Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[krazykat0373]

Gosh…my last week or so has been so brutal. I am done.

I am so sorry, you are having all these troubles.

 

[pysankigirl]

thanks....this one is totally my fault, though. I KNEW they were overcrowded. it's just taking too long to finish the dang coop. and I stubbornly didn't want to make a bigger brooder, I wanted to move them to the coop!

and I used some of the goat hay for their bedding, so I am sure I brought it in to them with my own hands.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I am so sorry, I hate cocci- I do not give medicated feed because you are introducing the cocci to the chicks- just in small amounts. It always seems during this weather change that is messes up all the chicks- we always see problems when it gets hot and rains for a few days. I am ocd about my chickens getting anything and so far every necroscropy (I am sure I spelled that wrong) has been simple things that just ran down the bird. The vet always tells me there really isn't anything you can do about it. Last time I called University of TN (they do the procedures on the birds there) they told me every chicken and every living creature has e. coli it is just to what extent (had one die of e. coli) and she told me that just about every bird carried Cocci and there really isn't anything you can do about it. If the bird is healthy they will get over it, if not, they will die.
On the issue of your Grandmother, I am so sorry to hear of your loss- My great granny died about 18 years ago from Altzhimers and it wasn't easy but, she had been bed ridden for months and had about lost all knowledge. I am also sorry you are the one who has to break the news to your mom- I can't imagine. My mom has been the one over the years to inform everyone in the family when someone passes away and it is so hard on her. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

 

[DMRippy]

Gosh…my last week or so has been so brutal. I am done.

My chicks in my dining room have coccidiosis. And it is all my fault. Right about when I got the news that we have MG, they started looking a little droopy. So I thought…oh, with me not being careful enough washing my hands, they have it too. I decided to let it run its course because it isn’t fatal.

But yesterday morning, one had died. I was like: ***??? I thought this wasn’t fatal!!!???!!! (still no one sneezing, but I honestly didn’t put 2&2 together.) Then last night another one died and I saw the blood in the stool and FREAKED OUT. I knew they were crowded, but been frantically building the new coop for them and figured they could hold on just a bit longer. I was wrong.

So we threw together another bigger brooder box out of plywood, put the really droopy ones into a separate tub (forced them to drink the medicated water) and started cleaning everything. Feeders, waterers, the floor….everything. And made up a bunch of gallons of water with corrid, sav-a-chick and oxine to give them for the next week. Corrid in the goat’s water, the dog’s water. Everyone is getting treated. Thinking about treating myself. Lost another one this morning. And a couple are not looking good. I wish I had had them on medicated feed…I really do. I have been putting ACV in their water, but evidently it isn’t enough.

On top of everything happening with the chickens, there’s the whole family stuff, too. My Grandma died on Wednesday but because my Mom is in Germany visiting my Sister…a vacation she has saved up for for a year, it was decided to wait until she comes home to tell her. Well, I was volunteered to be the one to pick her up from the airport on Sunday and I have no idea how to break the news to her. Grandma died from Altzhimers…so we have honestly lost her years ago, but still. It’s her mom, the matriarch of the family and a wonderful supportive person gone for good.

My husband asks me on the way in to work today: “what’s wrong?” Because I was staring off into space. He’s lucky I didn’t go into hysterics right there.

Your week sounds like mine...

 

[flocksalot]

thanks....this one is totally my fault, though.  I KNEW they  were overcrowded.  it's just taking too long to finish the dang coop.  and I stubbornly didn't want to make a bigger brooder, I wanted to move them to the coop!

and I used some of the goat hay for their bedding, so I am sure I brought it in to them with my own hands.

Oh don't beat yourself up about it girl! I know it's hard not too along with the stress of your grandmother dying. Look at it as life's way of allowing you to deal with some grief. We've all did things that we look back and wish we hadn't. Take care of the rest of the little ones and give yourself a well deserved hug. You've been through enough lately. Give your mom a hug when you pick her up too. I'll bet she will be thankful the news is coming from you in person rather than over the phone.

 

[Sahwithchicks]

I candle mine when moving them into lockdown, only to toss any that are obvious quitters and to place them airsac up... Not standing up in a carton, like others do, just on their side that the airsac expanded most on. That has helped. I might try the carton trick if I run into more hatching problems, but for now this works for me. I also have never had any blindness from candling, even in my candle addiction phase.


I am so so sorry to hear about the chicks and your grandma dying. It is hard to cope with bad things that come in groups... You don't get any time to recover and process.

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Anyone have any recommendation on hatching shipped eggs?  I have a few that to great but, for the most part they make it all the way to lockdown and never hatch.  I am pretty confident everything is set right because my eggs all hatch with no problem.  It is day 22 and I only have one of Krafty's white orps that is hatched- everyone is fully formed- no pip.  When I put them in the hatcher I always lay them on their sides- separated into baskets so that I will know who is what breed.

This is my problem, too. So few hatching, and the rest fully formed but not pipping.

This morning I opened yet another egg with a fully formed dead chick in it. This time I noticed a lot of fluid in the inner membrane with the chick. I think I'm going to bring my humidity in the hatcher down for the next batch. I'm thinking it's too high ...in the low 60's. I got three out of this last dozen of good quality Wellies. Three.

 

[pysankigirl]

we always see problems when it gets hot and rains for a few days.

yeah...it went from freezing temps to mid 90's for us in a matter of a couple of days. and rain.

I am reading that moisture and rain is the issue. sometimes I feel like I have taken on too much and don't know enough. & the learning curve is deadly

Sigh.

 

[puglady]

Pysankigirl

 

[krazykat0373]

pp sent TN