French frogs

[BYC910]

Hello K!

HI Deb

not as many chicks as I hope only 131 I have to go to town now I'll try to video and put it on you tube later always running .

 

[BYC910]

Hiya K.

Hiya Friday sorry about your chicks

I have two I'm giving a little more time. But it 's not looking good for them .

Think I'll have a big drink before though gotta go .late already

 

[WVduckchick]

Hiya Friday sorry about your chicks I have two I'm giving a little more time. But it 's not looking good for them .:/  Think I'll have a big drink before though gotta go .late already  

Howdy brother! Miss you, but understand

 

[Tumbling K]

Hello and goodbye BYC

Bud you stay entirely too busy.

 

[abbevilleoz]

that is not always true OZ I assist a lot . My dentist gives me old dental picks and what I do is zip for the chick by cracking the shell all the way around and wait for it to push out on it's on . if you hit blood stop wait a while as in a hour or so . I'm not as gentle as the girls . you want to be sure the yoke has been absorbed before it comes out .

Do you cute the membrane, too?

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

I'm hoping his hormones are just in an uproar.  He doesn't really flog, he just kinda waddles toward me, like he wants to flog.  But stops the second I turn to look at him (I'm always watching him, even when he thinks I'm not).  He's got 3 girls, all to himself!  All my other males have competition, but he doesn't.  I might just need to put him in solitary confinement for a bit.   



 

So even bantam Cochin roosters can be ornery and mean...! So every day is an ordeal with him..hope the Ameraucana roosters are easy to work with..,my largest blue wheaten boy chick also seems to be one of my wildest chicks. Hmm..

Hey guys made it out fishing....unfortunately I bought new hip waders but my legs are not up to the current so I'm fishing in the "old people's" spots.....lake superior in the background....

I'm so glad you got to go fishing today! I hope you caught some whoppers! Doing the things that we love can do wonders for the stress load. I actually really miss fishing sometimes. Some of my best childhood memories revolved around fishing..with my Dad. Catch one for me ok Phil?

Our first Silkie egg! From my wife's whites!
It's TINY!

I NEED HELP ! a late pipper is still alive. Pipped yesterday evening and punched a little bigger hole this morning. How do I help it?

I hope it goes good Oz! This little chick means a lot doesn't she? Good luck! Want to see progress pics.

You sure you want to? I'm kind of against helping late chicks since I've now had to cull 2 today.

You can start by taking tweezers and chipping away a little along what would be the zip line.  If you see any blood, put it back in the incubator and wait. Do a little more every so often, letting the egg warm back up in the incubator in-between.

Good luck.

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Poultry shears to the back of the neck, cutting off the head.  I roll the chick into a paper towel and snip so I don't have to see. Then I drop it into the trash really fast and go cry.

I believe the most humane for the chick is often the hardest for the human.

Oh my gosh did you have to do that today? Sorry Friday. That would be incredibly hard.

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

Do you cute the membrane, too?

 

[abbevilleoz]

So even bantam Cochin roosters can be ornery and mean...! So every day is an ordeal with him..hope the Ameraucana roosters are easy to work with..,my largest blue wheaten boy chick also seems to be one of my wildest chicks. Hmm..

I hope it goes good Oz! This little chick means a lot doesn't she? Good luck! Want to see progress

Shhh... It's all part of the master plan Brucvl. Armand is tired of the cold WV winters. We're conspiring to convince his master that he's a bad rooster and needs to be exiled to South Carolina.

The egg I need help with is a purchased Silkie egg that is on day 22 and has been kicked around since Saturday.

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

Shhh... It's all part of the master plan Brucvl. Armand is tired of the cold WV winters. We're conspiring to convince his master that he's a bad rooster and needs to be exiled to South Carolina.

The egg I need help with is a purchased Silkie egg that is on day 22 and has been kicked around since Saturday.

Shhh... It's all part of the master plan Brucvl. Armand is tired of the cold WV winters. We're conspiring to convince his master that he's a bad rooster and needs to be exiled to South Carolina.

The egg I need help with is a purchased Silkie egg that is on day 22 and has been kicked around since Saturday.

Ah, I see! The little hole the chick made...did it peck all the way through?

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

Surely the wise ones will be back soon..!
I wish I knew what to tell you. Didn't Friday mentioned if the membrane bleeds?? Stop for an hour?? So maybe you do cut the membrane a teeny tiny bit..?