Hatching Q on mailed eggs - Ayam Cemani

[AmyLynn2374]

Mine made it 9 days...It was pretty sad ( I think I killed him bc I had him on cedar chips and he ate a couple and impacted his gizzard. I missed the part about the cedar chips. )

Mine was about nine days too, I know it was just over a week, so 8 or 9. I use pine shavings and though everything I have ever read says cedar shavings aren't good for any animal, pine shavings aren't much different in that respect I wouldn't think. My chicks peck at it and fight over it, but I never see them actually consume any. I have heard that theory though, that chicks can die from eating it or chocking on it, not sure how much stock I put into it.

 

[Purpletie3]

Mine was about nine days too, I know it was just over a week, so 8 or 9. I use pine shavings and though everything I have ever read says cedar shavings aren't good for any animal, pine shavings aren't much different in that respect I wouldn't think. My chicks peck at it and fight over it, but I never see them actually consume any. I have heard that theory though, that chicks can die from eating it or chocking on it, not sure how much stock I put into it.

I am only guessing...I was feeding him egg yolk and poly vi sol but then he just wasn't eating. But, he was also alone and maybe he couldn't keep temp= I can only guess....I am very un experienced.

I just got the new ones pine shavings....but I have yet to put them on it....I have them on paper towels.

 

[Aphrael]

Oh no. That is just way weird. Sorry to hear that.

I THOUGHT I was just looking at a matter of shrink wrapped, and she'd be fine. I'm thinking that there was more to it than that, or the stress of the situation caused more than I realized. She was my second assist. My first was just a matter of being malpositioned, and he/she is great, so circumstances does make a big difference. You can only try your hardest to give them a little extra help, what's to be will be. Sad thing is she was doing great, active, eating/drinking- I just couldn't couldn't get rid of the pasty butt and it got continously worse. She lasted a week.

I had one from last NYDH that had trouble hatching, but did manage to hatch on her own. But she always acted cold and peeped ALL the time. She ate, drank, and played with the others, but never seemed quite right. At about 3 weeks I found her just dead in the brooder. I had done everything I possibly could to get her better, but there was just something wrong that no amount of good care was going to fix. That's just the way it goes sometimes. It is sad, but you can't always save them, no matter how hard you try.

Mine was about nine days too, I know it was just over a week, so 8 or 9. I use pine shavings and though everything I have ever read says cedar shavings aren't good for any animal, pine shavings aren't much different in that respect I wouldn't think. My chicks peck at it and fight over it, but I never see them actually consume any. I have heard that theory though, that chicks can die from eating it or chocking on it, not sure how much stock I put into it.

I put my chicks on pine shavings as well. They peck and play keep away with it, but I've never seen any actually eat it. IMO, a normal chick who has access to feed isn't going to consume enough of something like that to kill them. If they did, they'd never survive in the wild. There are far too many toxic things they could gobble up and die from.

I am only guessing...I was feeding him egg yolk and poly vi sol but then he just wasn't eating. But, he was also alone and maybe he couldn't keep temp= I can only guess....I am very un experienced.

I just got the new ones pine shavings....but I have yet to put them on it....I have them on paper towels.

It's possible the cedar could have caused him complications. But I think I would lean more toward him having something not working right inside. If he didn't want to eat much, it is possible his gastrointestinal tract didn't "finish" or was messed up somehow.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I had one from last NYDH that had trouble hatching, but did manage to hatch on her own. But she always acted cold and peeped ALL the time. She ate, drank, and played with the others, but never seemed quite right. At about 3 weeks I found her just dead in the brooder. I had done everything I possibly could to get her better, but there was just something wrong that no amount of good care was going to fix. That's just the way it goes sometimes. It is sad, but you can't always save them, no matter how hard you try.

I put my chicks on pine shavings as well. They peck and play keep away with it, but I've never seen any actually eat it. IMO, a normal chick who has access to feed isn't going to consume enough of something like that to kill them. If they did, they'd never survive in the wild. There are far too many toxic things they could gobble up and die from.

It's possible the cedar could have caused him complications. But I think I would lean more toward him having something not working right inside. If he didn't want to eat much, it is possible his gastrointestinal tract didn't "finish" or was messed up somehow.

I have to agree.

 

[maranfarmer563]

I just got 10 eggs in the mail,3 had detached air sacs. I'm putting it incubator standing up,see how they do

 

[Aphrael]

I just got 10 eggs in the mail,3 had detached air sacs. I'm putting it incubator standing up,see how they do

Good luck!

 

[Purpletie3]

I just got 10 eggs in the mail,3 had detached air sacs. I'm putting it incubator standing up,see how they do

That's about how mine run too when shipped... What kind are they?

 

[maranfarmer563]

Eggs are a cemani hybrid for my black meat project.

 

[Purpletie3]

Eggs are a cemani hybrid for my black meat project.

Have you ate them before? Are they your eggs or some new additions?

 

[maranfarmer563]

I have cemani pullet eggs to eat,the shipped eggs came from Carolina to Pennsylvania.