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

[Sally Sunshine]

awwww the poor thing! sounds like your doing the right thing, that temp is ok for chicks?

is anyone else having issues with byc? wondering

get results yet?

 

[loveourbirds]

LOL! I don't know what is going on with BYC right now...

So good news, no new deaths from the chicken "plague". AND 13 of 18 Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Ameraucana shipped eggs from Lark Rise hatched. Previously my best hatch with shipped eggs was 3 out of 20

SO VERY happy with that! And that includes 2 chicks I rescued who were malpositioned with beak in belly unable to pip. DH suggested I need to do a video of how I do that as I haven't seen that anywhere else.

Bad news: One of my month old babies ran out through the run fence and apparently got trapped in this flash flood storm we are having. I went out to check on everyone and found it upside down next to the fence on the outside, soaked, freezing, and trying to die on me. I stuffed it in my bra and ran it inside. I set it up in the extra bator set to 103 (their normal body temp right?) and rubbed vet rx on its feet and beak, gave b12 and vit e just in case it will help and keep poking a hand in to stimulate it to keep from fading. Don't know if it will work but its all I can come up with.... ? Ideas?

i dont know if its the right thing to do, but when i find one wet and chilled (and not doing well); i give them warm cooked egg yolks and warm water with a little ACV. if and when they start to perk up i give some vitamins and electrolytes solution, and a dab of yogurt or probiotics.

 

[loveourbirds]

sally, it seems like forever since i have talked to you!

things going well?

 

[familypendragon]

I wouldn't leave it in that temp probably but since it was chilled I figured I better get the temp back up to normal. I tried the egg, but it just wasn't into eating anything. But It stood up on its own and opened its eyes. I carried it around for a bit and decided to take it back out to the outside brooder under the heat lamp with access to regular fermented feed and vitamin water when it was ready. Last I checked it was sleeping under the heat lamp so hopefully it will pull through. Here is a pic of the chick I had taken a few days ago.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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fairly big chick already! how is he now?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Hi brian! I was just thinking about you! I need to finally make a rooster decision on my serama, I have had two straight roos fight, so that let me with a straight serama roo and two young frizzle brothers hatched from my frizzled hens. suggestions on the frizzle gene and who to keep or not to! Most people ask me for frizzle and Harmony likes them as well, so I would like to get the best chance for frizzle via eggs as possible without getting frazeled chickens! How are you and the wife? I hope things are going well for you! How are those birds you had gotten back after some time? Are they doing better and laying?

 

[TweetyNPetey]

GAH!
So angry and upset at this point.
So it was about 6AM, I was in my bedroom, sleeping like a baby, and I nearly had a heart attack when I woke up to a loud "CRASH!" in my bedroom, 3 feet away. I literally jumped out of bed as soon as I heard it, I was so freaked out since it was so loud, and I looked over the edge of the bed...
And my Mini Advance was on the floor, the plastic cracked, and all 7 eggs smashed (and trust me, it wasn't pretty seeing 2 week old fertile and developing eggs splattered over your desk). So I'm just so.. what's the word I'm looking for? Ah. FRUSTRATED.

 

[ozexpat]

GAH!

So angry and upset at this point.
So it was about 6AM, I was in my bedroom, sleeping like a baby, and I nearly had a heart attack when I woke up to a loud "CRASH!" in my bedroom, 3 feet away. I literally jumped out of bed as soon as I heard it, I was so freaked out since it was so loud, and I looked over the edge of the bed...
And my Mini Advance was on the floor, the plastic cracked, and all 7 eggs smashed (and trust me, it wasn't pretty seeing 2 week old fertile and developing eggs splattered over your desk). So I'm just so.. what's the word I'm looking for? Ah. FRUSTRATED.

how sad. what knocked it over?

 

[familypendragon]

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fairly big chick already! how is he now?

He/she is about a month old. Seemed to be OK at bed time, just sleeping. Fingers crossed it'll be spunky again tomorrow.

 

[familypendragon]

GAH!
So angry and upset at this point.
So it was about 6AM, I was in my bedroom, sleeping like a baby, and I nearly had a heart attack when I woke up to a loud "CRASH!" in my bedroom, 3 feet away. I literally jumped out of bed as soon as I heard it, I was so freaked out since it was so loud, and I looked over the edge of the bed...
And my Mini Advance was on the floor, the plastic cracked, and all 7 eggs smashed (and trust me, it wasn't pretty seeing 2 week old fertile and developing eggs splattered over your desk). So I'm just so.. what's the word I'm looking for? Ah. FRUSTRATED.

OMG, that is TRAGIC!! Cat?