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[gapeach717]

HOLY BUCKETS OF CUTE!!! She should be named Sugar!!!

how many baths did it take to get her fluffed??? my 6 greaser gang chicks are STILL crusty!!! I dont know if i need to just hold them and soak them and then maybe blow dry them??? they are in the brooder and even with the heat lamp they are freezing!

 

[hokankai]

You want to blow dry them and/or keep them in an incubator. They will chill otherwise.

 

[gapeach717]

Put the rotten egg in a plastic bag and wrap the plastic a few times around it. If you think it smells now you should see when they explode. You can either toss it in your garbage outside ot do like I do and bury them in the back yard.

You have to remember too that you haven't gotten a lot of sleep in the last few days. You are exhausted and have had high's and low's and now your body just needs to recover. I remember my first hatch. I literally didn't sleep for 3 days straight. My first chick hatched on day 16 and I had chicks hatching for the following 3 days. On the 3rd night I finally went to bed with 2 eggs still zipping. My daughter said that she came into the room at around 2am to tell me they had hatched. I had a full conversation with her and to this day I do not remember any of it. The first hatch you do is the biggest learning experience. Now you know what NOT to do. You will see over the next few days you are going to be running different options through your mind and deciding what you are going to do on your next hatch. I started hatching last July (not even a year) and have not stopped since. Yes, I have been hatching chicks for 6 straight months. That's why I have over 100 chickens...lol. Time does heal the pain and with every new chick you hatch from hear on out you will always be amazed at the life that you brought into the world.

thank you Brooks, and yes, you are right. I was just saying to my husband (quite teary eyed for unknown reasons) that I need him to get the chicken food out of my car so I can feed the girls and rabbits and dogs...he said he would take care of it and I got all lumped in the throat again....I need sleep tonight, thats for sure. And yes, this was a HUGE learning experience. I just wish now I could fluff my chicks up good. they seem SO cold. I also said screw it and after holding on for hours now the one last girl in her bloody shell is still hanging on. so., i pulled all her shell off slowly to be sure I didnt severe anything...I have a strong stomach and seriously thought I would throw up. She is now laying in there with just enough membrane holding her yolk sac to her in the incubator alone to stay warm and either live or die. I cant make myself end her life (as Maah mentioned) and I cant sit there and stare at her either. Its all on her and God now.

I re-candled and drew a line on the air sac of ALL the eggs in incubator 2 and I have movement in everything that is left (35 I think, but honestly I cant remember and I just did this an hour and a half ago) anyhow I removed 8 more eggs that clearly had died, were infertile, or who had quitters in them.4 more days til lockdown....and then I will keep an 80% humidity this time (the air in my bedroom us terribly dry) and not put anything in that isnt moving when it goes in!!!

 

[PugBug]

My Cochin eggs from eBay came today. I will be putting them in with the other 8 tonight

It's up to you, but I've found it best to let them sit overnight before setting in the bator... just my experience

 

[PugBug]

Here's my miracle baby..Crispy. I think the name really stuck when gape encouraged her when she saw the first picture saying: Come on Crispy!

When she was fighting for her life, and she was crispy hard. There was no chipping
away at the shell to help her out, it just crumbled in my hand, and there was the stuff.
so I hurried and pulled her neck up out of it. Cleared most of it away, she had bled a
lot! No way I thought, but I put her in the incubator, with no egg shell around her, just
her and the yolk to be absorbed.

Here she is after she finally woke up

She's so cute..I don't know, maybe she needs a cutsie name..

Pretty sweet baby

Oh my word- LOVE,LOVE, LOVE her!!!!!!!

How precious is she!

 

[PugBug]

Hi all!! Just wanted to update !!! My 2 special needs babies have both recovered, the extra stuff hanging on has now fallen off

Please look at this short video & tell me what you all think I have I was told that the mama was Ameraucauna/ Brahma mix, fertilized by Ameraucana roo. My first hatch I got 50%!! Not bad for a homemade bator!! So here are my babies <3 Bebe is the biggest & it's only 15 days old, but HUGE!!... they all hatched between 2/13-2/19. Anybody know what they are (besides chickens) & if anyone has an idea on who may be a boy/girl?
Thanks guys!!! I have better individual pics, but they don't like to be still

I'm going on lockdown tonight!!! I have 2 green eggs, 2 blue & 1 brown from my g-ma's flock!! She says they are Aracaunas. So do I have to post in the March hatch along thread now? lol

how great they all look!!! I don't know what they are other than CUTEIE PATOOTIE~

 

[PugBug]

I'm guessing I don't need to "imprint" them? Just "get them used to me"? How would I imprint? Everytime I pull one out it panics from no heat. I am currently just taking 1 out (sometimes 2). Setting them on the floor, and holding out food (which few take) and talking to them. Will that work fine? I want loving birds!

I hold mine several times a day. They all come running out from under the ecoglow when I take the lid off the brooder box. It won't take long to tame them, just keep trying.

 

[PugBug]

Seriously, are we ALL on the March thread? i NEED ya'll!!!



You are doing a stacked hatch? do you have a second incubator for lockdown??? I would hold off at LEAST 12-24 hours on setting depending on how far they came!!!


you make me wanna go take everything off my tiny little one still bleeding in her shell in the incubator! Crispy is fantastic!!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!!


you are so sweet! i like you!!


agree!!

I'm in for March- I'm not gonna do the Easter hatch along thing, too many ppl already- I'd never be able to keep up- besides I like it here. Heck I'd be in here even if I didn't have anymore eggs to hatch

 

[refamat]

Here's my miracle baby..Crispy. I think the name really stuck when gape encouraged her when she saw the first picture saying: Come on Crispy!

When she was fighting for her life, and she was crispy hard. There was no chipping
away at the shell to help her out, it just crumbled in my hand, and there was the stuff.
so I hurried and pulled her neck up out of it. Cleared most of it away, she had bled a
lot! No way I thought, but I put her in the incubator, with no egg shell around her, just
her and the yolk to be absorbed.

Here she is after she finally woke up

She's so cute..I don't know, maybe she needs a cutsie name..

Pretty sweet baby

What a great looking little fighter Cynthia, great color and face eh? There can be only two hens that could have thrown that with no red/browns

 

[PugBug]

I was interested in creating a new thread, but couldnt figure out how for some reason. So i'll try posting here in hopes of getting some good advice . I bought a still air incubator and after 21 days, i am finally seeing some activity. However , am a little concerned about the first chick. Since early this morning, the beak is outside the shell, but it hasnt made any more progress. Is it possible to be stuck in this position and not be able to zip after pipping? The membrane started off white, now it looks like there is some fluid inside or something, it looks wet. I am wondering what is going on, and if the poor little chick isnt going to make it. Its peeping and seems very alive. Just not sure if this is normal. My first time hatching. My temp has been perfect at 99.5, i have turned them 3 and 4 times a day since day one, and i filled the trays in the bottom with water, however i didnt have a humidity tester. According to the instructions, keeping the trays full was good enough....ANyone have any ideas on if this is normal or not? Will include a couple pics. Thanks

Hi & glad you joined us- this looks fine from what I can tell. It's breathing air because I can see the beak. It takes them quite a while to "zip" around the shell. Just keep an eye on it. It is goes more than 22-24 hours after it's "pipped" the shell, then I'd get concerned. I think it's still ok for now. You have to remember they have to rest for periods of time between progress. Keep us posted, I'm sure others will chime in on this to who may have better advise than me