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

[Sally Sunshine]

BLACK Betty update, picked her up she growled, stayed flat as a pancake too!

I looked at 4 eggs while holding her and saw nottat! she was due to give birth today. I forgot to tell her she is only allowed 21 days!

 

[chicksooner]

The saddle shaped air cell seems very big for day 8. Again sorry for no pics not possible guess i will have to wait and see

You can't really judge size of aircell on a shipped egg. The odd shapes mess it up. Keep your humidity about 45% and you will be fine. Is this your first hatch. Sorry I can't remember. My first hatch was shipped and I was a nervous wreck.

 

[chicksooner]

BLACK Betty update, picked her up she growled, stayed flat as a pancake too!

I looked at 4 eggs while holding her and saw nottat! she was due to give birth today. I forgot to tell her she is only allowed 21 days!

Hmmm give her a couple more days.

 

[silver1313]

Quote: please tell me you are kidding !?!? i had bantam ones before... and these were way smaller than the production red chicks the same age .... now i am praying they are bantam lol

 

[Gardeningmama]

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Yes, I talked to her about it, and hers are walking now. It just seems so pathetic that my brain keeps thinking, how can it possibly go from scooting its face across the floor to walking on its own? Another issue is food, I can get it to drink, but not eat. Soon it will starve. Right now it's fluffy and healthy looking.
Y cant it get to food? sprinkle some for it

I sit it in an entire bowl of crumble and nothing, it cries. It hasn't stopped crying! The chick I had booted's toes are straight now, so I removed the boots. It flops on its back constantly (did that with the boots too). It's not eating much either.

 

[bellah1]

You can't really judge size of aircell on a shipped egg. The odd shapes mess it up. Keep your humidity about 45% and you will be fine. Is this your first hatch. Sorry I can't remember. My first hatch was shipped and I was a nervous wreck.

I was wondering the same thing, my weirdo air cells are shaped like saddles kinda but they start like a normal non shipped eggs air cell then drop down to the middle. They seem a little big to me too but I weighed the day I set them and I'm weighing them again tonight(day 9).

 

[cochins1088]

ugg... I went down to the barn because I forgot to give the ducks more water and I found my beautiful dark brahma rooster Alexander as a bloody mess. Him and the brahma cross rooster must have gotten into a fight. His beautiful white feathers are stained with red and his face is bloody, hot, and swollen. His beak is cracked in multiple places and he can't eat. He couldn't even eat his favorite treat, cheese. I used at least a third of a tube of antibiotic ointment on his face and wattles. Oh what to do... he looks so pitiful...

 

[bellah1]

ugg... I went down to the barn because I forgot to give the ducks more water and I found my beautiful dark brahma rooster Alexander as a bloody mess. Him and the brahma cross rooster must have gotten into a fight. His beautiful white feathers are stained with red and his face is bloody, hot, and swollen. His beak is cracked in multiple places and he can't eat. He couldn't even eat his favorite treat, cheese. I used at least a third of a tube of antibiotic ointment on his face and wattles. Oh what to do... he looks so pitiful...

I am so sorry! That is so horrible to find them like that, it's happened to me twice with my ducks and its the worst feeling like you are helpless and confused on what to do. Hope he improves

 

[bellah1]

ugg... I went down to the barn because I forgot to give the ducks more water and I found my beautiful dark brahma rooster Alexander as a bloody mess. Him and the brahma cross rooster must have gotten into a fight. His beautiful white feathers are stained with red and his face is bloody, hot, and swollen. His beak is cracked in multiple places and he can't eat. He couldn't even eat his favorite treat, cheese. I used at least a third of a tube of antibiotic ointment on his face and wattles. Oh what to do... he looks so pitiful...

I am so sorry! That is so horrible to find them like that, it's happened to me twice with my ducks and its the worst feeling like you are helpless and confused on what to do. Hope he improves

 

[cochins1088]

I am so sorry! That is so horrible to find them like that, it's happened to me twice with my ducks and its the worst feeling like you are helpless and confused on what to do. Hope he improves

Thanks. This has never happened before... They have always been so peaceful with each other. I cleaned him up the best I could, but he still looks really bad and he can't eat. He's in a large dog kennel in the garage.

I'm putting up a craigslist ad for the other rooster right now. I can only pray that someone will take him and give him a good home. He's really friendly towards people.