Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

They eggs are at day 3 and I am hatching buff orpingtons.

are they in a turner?

 

[cochins1088]

awwwwww if you start uploading a pic we can get it when she is a year old and full of curls! LOL

Probably, hahaha.

Nah, I want to try to get a cute picture of her for the cutest baby fowl contest for the Easter hatch-a-long, so I should have a few soon, haha.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

3D I cant find a single thing on the internet ANYWHERE about that orange color umbilical!

SMELL it, does her umbilical stink at all?
Is there any puss near it at all?
is it hard or mushy?
Is she eating better?
Is she drinking?
what does her poo look like?
how is her breathing? labored or normal?
what is she acting like?

 

[QuailGuy88]

are they in a turner?

Yes

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: at this point I would leave them as they are upright in the turner, when it comes to candling try to candle in upright position and not rotate them too much. and by day 18 candle if the air cells are stable you can lay them if not let them upright, just be careful with these eggs and make sure you are weigh/watching air cells for the proper weight loss. also at every candle draw a thin pencil line at the air cell and keep close eye on these at hatch, I have info on the posibility for malpostion in the article as well, it will explain what to look for.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

oh you do have air cell up (fat end up correct?) sorry some dont know this so I forget to ask just in case!

 

[frankensusan]

I feel like I'm invading here! But I was told this is the thread where everyone lives.

I have a cochin chick hatched 3/8 who's leg has always been wrong. She could have hurt it rolling around with the others in the hatcher. At first I thought it was spraddle and I did the hobble treatment but soon found the slipped hock tendon posts which seem more likely. She will not put weight on the right foot nor straighten that leg at the 'knee' joint above the ankle. It turns out away from her body a bit.

I made a splint from egg carton, gauze and vet wrap that has a little more bend in it than my first one, but holds it more straight than she does naturally. She walks around with it on like a peg legged pirate and pushes all the other chicks out of the way. I started calling her Peg... I didn't mean to name her as I am not sure this is fixable!

She's eating and drinking, a little less than the others but her poop is normal and her crop is usually partly full at least. I take her water every hour to make sure she is staying hydrated, I watch her eating normally.

It seems like since I put the splint on that the leg when unwrapped doesn't look as good (see the sore on the hock? I put padding there every time), but she acts more normal with it on, if that makes sense? Do I have to put her in a hammock / chair ?

I'm considering asking a vet for a consult, but you guys are really the chicken chick experts anyway.. Do you think I should try a different technique?

Thanks so much for any advice. PM is ok too.

Here are some pics





oh I trimmed some of the fuzz away to see better and put ointment on.

 

[QuailGuy88]

at this point I would leave them as they are upright in the turner, when it comes to candling try to candle in upright position and not rotate them too much. and by day 18 candle if the air cells are stable you can lay them if not let them upright, just be careful with these eggs and make sure you are weigh/watching air cells for the proper weight loss. also at every candle draw a thin pencil line at the air cell and keep close eye on these at hatch, I have info on the posibility for malpostion in the article as well, it will explain what to look for.

Ok thanks for the help

One more question though

Should I still keep the turner on?

oh you do have air cell up (fat end up correct?) sorry some dont know this so I forget to ask just in case!

yep fat end up

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I feel like I'm invading here! But I was told this is the thread where everyone lives.

I have a cochin chick hatched 3/8 who's leg has always been wrong. She could have hurt it rolling around with the others in the hatcher. At first I thought it was spraddle and I did the hobble treatment but soon found the slipped hock tendon posts which seem more likely. She will not put weight on the right foot nor straighten that leg at the 'knee' joint above the ankle. It turns out away from her body a bit.

I made a splint from egg carton, gauze and vet wrap that has a little more bend in it than my first one, but holds it more straight than she does naturally. She walks around with it on like a peg legged pirate and pushes all the other chicks out of the way. I started calling her Peg... I didn't mean to name her as I am not sure this is fixable!

She's eating and drinking, a little less than the others but her poop is normal and her crop is usually partly full at least. I take her water every hour to make sure she is staying hydrated, I watch her eating normally.

It seems like since I put the splint on that the leg when unwrapped doesn't look as good (see the sore on the hock? I put padding there every time), but she acts more normal with it on, if that makes sense? Do I have to put her in a hammock / chair ?

I'm considering asking a vet for a consult, but you guys are really the chicken chick experts anyway.. Do you think I should try a different technique?

Thanks so much for any advice. PM is ok too.

Here are some pics





oh I trimmed some of the fuzz away to see better and put ointment on.

I am making sure you read this from https://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/chicken-orthopedics/leg-braces and if you had tried to get the tendon in place if its slipped and the results.


Fix Slipped Achilles Tendon in Hock Joint

• Use to treat Slipped Achilles Tendon (tendon that runs down through the groove on the back of a chick's hock has slipped out of place off to the side). If a leg has this problem, the joint will look swollen and the back of the hock will look flat (Compare to other leg to double-check). The chick can't straighten its leg if this is what's wrong with it.
• Gently pull the upper part of chick's leg a bit behind normal position and then carefully straighten the leg as though chick were stretching its leg back. The tendon should pop back into place pretty easily and cause little if any pain.
  • Some sources recommend pushing the tendon back in place just by pressing with your finger. However, stretching the leg back is a much less painful method.
• Swelling on hock:
  • If infection is part of what is causing joint to swell, you will find pus. Recovery would be very difficult and the chick should probably be put down.
  • If it is just caused by displacement, swelling will go down in 2-4 days.
• Put the chick in a Chick Chair and/or put its leg in a cast (such as one made from a drinking straw) for a few days (~5) while re-alignment stabilizes.
  • It is important that the legs not be able to touch the ground at all. The chick needs to hang with them bent and be discouraged from using its legs until the tendon has stretched and adjusted back to the right place and shape.
• Note: It may take a few days for the groove to be fully developed on a young chick and you may have to fix the tendon more than once.
• If there is pus in the joint,

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: oh yes let the turner on!