to strap uo his legs with pipe cleaners too. He looks more like a craft project than a chicken!
If you have to open it, mist it with warm water and add more water for humidity at that time so you won't have to open it again.
Or you can do what I do to up the hum during hatch. Keep a sponge in there under one of the vent holes. Using a straw and syringe drop water on the sponge (dont do to much at one time it brings it up quick) this way you never open the bator.
I also agree 70 is to high. 70 causes sticky chicks and most drown. I up mine to 55-60 and they seem to hatch out fine.
Yah know Darlene maybe its not you. Maybe its your adult birds? How old are they ? What do you feed them?
My adult birds are just over a year and their eggs hatch out fine, figures they are the mutt eggs and some seabrite. It is the eggs I am buying from breeders, so I am sure they are doing the right thing, I just think it is me or the bator or a combo of both. I will get that gauge at wally world and see. Right now I am dealing with the cutest cochin chick and he has spraddle legs and clenched feet and I want to save him but I can get the darn legs set. I am going to try cheryls idea with the pipe cleaner, but the poor thing has cardboard snow shoes on and now I have to strap uo his legs with pipe cleaners too. He looks more like a craft project than a chicken!
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Or you can do what I do to up the hum during hatch. Keep a sponge in there under one of the vent holes. Using a straw and syringe drop water on the sponge (dont do to much at one time it brings it up quick) this way you never open the bator.
I also agree 70 is to high. 70 causes sticky chicks and most drown. I up mine to 55-60 and they seem to hatch out fine.
Yah know Darlene maybe its not you. Maybe its your adult birds? How old are they ? What do you feed them?
My adult birds are just over a year and their eggs hatch out fine, figures they are the mutt eggs and some seabrite. It is the eggs I am buying from breeders, so I am sure they are doing the right thing, I just think it is me or the bator or a combo of both. I will get that gauge at wally world and see. Right now I am dealing with the cutest cochin chick and he has spraddle legs and clenched feet and I want to save him but I can get the darn legs set. I am going to try cheryls idea with the pipe cleaner, but the poor thing has cardboard snow shoes on and now I have to strap uo his legs with pipe cleaners too. He looks more like a craft project than a chicken!
I ended up losing the little faverolle chick. She was doing fine all night and I kept giving her a little water about every hour or so and she was chirping away. I didn't dare leave the water in there with her in case she fell over. I didn't want her to drown. When I got up the next morning she was gone. Stiff as a board so she had to have died during the night.
Or you can do what I do to up the hum during hatch. Keep a sponge in there under one of the vent holes. Using a straw and syringe drop water on the sponge (dont do to much at one time it brings it up quick) this way you never open the bator.
I also agree 70 is to high. 70 causes sticky chicks and most drown. I up mine to 55-60 and they seem to hatch out fine.
Yah know Darlene maybe its not you. Maybe its your adult birds? How old are they ? What do you feed them?
My adult birds are just over a year and their eggs hatch out fine, figures they are the mutt eggs and some seabrite. It is the eggs I am buying from breeders, so I am sure they are doing the right thing, I just think it is me or the bator or a combo of both. I will get that gauge at wally world and see. Right now I am dealing with the cutest cochin chick and he has spraddle legs and clenched feet and I want to save him but I can get the darn legs set. I am going to try cheryls idea with the pipe cleaner, but the poor thing has cardboard snow shoes on and now I have to strap uo his legs with pipe cleaners too. He looks more like a craft project than a chicken!
I ended up losing the little faverolle chick. She was doing fine all night and I kept giving her a little water about every hour or so and she was chirping away. I didn't dare leave the water in there with her in case she fell over. I didn't want her to drown. When I got up the next morning she was gone. Stiff as a board so she had to have died during the night.
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Or you can do what I do to up the hum during hatch. Keep a sponge in there under one of the vent holes. Using a straw and syringe drop water on the sponge (dont do to much at one time it brings it up quick) this way you never open the bator.
