fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[fuzzi]

Holding out a little hope for #4 and #5

From the chart below I would guess the chick died about Day 15.

Gauze pads will work. Cotton balls, paper towel, cloth...whatever you have really.

What I usually do is put something like a couple of cotton balls, piece of gauze, etc. in a small plastic container (or ziplock bag). Pour a little Chlorhexidine (or treatment of choice) over them to somewhat saturate them. I just take that to where I'm going to work on the bird. As for how much, just swab/wipe the wound. Most of these dry fairly quickly.

I'm going to do that tonight. Last night thunderstorms were rolling through.

 

[fuzzi]

A friend asked if I was going to buy a chick to put under Naomi. Hmm. I'd not thought of doing that. It would have to be pretty young, though. I called TSC, they have some, but standards.

 

[Molpet]

A friend asked if I was going to buy a chick to put under Naomi. Hmm. I'd not thought of doing that. It would have to be pretty young, though. I called TSC, they have some, but standards.

Faraday40 has small serama chickens that raise Poults she hatches.

 

[1muttsfan]

I was at TSC last weekend, and they had Blue Rocks, sex-linked hybrids that are friendly and sociable and good decent layers of brown eggs. I was enabling helping my neighbors get some chicks that they had been looking for earlier this spring. They also have nine of my little eggs in their incubator

 

[fuzzi]

I was at TSC last weekend, and they had Blue Rocks, sex-linked hybrids that are friendly and sociable and good decent layers of brown eggs. I was enabling helping my neighbors get some chicks that they had been looking for earlier this spring. They also have nine of my little eggs in their incubator

Thanks!

 

[fuzzi]

When I got home Naomi was off the nest, wanting to get out of the brooder. She ate and was having a good dirt bath when I went back inside the house.

I left the 2 "maybe" eggs in the nest in case she wants to go back. The other three I opened, two had very dead chicks inside, probably gone at least a week. Third was just mush, might not have developed at all. If she's back on the nest I am going to go over to Tractor Supply TONIGHT and get her a couple chicks. They have some, I called. Her virtue should be rewarded.

If she abandons the nest I'll just toss the eggs, and put some fresh ones in the incubator. I'm planning on doing that, anyway.