December Hatch-A-Long 2014

[Renee572]

Yeah, only a few. like ya know 15-ish.

Thank you! I'm sorry about your hatch though 

thanks... it wasn't all for nothing though since we got 1 cute little chick and I gained some great experience and it was a lot of fun to do.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Anyone help quick? Can chicks drink Duramycin-10? My chick has a yolk sack infection.

 

[klilly20]

Alright well my hatch is officially over. Out of 12 eggs to start with 1 infertile, 1 blood ring, 1 living chick, 1 died while zipping, 1 possibly 2 internally pipped then died, 3 died either before lock down or right after and 3 others made it to lockdown and died before pip.

I'm no expert but upon doing eggtopsies I have concluded that I shrink wrapped my poor babies in their shell, which is why the one that pipped first must have died, it was just too stuck to move. And I am amazed that Peppermint even made it out knowing that. If that chick had taken any longer to get out I think it wouldn't have made it.

Now I gotta hope it's a pullet because we can't keep roosters!

Good luck to everyone else... where are the pics of the cute fluffy butts you all are hatching?

Sorry about the lost during hatch. I know it is very disappointing when you put all of that time and looking forward to seeing those babies hatch. I lost so many I got to the point I don't count on any hatching. If they do it would be great.

 

[Debs55]

Anyone help quick? Can chicks drink Duramycin-10? My chick has a yolk sack infection.

go ask on the emergency and decease section. I have no idea I'm sorry

 

[Renee572]

Question.... how big of an age gap is too much to add chicks to the one chick we hatched? I may be crazy but I am wondering if I will want to try again soon. We borrowed the incubator and I'm not sure when the friend of a friend is going to want to use it for themselves but my friend thinks that it would probably be better to ask if we can keep it longer than to give it back and ask to borrow it again later. However we will be out of town for the holidays and I think we wouldn't be able to try again till January.

 

[The Colonel]

That may be too large of an age gap. But considering its just the one, and the given situation, it may be ok. But at two months of age you may be able to start the integration process to your flock with Peppermint, so they may not even be housed together at that point.

 

[Renee572]

That may be too large of an age gap. But considering its just the one, and the given situation, it may be ok. But at two months of age you may be able to start the integration process to your flock with Peppermint, so they may not even be housed together at that point.

Well we are getting a few more friends for Peppermint for now, she is a bit lonely. So you think that them being at 2 months they wouldn't even be in the brooder anymore so it would just be a new batch?

 

[The Colonel]

Well we are getting a few more friends for Peppermint for now, she is a bit lonely. So you think that them being at 2 months they wouldn't even be in the brooder anymore so it would just be a new batch?

They should be fairly close to fully feathered out at that point, I've never tried to brood new chicks and juveniles together. I don't think it would be a good idea. It may endanger the younger ones.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Well we are getting a few more friends for Peppermint for now, she is a bit lonely. So you think that them being at 2 months they wouldn't even be in the brooder anymore so it would just be a new batch?

I wouldn't. I have had chicks with a two week deifference, the younger one got always beat up.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

So

Alright well my hatch is officially over. Out of 12 eggs to start with 1 infertile, 1 blood ring, 1 living chick, 1 died while zipping, 1 possibly 2 internally pipped then died, 3 died either before lock down or right after and 3 others made it to lockdown and died before pip.

I'm no expert but upon doing eggtopsies I have concluded that I shrink wrapped my poor babies in their shell, which is why the one that pipped first must have died, it was just too stuck to move. And I am amazed that Peppermint even made it out knowing that. If that chick had taken any longer to get out I think it wouldn't have made it.

Now I gotta hope it's a pullet because we can't keep roosters! :/

Good luck to everyone else... where are the pics of the cute fluffy butts you all are hatching?

So sorry you had such a horrible hatch Renee572. Mine isn't going so good either. Set 72, shipped & mine at day 7 candle saw 21 embryos started, couldn't see in a bunch, had some clears to get rid of. Candled today day 11, blood rings in 3 of the growing eggs & 27 clears. Did eggtopsy on 30 eggs this morning they were all duds.
I have 35/72 eggs still in the incubator of which I can only see for certain growth in 18 of them. 36/72 of the eggs were mine, I was pretty certain quiet a few weren't fertile because I hadn't seen the roosters with a number of my hens. So for those eggs I wasn't too surprised, but the success of the shipped eggs is horrible. Will just have to wait and see what I end up with on Christmas.