I also agree 70 is to high. 70 causes sticky chicks and most drown. I up mine to 55-60 and they seem to hatch out fine.
Yah know Darlene maybe its not you. Maybe its your adult birds? How old are they ? What do you feed them?
My adult birds are just over a year and their eggs hatch out fine, figures they are the mutt eggs and some seabrite. It is the eggs I am buying from breeders, so I am sure they are doing the right thing, I just think it is me or the bator or a combo of both. I will get that gauge at wally world and see. Right now I am dealing with the cutest cochin chick and he has spraddle legs and clenched feet and I want to save him but I can get the darn legs set. I am going to try cheryls idea with the pipe cleaner, but the poor thing has cardboard snow shoes on and now I have to strap uo his legs with pipe cleaners too. He looks more like a craft project than a chicken!
My vet said what she does for spraddle legs is to put the chick in a glass. This way there isn't room for the legs to slip. I have used short glasses and small plastic tupperware bowls, each lined with paper towel, with great success. Usually after a day in the glass the problem is solved.
Or you can do what I do to up the hum during hatch. Keep a sponge in there under one of the vent holes. Using a straw and syringe drop water on the sponge (dont do to much at one time it brings it up quick) this way you never open the bator.
I also agree 70 is to high. 70 causes sticky chicks and most drown. I up mine to 55-60 and they seem to hatch out fine.
Yah know Darlene maybe its not you. Maybe its your adult birds? How old are they ? What do you feed them?
My adult birds are just over a year and their eggs hatch out fine, figures they are the mutt eggs and some seabrite. It is the eggs I am buying from breeders, so I am sure they are doing the right thing, I just think it is me or the bator or a combo of both. I will get that gauge at wally world and see. Right now I am dealing with the cutest cochin chick and he has spraddle legs and clenched feet and I want to save him but I can get the darn legs set. I am going to try cheryls idea with the pipe cleaner, but the poor thing has cardboard snow shoes on and now I have to strap uo his legs with pipe cleaners too. He looks more like a craft project than a chicken!
My vet said what she does for spraddle legs is to put the chick in a glass. This way there isn't room for the legs to slip. I have used short glasses and small plastic tupperware bowls, each lined with paper towel, with great success. Usually after a day in the glass the problem is solved.
that is a great idea
I have had a shot glass sitting on my windowsill for years that my daughter sent me when she was over in Germany. I always wondered what I would use it for seeing I don't drink shots...........lol
If she only knew it would come in handy for chickens.
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My adult birds are just over a year and their eggs hatch out fine, figures they are the mutt eggs and some seabrite. It is the eggs I am buying from breeders, so I am sure they are doing the right thing, I just think it is me or the bator or a combo of both. I will get that gauge at wally world and see. Right now I am dealing with the cutest cochin chick and he has spraddle legs and clenched feet and I want to save him but I can get the darn legs set. I am going to try cheryls idea with the pipe cleaner, but the poor thing has cardboard snow shoes on and now I have to strap uo his legs with pipe cleaners too. He looks more like a craft project than a chicken!
My vet said what she does for spraddle legs is to put the chick in a glass. This way there isn't room for the legs to slip. I have used short glasses and small plastic tupperware bowls, each lined with paper towel, with great success. Usually after a day in the glass the problem is solved.
I have had a shot glass sitting on my windowsill for years that my daughter sent me when she was over in Germany. I always wondered what I would use it for seeing I don't drink shots...........lol
If she only knew it would come in handy for chickens.
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My adult birds are just over a year and their eggs hatch out fine, figures they are the mutt eggs and some seabrite. It is the eggs I am buying from breeders, so I am sure they are doing the right thing, I just think it is me or the bator or a combo of both. I will get that gauge at wally world and see. Right now I am dealing with the cutest cochin chick and he has spraddle legs and clenched feet and I want to save him but I can get the darn legs set. I am going to try cheryls idea with the pipe cleaner, but the poor thing has cardboard snow shoes on and now I have to strap uo his legs with pipe cleaners too. He looks more like a craft project than a chicken!
