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

[ronott1]

Pics are from before Xmas when I almost sold them. the buyer backed out because I refused to drop the price an extra $15 because the cock is blind in one eye, fighting related and in no way genetic. They didn’t care that his body type is perfect and gorgeous.
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They look Great!

 

[BantyChooks]

Pics are from before Xmas when I almost sold them. the buyer backed out because I refused to drop the price an extra $15 because the cock is blind in one eye, fighting related and in no way genetic. They didn’t care that his body type is perfect and gorgeous.
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[AnneInTheBurbs]

I don't know. Good luck!

Thanks!

Give the chick a drop of baby vitamins without iron twice a day for a couple of days.
The stuff on the feathers will dry off. I only remove it if there is egg shell stuck on the chick.

There was egg shell on the chick, and I decided to do it. The poor thing has been through a lot. I am optimistic that she will make it. She is a fighter, and keeps peeping! She quieted right down when I put her in the warm water. I just soaked her and used a very soft brush to try to rub away the eggshell and stuck on debris.

I used the blow dryer for a bit, but just to get the excess water off. I had her in with the other chicks, but since they are almost two days older, they were running over her and trying to peck her sometimes. I have set up a separate brooder for the night with a heating pad. At least I know she will not be pecked or become overheated.

She seems like she just wants to rest, which is called for, after such an ordeal. I will put her back with the others tomorrow I think. She absorbed her yolk well, and I gave her some sugar/nutridrench water a couple of times to keep her going. She also seemed to have a little swelling around her one shoulder, like a fluid retention. But I suspect that was from straining all day, and will resolve itself in a few days.

I will keep you all posted, wether you like it or not. Haha!

The bottom pic is when she was stuck in the shell and shrieking. The top was before her bath, and the middle was during.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks!



There was egg shell on the chick, and I decided to do it. The poor thing has been through a lot. I am optimistic that she will make it. She is a fighter, and keeps peeping! She quieted right down when I put her in the warm water. I just soaked her and used a very soft brush to try to rub away the eggshell and stuck on debris.

I used the blow dryer for a bit, but just to get the excess water off. I had her in with the other chicks, but since they are almost two days older, they were running over her and trying to peck her sometimes. I have set up a separate brooder for the night with a heating pad. At least I know she will not be pecked or become overheated.

She seems like she just wants to rest, which is called for, after such an ordeal. I will put her back with the others tomorrow I think. She absorbed her yolk well, and I gave her some sugar/nutridrench water a couple of times to keep her going. She also seemed to have a little swelling around her one shoulder, like a fluid retention. But I suspect that was from straining all day, and will resolve itself in a few days.

I will keep you all posted, wether you like it or not. Haha!

The bottom pic is when she was stuck in the shell and shrieking. The top was before her bath, and the middle was during.
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They like the blow dryer don't they

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

They like the blow dryer don't they

She did not, surprisingly. She has been shrieking a lot. She finally quieted down when I put her in the heating pad brooder. I think she probably has been screaming all day, and can’t believe she made it.

 

[mlm Mike]

Good morning!

Still raining, I now have a stream running through my yard.

 

[kwhites634]

Good morning!

Still raining, I now have a stream running through my yard.

"You grab a line & I'll grab a pole; we'll go down to the fishin' hole"

 

[mlm Mike]

"You grab a line & I'll grab a pole; we'll go down to the fishin' hole"

Sounds good, Whites.

 

[kwhites634]

Sounds good, Whites.

A line from a Hank Williams Sr. song.

 

[mlm Mike]

A line from a Hank Williams Sr. song.

I'm familiar with it.