HELP ..NEW TO HATCHING CHICKS ..HAVING LEG AND FEET PROBLEMS WITH THE CHICKS

[gpop1]

My incubator is kept pretty much at 38 degree celius or 100 degrees plus or minus 1 to 2 degrees. Humidity usually is the mid 50`s. I will have to try to keep a record here to see if I can correct the problem. I also will try the vitamin E just to see. Any other suggestions are appreciated as I have to get this issue corrected.

Thanks
Dave

depending on where you got the eggs and how they were stored before incubation

if you know the set date and the hatch date that's the best record of temperature you can get, Early hatch means your running hot, late your running cold. A mix of both means you have unbalanced heat control in the incubator (hot / cold spots).

This is why I shutter every time someone talks about making splints and other do-dads to "correct" newborn chicks' feet.

However the same people will criticize a commercial hatchery for the genetic quality of their breeding stock.

It doesn't make sense.

I have to agree and I have worked around commercial hatcherys. On the industrial side the chick is either up and running or is disposed of. If you only have a few eggs and a few chickens its different from hatching 30k a week

 

[themenagerie]

I had a chick that had curled feet in my last hatch. I know the parents of the chick did not have curled feet, I know how the eggs were stored, I know what the temp during incubation was..sometimes I just think that "crap happens". I made a slipper for her, from directions found on this website. On the 2nd day one foot became straight, I re -made a slipper for the bad leg, when I took it off 2 days later..she had two good feet. I don't mind helping where I can, I shudder to think about not having compassion for things that I've brought into this world that are "less than perfect".

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I had a chick that had curled feet in my last hatch. I know the parents of the chick did not have curled feet, I know how the eggs were stored, I know what the temp during incubation was..sometimes I just think that "crap happens". I made a slipper for her, from directions found on this website. On the 2nd day one foot became straight, I re -made a slipper for the bad leg, when I took it off 2 days later..she had two good feet. I don't mind helping where I can, I shudder to think about not having compassion for things that I've brought into this world that are "less than perfect".

Totally agree!