My vet said what she does for spraddle legs is to put the chick in a glass. This way there isn't room for the legs to slip. I have used short glasses and small plastic tupperware bowls, each lined with paper towel, with great success. Usually after a day in the glass the problem is solved.
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My adult birds are just over a year and their eggs hatch out fine, figures they are the mutt eggs and some seabrite. It is the eggs I am buying from breeders, so I am sure they are doing the right thing, I just think it is me or the bator or a combo of both. I will get that gauge at wally world and see. Right now I am dealing with the cutest cochin chick and he has spraddle legs and clenched feet and I want to save him but I can get the darn legs set. I am going to try cheryls idea with the pipe cleaner, but the poor thing has cardboard snow shoes on and now I have to strap uo his legs with pipe cleaners too. He looks more like a craft project than a chicken!
My vet said what she does for spraddle legs is to put the chick in a glass. This way there isn't room for the legs to slip. I have used short glasses and small plastic tupperware bowls, each lined with paper towel, with great success. Usually after a day in the glass the problem is solved.
Oh, I think I may try that, I have one too in the cupboard. Seems like a logical fix. Now I need to know if I should fix the spraddle or the clenched feet first. I had to give it a bath cause it must have fell into the water dish then walked in the feed so it looked like a cold breaded chicken nugget last night when I found it. So after the bath, I put it back in the bator expevting it not to live thru the night, but it is hobbling around the bator, so now I am off to get some yogurt and hand feed it. How long do ya think the feet can be the way they are before they will respond to fixing?
My adult birds are just over a year and their eggs hatch out fine, figures they are the mutt eggs and some seabrite. It is the eggs I am buying from breeders, so I am sure they are doing the right thing, I just think it is me or the bator or a combo of both. I will get that gauge at wally world and see. Right now I am dealing with the cutest cochin chick and he has spraddle legs and clenched feet and I want to save him but I can get the darn legs set. I am going to try cheryls idea with the pipe cleaner, but the poor thing has cardboard snow shoes on and now I have to strap uo his legs with pipe cleaners too. He looks more like a craft project than a chicken!
My vet said what she does for spraddle legs is to put the chick in a glass. This way there isn't room for the legs to slip. I have used short glasses and small plastic tupperware bowls, each lined with paper towel, with great success. Usually after a day in the glass the problem is solved.
Oh, I think I may try that, I have one too in the cupboard. Seems like a logical fix. Now I need to know if I should fix the spraddle or the clenched feet first. I had to give it a bath cause it must have fell into the water dish then walked in the feed so it looked like a cold breaded chicken nugget last night when I found it. So after the bath, I put it back in the bator expevting it not to live thru the night, but it is hobbling around the bator, so now I am off to get some yogurt and hand feed it. How long do ya think the feet can be the way they are before they will respond to fixing?
A shot glass would be too small for a chick... maybe it would work for a button quail baby. There should be just enough room for the chick to fit at the bottom of the glass or bowl.
I think you should splint the toes and then set the chick in a glass and hope for the best. Poor thing. Good luck!
I think you should splint the toes and then set the chick in a glass and hope for the best. Poor thing. Good luck!
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Oh this chick is teeny weeny! heis probably as big as a week old button quail chick! he is actually smaller than a ping pong ball and so is his brother..guessing on the sex here. But the others were 2 times the size. The two teeny ones also keep their eyes closed a lot even while they are walking around and peeping. I hope they are not blind! If they need to go in a bigger glass, how do they breath? I would be clostophobic!
Oh this chick is teeny weeny! heis probably as big as a week old button quail chick! he is actually smaller than a ping pong ball and so is his brother..guessing on the sex here. But the others were 2 times the size. The two teeny ones also keep their eyes closed a lot even while they are walking around and peeping. I hope they are not blind! If they need to go in a bigger glass, how do they breath? I would be clostophobic!
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