EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[BantyChooks]

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EEEEE. It poof.

 

[kwhites634]

This one is nine days old and is Granny's kit.
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Jacquelyn's kits are four days but I don't have a current pic of them.

They're 4 days old! How far out of date could a picture be!?

 

[Leave a LightOn]

They're 4 days old! How far out of date could a picture be!?

Last current pic

Zero days old




9 days old (not same bunnies)

A few days make a big difference!

 

[kwhites634]

Last current pic View attachment 553926 Zero days old




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A few days make a big difference!

I know; I was just bustin' his chops, 'cause it was his turn in the barrel. 4 days old/no current pictures just struck me funny.

 

[mlm Mike]

Okay, y'all chicken experts... I need your help, again.

Went down to check on the PCs today and found Carey on his last gasps, flat on the brooder floor and unable to stand or hold his head up. He kept moving his legs like he was trying to stand but they weren't really connected to the rest of him... Like how you feel when you try to walk after you have a hard fall, if that makes sense. I checked him over... Nothing physically wrong, that I could tell, major bones intact and body condition good. His crop was empty, which was odd, and when I prodded his crop and neck to feel if there was anything broke he vomited up clear liquid. He died five minutes after that. The liquid had no smell, it was just clear water.

The other two chicks in the same brooder were the same as usual... Bouncy little brats clamoring at the door to be let out.

He was normal last night, active, eating, drinking... And gone this morning.

Bedding was pine shavings, like he and all the rest of my chickens have. They're in my basement, but off heat. Feed is chick crumble, they have clean water to drink...
I thought of choking, but I couldn't feel any blockage in the neck and he was breathing, just limp.

This really has me puzzled.

@casportpony ?

I'm cross posting this to a new thread in the emergencies forum, because I really want to know what caused this and how I can prevent it from happening again.

Oh no, I'm sorry Banti.

Awwwww, cute! What's in the box and how many?

Out of curiosity I'm wondering what everyone does with eggs that never hatch? I had 6 that developed but never pipped. My daughter said we should throw them out, but I was thinking maybe of burying them in the garden for fertilizer. Anyone have any thoughts on this or other suggestions?

Through them out or into the mess out back.

@ChickenCanoe where are you?

X2

Well, he was on yesterday. Maybe he is reading back before posting.

Oh , good.

 

[mlm Mike]

They will be back. We are working on that now. It's going to be a manual process and we have a few thousand to apply.

I see that the badges are being added. I am jealous some are having theirs show up before mine.
Seriously, I just thought it would be more all at once.

See above quote from DuckLady, manual process.

 

[mlm Mike]

I made it back! Hello everyone!

 

[Leave a LightOn]

I know; I was just bustin' his chops, 'cause it was his turn in the barrel. 4 days old/no current pictures just struck me funny.

Roger that.

The most current photo of myself I would show on here was taken about 25 years ago.

I feel I haven't changed a bit - until I pass by a mirror! "Move along - nothing to see here."

 

[DuckLady]

See above quote from DuckLady, manual process.

Recognition Badges (now called medals) are done.

 

[DuckLady]

I see that the badges are being added. I am jealous some are having theirs show up before mine.
Seriously, I just thought it would be more all at once.

LOL, I must reply to this....
We started applying medals at 11:48 am and were done at 12:23 pm. We applied almost almost 400 medals manually in less than 30 minutes.