Emergency: chick gone downhill very fast!

[Granny Hatchet]

 

[Fraoch21]

Happy to report the weak one has made a full recovery now and should be fine

 

[Granny Hatchet]

so, how many did you end up with?

 

[Fraoch21]

13, so its still a good size hatch I would say!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

yes, a lot better then 0 ive had a couple of those

 

[Granny Hatchet]

i had 37 chicks in my bator, took 7 out on day 7. 6 were infertile and one had a blood ring. 30 left that thats looking good. i almost hope they dont all hatch. i usually have about a 60-70 % hatch rate. but 30 is a lot of babies at one time. i normally hatch 6-7. i dont know what i was thinking. lol

 

[Fraoch21]

Hahah, yeah Ive done that before, thankfully ive never had a hatch so big that I couldn't cope!
Afraid to say im down to 11 chicks now, another 2 small ones died. Hopefully thats it all over now and the rest will be fine!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

aww, do you know why they are dying?

 

[Fraoch21]

Just bad luck really, a mixture of things. Pretty sure the last two were just too weak compared to the rest. But things have been fine since then so surely thats it over now!

 

[Granny Hatchet]