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[Faraday40]

I grabbed a basket to transfer the chicks to my broody, Cookie. They looked so sweet that I had to take a pic. (Now I wish I took pics from a different angle, but they're content and happy, so I'll let them be.)

There's one very light lav chick. It could be a lav x blue.

 

[Faraday40]

@Molpet
Would you believe that every single turkey egg is now pipped?! What fertility your flock has!!!

I noticed one egg literally jumped- but had no pip. I quickly checked it and discovered that it pipped upside down. Not sure if that one will make it, but still alive right now. I placed it on it's side

Looks like I'll have a white poult very, very soon. Can you see the down from inside the egg?

 

[Molpet]

@Molpet
Would you believe that every single turkey egg is now pipped?! What fertility your flock has!!!

I noticed one egg literally jumped- but had no pip. I quickly checked it and discovered that it pipped upside down. Not sure if that one will make it, but still alive right now. I placed it on it's side

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Looks like I'll have a white poult very, very soon. Can you see the down from inside the egg?
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[ILChickenTV]

Hey Y'all! Chicago, signing in!
I've got a White Leghorn (Probably) and a RIR (maybe) for about a year now.

 

[Faraday40]

Hey Y'all! Chicago, signing in!
I've got a White Leghorn (Probably) and a RIR (maybe) for about a year now.

Welcome. There are many of us in the Chicagoland area.

 

[BReeder!]

Hey Y'all! Chicago, signing in!
I've got a White Leghorn (Probably) and a RIR (maybe) for about a year now.

Welcome to BYC and the IL thread! If I went back to the city, I would have a small flock still. Some people in the city frown upon that sort of thing, but they haven't experienced the joy of raising birds and eating fresh eggs.

 

[Justso]

Welcome. There are many of us in the Chicagoland area.

X2!

 

[WhyDoILikeChickens]

Happy at least for the slow down of life. Completed another puzzle.. this one took a bit longer. Someone else posted this puzzle and I had to have it.

 

[Faraday40]

Hatch update:
Late last night the 1st 2 poults hatched. They flopped around like little drunks.

By morning, many had hatched

The egg that had pipped upside down required assistance. Chick started zipping around dinner and at 6am this morning, it was clearly stuck. Once I removed the top & moistened the hardened membranes, the poult pushed out immediately. The navel didn't look closed so I gently pushed in the navel area, applied antibiotic ointment, wrapped poult in wet paper towels and placed it in a mug to prevent it from too much activity strain.

Spoiler: herniated navel pic

At this point all 12 turkey eggs hatched. Most are now with mama Cookie in the brooder, and a few are still drying out in the incubator. (Not sure what the fate will be of the cupped poult) There's a pipped orp egg and a few ?? orp eggs remaining. Nothing yet happened with the serama eggs. I did add them later (trying to schedule the same target hatch day) so it's very possible I will have an extended, scattered hatch. The seramas were also all together in the same area of the incubator, so perhaps a cooler spot.


And, here's a poult pic just for fun.

 

[Molpet]

Hatch update:
Late last night the 1st 2 poults hatched. They flopped around like little drunks.
View attachment 2114019

By morning, many had hatched
View attachment 2114020

The egg that had pipped upside down required assistance. Chick started zipping around dinner and at 6am this morning, it was clearly stuck. Once I removed the top & moistened the hardened membranes, the poult pushed out immediately. The navel didn't look closed so I gently pushed in the navel area, applied antibiotic ointment, wrapped poult in wet paper towels and placed it in a mug to prevent it from too much activity strain.

Spoiler: herniated navel pic

View attachment 2114021

At this point all 12 turkey eggs hatched. Most are now with mama Cookie in the brooder, and a few are still drying out in the incubator. (Not sure what the fate will be of the cupped poult) There's a pipped orp egg and a few ?? orp eggs remaining. Nothing yet happened with the serama eggs. I did add them later (trying to schedule the same target hatch day) so it's very possible I will have an extended, scattered hatch. The seramas were also all together in the same area of the incubator, so perhaps a cooler spot.


And, here's a poult pic just for fun.
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Wow that is a great hatch rate for poults.
Do all the poults look like the same colors as last year?
Red bronze Jake might have been the father of some. Maybe he hadn't started breeding yet. I know he did later. The Tom is a calico, same as last year