Hatch-a-long June/July Hatching Begins

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Went to bed at 3:00 AM and this morning found Louise/Louis #2 @MrsWinterWheat and Francine/Frank #12 @GreenJay joined the party. little chickpeas running around the incubator.

# 11 Slate @The crazy Poultry hoarder has a large piece of membrane over its broke shell and is chirping. Keeping an eye on it as it may require me to break through it so it can zip. It’s shell is a little wonky. #14 Lucky @Galaxy_rules has not done anymore since it pipped yesterday and #3 remains the same.

We will move out the chicks later this morning into the brooder box. I hope to get a picture of them all together later today.

Welcome Francine/Frank!

 

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Chickpea 10 has hatched@Galaxy_rules Lucky #14 has joined Team Barred Rock. Yahoo!

 

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. #14 Lucky @Galaxy_rules surprised me as it arrived while I was running errands.

 

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Here is Lucky! Could not get him to turn around.

 

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Slate #11 is out but we are concern as it has more blood displaying then usual. Yolk was absorbed. It is just lying there. Had to remove the remaining hatch as it was pecking at Slate. Is there something we should do?

 

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Here is a picture of #11 Slate.

 

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The bottom portion of the shell came off of Slate finally. It is still lying around but has moved around thus the shell falling off. I did observe it lifting its head a couple of times. Should I give it some electrolytes? If so when?

 

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Hatch Status:

All hatched except for #3. Sorry @Addicted To Chickens . We will wait for another 2 days but with no pipping we believe something went wrong since last candling.

So we stand at 91.6% hatch rate. (Did not count infertile or pre-lockdown quitters.)

Thank you all for sharing in the hatch-a-long and cheering on the chickpeas. I am waiting on taking fluffy chick pictures until we get the status on Slate.

1 Firefly @Debbie292d.
2 Louise/Loius @MrsWinterWheat
3 Raspberry @addictedtochickens
4 Domino @ElfenLied89
5 Oreo @GirlsHuntToo
7 Betsy/Buster @Debbie292d
8 Dilly/Dally @WoDia
11 Slate @The crazy Poultry hoarder
12 Francine/Frank @GreenJay
14 Lucky @Galaxy_rules
17 Rosie/Ross @GreenJay
18 Matilda/Matt @CloneFly

 

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Slate is improving @The crazy Poultry hoarder is moving around now and chirping because he is by himself in the incubator. It does look like he has toe issues. We will need to brace his feet to help the chickpea out. I understand you need to do this for the feet early for them to be corrected. Will see how it goes.

 

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Slate’s feet are taped and of course went immediately to sleep. We want to keep him/her separate from the other brood for awhile. Would it be okay to use the incubator for a couple of days as long as we put water and feed in it?