Cream Legbars

[KPenley]

Anybody ever hatch a chick in a...trashcan?

I had a broody hen who collected some eggs and successfully hatched five this past Thursday. There were a few eggs left Saturday that didn't have any movement etc and the hen was getting off the nest, so I discarded them. Then my husband came running in this afternoon yelling about peeping coming from the outside trashcan and he fished a little guy out of the bottom who had made his way out of the sealed ziplock bag I had thrown the eggs out in!!! So crazy. We got him cleaned up and warm, gave him some water with vitamins and a drop of ivermectin...there were maggots in the trash...and snuck him under the broody this evening. He peeped the whole time he was inside and went absolutely silent as soon as I tucked him under the hen. I hope she accepts little "Lucky", 'cause he sure needed a Mama.

 

[chicken pickin]

Anybody ever hatch a chick in a...trashcan?

I had a broody hen who collected some eggs and successfully hatched five this past Thursday. There were a few eggs left Saturday that didn't have any movement etc and the hen was getting off the nest, so I discarded them. Then my husband came running in this afternoon yelling about peeping coming from the outside trashcan and he fished a little guy out of the bottom who had made his way out of the sealed ziplock bag I had thrown the eggs out in!!! So crazy. We got him cleaned up and warm, gave him some water with vitamins and a drop of ivermectin...there were maggots in the trash...and snuck him under the broody this evening. He peeped the whole time he was inside and went absolutely silent as soon as I tucked him under the hen. I hope she accepts little "Lucky", 'cause he sure needed a Mama.

Wow! That is absolutely amazing! Lucky sure is lucky he was found. I hope mama takes good care of him.

 

[artblueggwanter]

Anybody ever hatch a chick in a...trashcan?

I had a broody hen who collected some eggs and successfully hatched five this past Thursday. There were a few eggs left Saturday that didn't have any movement etc and the hen was getting off the nest, so I discarded them. Then my husband came running in this afternoon yelling about peeping coming from the outside trashcan and he fished a little guy out of the bottom who had made his way out of the sealed ziplock bag I had thrown the eggs out in!!! So crazy. We got him cleaned up and warm, gave him some water with vitamins and a drop of ivermectin...there were maggots in the trash...and snuck him under the broody this evening. He peeped the whole time he was inside and went absolutely silent as soon as I tucked him under the hen. I hope she accepts little "Lucky", 'cause he sure needed a Mama.

hope it works out for the little chick, I just lost my 1 CL pullet to a dog, sad day today

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

Anybody ever hatch a chick in a...trashcan?

I had a broody hen who collected some eggs and successfully hatched five this past Thursday. There were a few eggs left Saturday that didn't have any movement etc and the hen was getting off the nest, so I discarded them. Then my husband came running in this afternoon yelling about peeping coming from the outside trashcan and he fished a little guy out of the bottom who had made his way out of the sealed ziplock bag I had thrown the eggs out in!!! So crazy. We got him cleaned up and warm, gave him some water with vitamins and a drop of ivermectin...there were maggots in the trash...and snuck him under the broody this evening. He peeped the whole time he was inside and went absolutely silent as soon as I tucked him under the hen. I hope she accepts little "Lucky", 'cause he sure needed a Mama.

WOW!!! He will be a special boy I'm sure!

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

hope it works out for the little chick, I just lost my 1 CL pullet to a dog, sad day today

I'm so sorry

 

[chicken pickin]

I'm so sorry

x2 Sorry to hear that.

 

[ChicKat]

I'm so sorry

X3

 

[ChicKat]

Anybody ever hatch a chick in a...trashcan?

I had a broody hen who collected some eggs and successfully hatched five this past Thursday. There were a few eggs left Saturday that didn't have any movement etc and the hen was getting off the nest, so I discarded them. Then my husband came running in this afternoon yelling about peeping coming from the outside trashcan and he fished a little guy out of the bottom who had made his way out of the sealed ziplock bag I had thrown the eggs out in!!! So crazy. We got him cleaned up and warm, gave him some water with vitamins and a drop of ivermectin...there were maggots in the trash...and snuck him under the broody this evening. He peeped the whole time he was inside and went absolutely silent as soon as I tucked him under the hen. I hope she accepts little "Lucky", 'cause he sure needed a Mama.

OMG -- I'm glad that your DH found him -- he certainly shows the will to live -- made me think of Oscar on Sesame St.

 

[chicken pickin]

OMG -- I'm glad that your DH found him -- he certainly shows the will to live -- made me think of Oscar on Sesame St.

Oscar! Lol. That would make a great name too.

 

[dretd]

Quote:
Hi Jerryse. I am with Chickat and have always used the term Duckwing as a synonym for any wild type bird (e+) and so from my understanding it was a genetic term. The APA does not have an actual definition for the word Duckwing in their glossary and Miriam Webster defines it:
noun
Definition of DUCKWING

: Modern Game fowl having wing coverts that form a bluish black bar across the wing

Which in my mind really shouldn't be exclusive to the Modern Games, but does describe the black barring on the coverts which is what I had gone by. I had not heard of the term being used as a visual description before--you have a very keen eye to spot the difference between the Golden Leghorn as not using the word duckwing in their variety name. Ever keen to learn--could you tell me where you learned the info from--I would love a link to read more!

It seems this goes back to the discussion about what the word Cream means. Some folks like me, view it as a genetic state the manifests itself in a range of phenotypes from an off-white to rich lemony color depending on the other genetic modifiers the bird has (barring, melanizers, autosomal red, mahogany etc) and other folks think of it as strictly a color description that can be achieved through several combinations and its the color, not the genetics that are important. I hadn't thought that there were other colors that had different meanings depending on whether you are talking color or genetics. Very interesting!