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

[ozexpat]

I'm sorry Oz, it was meant to be a joke.

I honestly believe that you were (and still are) cuter than a duckling. and your kids are absolutely gorgeous!

are you kidding?

I am as ugly as an average chicken coop floor, no make that a duck coop.

My kid is straight up cute though and my mother is a great sport. She has been lurking here since I started my thread - its how she knows what I am up to.

 

[cochins1088]

are you kidding?

I am as ugly as an average chicken coop floor, no make that a duck coop.

My kid is straight up cute though and my mother is a great sport. She has been lurking here since I started my thread - its how she knows what I am up to.

Oh Oz, haha,

 

[silver1313]

BTW

and the thread Mrs Oz's mom !!

 

[bellah1]

I'm sure no one is on here now but my broody decided to leave the nest to run around so I check on her pippers and the first one had made no progress so I looked inside and it was starting to shrink wrap so I brought it in and opened it up on the top and put bacitracin on the membrane he's a lot more active but still not peeping so I put em on wet paper towels and stuck em in the bator. I can't upload pics for some reason. Lots of veins left so how long til I check again? Low long for more bacitracin or its it good for a while?

 

[MissBroodyHen]

I see you got the bator all cleaned up and stored away...addict.

Was that 53 eggs?? That's awesome. I really want to do turkeys!! Or at least a couple just for me!! They are meant to be amazing friendly and the males even make good mama's.

 

[MissBroodyHen]

Right what do you all think of this.
I candelled one of my shipped eggs last night because I had noticed on day 7 that it seemed to have blood ring. On top of this the air cells are just huge!! I think they were old. Too old. I managed to get 4 this far out of 12. Basically I then candelled the rest and then went back to this one and i had in fact seen it dancing around. So then I had left it. Last night day 9 I candled it and have not seen movement. But there has been growth and I swear it has blood ring. But there is loads of veins too. I don't know what to do about the size of the air cell. Well to stop it growing I know I have to increase the humidity. I think I will do a weight test today on a couple of my other eggs. But I really don't think they will like any moisture added as their cell look fine to me! Just a note tho. All 4 shipped eggs have large air cells but I think this maybe the worst!

This shows the red vein. It looks really read in person.

And again

This last one I'm showing round the other side. Now it looks a lot better to me and I can see veining!
Should I cull it?
The egg contents had moved to here on x and I had put it over to O. So I will check now and see if it had moved to O. Cause they usually stay in one place with death? Maybe not always?

 

[sumi]

I'm having a really awful morning. I lost the problem chick last night. She wouldn't eat and I tried and tried, gave her some yolk last night to try and perk her up and she drank quite a bit and she looked better, but when I checked on her this morning she was gone. If that wasn't bad enough I went a put her brooder mate with the broody, all went well so I came back inside, had a coffee etc. Went back to check on them and found her stone cold and dead. I don't know what went wrong this time. I gave the broody 4 chicks that she adopted no problem, they are doing well. This one it seems didn't get that it needs to crawl under her to stay warm. She accepted it no problem. The chick just didn't know what to do... I feel so bad about that. I keep thinking I should've checked. I should've waited until it crawled under her to make sure... I should've tucked it under her myself. I should've, I didn't and now the chick's dead.

And another of the bantams went broody. The last thing I need right now. She's got a few eggs under her, I don't know how many. I don't care at the moment. I'll just let her get on with it.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Is there anyone here that could help me? Are you good with illness? go to this post https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...and-one-is-sneezing-clear-mucus#post_10886223

Read my first and last post...I posted a thread but its not getting quick enough attention and I need advice asap!
Thanks
Kelly

You still have your sick birds?? Are they still Sick?? I have helped several people on here with sick birds. Unfortunately when I first started I got all my birds from a swap meet or flee market. I had more dead chickens than anything. Until a farm with 300 chickens told me what to do. Worked every time.How to fix sick chickens with runny nose, sneezing, coughing, eyes swelled closed is something I DO know how to do. Let me know.

 

[EyesOnSunday]

So sorry sumi

 

[NestingHillsSC]

I'm having a really awful morning. I lost the problem chick last night. She wouldn't eat and I tried and tried, gave her some yolk last night to try and perk her up and she drank quite a bit and she looked better, but when I checked on her this morning she was gone. If that wasn't bad enough I went a put her brooder mate with the broody, all went well so I came back inside, had a coffee etc. Went back to check on them and found her stone cold and dead. I don't know what went wrong this time. I gave the broody 4 chicks that she adopted no problem, they are doing well. This one it seems didn't get that it needs to crawl under her to stay warm. She accepted it no problem. The chick just didn't know what to do... I feel so bad about that. I keep thinking I should've checked. I should've waited until it crawled under her to make sure... I should've tucked it under her myself. I should've, I didn't and now the chick's dead.

And another of the bantams went broody. The last thing I need right now. She's got a few eggs under her, I don't know how many. I don't care at the moment. I'll just let her get on with it.