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[Junibutt]

Here are my incubation results:

Out of the 36 that went past Day 14, 34 have hatched. I am going to wait another day for the remaining 2 before tossing them.

I made the mistake of giving one of the broodies a pipped egg. She promptly started devouring it so had to bring it back in. Needless to say that she is no longer on her nest. I dunked her in a water bucket and sent her straight to the roosting area with no access to a nest. That should set her straight.

Will now need to test the 2nd broody with the chicks. Hopefully she will take them or else I have to raise the chicks.

Out of the 34 that hatched, 24 are in their new homes already. Here is what I kept:

• 2 choc girls split to mottled
• 1 black boy split to choc and mottled
• 1 blue mottled
• 1 black mottled
• 1 unspecified choc
• 3 BBS Jubilees (possibly 4)

Surprisingly the chick with amputated wing is doing fine. The wound had dried so I let it be with others who are not picking on it.

Here is a pic of 4 chicks possibly all Jubilees. I only had 3 Jubilee eggs in this incubator. Remaining all were choc mottled project eggs. So either there was a mislabeled egg or one of these chicks is not a Jubilee. Any takers?



Also, can you believe that of the 33 chocolate mottled eggs I started with, 30 went to lock-down but not one, repeat not one was choc mottled. So I am back to square one. Maybe its a sign to drop this project. Will see!

 

[ChicagoClucker]

Broke down and asked for Junibutt's chocolate laced project chicks and a blue cuckoo.

 

[megpie021]

I'm not sure how I've made it not getting any of anyone's chicks yet haha

 

[Faraday40]

I'm not sure how I've made it not getting any of anyone's chicks yet haha

You're stronger than I am. I already had an incubator going when Junaid's eggs arrived!

Don't worry, there's still time & I have almost 30 chicks at the moment.

Most of the chicks from my flock were supposed to be lav orps..... but a little orp rooster named BRICK was a lot more active than I had thought. About 1/2 of my lav orp eggs hatched out cuckoo patterned. The good news is that his choc gene made them sexlinked & I had someone willing to take all the known males. If anyone wants a choc cuckoo chick (high chance of pullet) or a lav orp give me a pm.

Cookie hatched 2 of her 3 eggs so far. One was supposed to be a lav - surprise another choc cuckoo! (It actually looks like a mauve, but probably a light choc.) The other was her own little bantam egg. She's a blk, so her little black chick must be a blk/lav split. It's so tiny & feisty just like Cookie was as a chick. I only set it out of curiosity. Her eggs were looking fertile, but that never happened before. The adult roos are too big. Perhaps the 3+ mo old lav orps are taking after their Grandpa. He was a very early bloomer & flock leader at 3.5 months.

Trouble's 2 eggs have not pipped yet. It seems my incubator temp could have been low because all of the eggs are delayed about a day. (I had them in the incubator until day 17.)

I'll post more pics later.

 

[Faraday40]

Broke down and asked for Junibutt's chocolate laced project chicks and a blue cuckoo.
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Congrats! Yes, it's too hard to say no to orps.

 

[chickendreams24]

I need help with 2 chicks.

First one- I heard a strange sound from the incubator (Brinsea Ovation) like something grinding and a chick screaming. and then there was blood all over the incubator. Opened to find a bloody chick that I first thought was coming from the umbilical cord but upon inspection it was not the case. Instead it seems like one of his wings may have gotten caught in the fan while trying to jump over other eggs. Have applied corn starch and placed it in a separate bowl in the brooder. What else can I do? Apply Neosporin? Getting more mad at Brinsea.

2nd One- What is the best way to put down a chick. I just don't have the heart to do it. A newly hatched is:

• missing a toe &
• on the same leg, the portion between knee and ankle is missing and the whole foot is facing backwards. Its not a dislocation, its just backwards.

I don't think it can survive like that but miracles do happen. Any other options?

@Junibutt how is the little chick that lost a wing? So sorry that happened we had a chick get it's head in a fan once. It was not beheaded but we did have to euthanize it. It was severe.

Did you put the other one down already?

We have used tin snips and the method is very effective and quick but can be traumatizing. I don't recommend scissors just because it may not be a clean cut, hence the tin snips. This is also how we process our quail. ** NOTE: cut from the back to sever the spinal cord first.
We have also for day olds used baking soda and vinegar in a container. Message me for details.

Happy Father's Day!

Here are the 1st chicks of today's (Sat's) hatch. I think they're running a little late, but I expect more to come on Sunday. 5 chicks are out and 8 eggs remain. (3 of the eggs developed pips in the last hour.)

We have:
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a gold laced orp (1st to hatch) I love its chubby face
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2 silver laced orpsView attachment 1046072


Another gold laced orp watching its Blue Buff Colombian Orp sibling hatch.View attachment 1046073

Another pic of the Blue Buff Col.View attachment 1046074

I slipped 5 eggs from my flock under my hens to keep them broody. At 8:30pm, none of those have hatched yet.

Oh my how stunning!!!! Love love love them!

 

[Junibutt]

@Junibutt how is the little chick that lost a wing? So sorry that happened we had a chick get it's head in a fan once. It was not beheaded but we did have to euthanize it. It was severe.

Did you put the other one down already?

We have used tin snips and the method is very effective and quick but can be traumatizing. I don't recommend scissors just because it may not be a clean cut, hence the tin snips. This is also how we process our quail. ** NOTE: cut from the back to sever the spinal cord first.
We have also for day olds used baking soda and vinegar in a container. Message me for details.



Oh my how stunning!!!! Love love love them!

The one with amputated wing has survived and is as feisty as others. We will have to wait and see if there is any effect on his gait if he/she is missing some wing feathers.

The one with the reverse toe is with a chicken friend. She will euthanize it herself and I don't want to know about it. Trust me, I am perfectly find with processing adult birds and have done it myself when I was a teenager but I don't think I can cut off a baby chick's head.

 

[BYChickenAl]

Southwestern...Troy, IL. Real close to St. Louis. GO CARDS! 2017 is my first season to raise chickens. I bought 4 pullets from the local farm store and I adopted 2 Silver Wyandottes and an Easter egger. My pullets are almost 5 months old and 2 are laying spotted brown eggs. One Wyandotte is laying and my Easter egger gives me green eggs.

 

[BYChickenAl]

Hello fellow Illinois Chicken Lovers! I'm fairly new to the frum and just wanted to say hello.

Is anyone close to Belleville or Fairview Heights, Il?

Troy, IL.

 

[NotAFarm]

My daughter lives in O'Fallon...no chickens for her but the grandkids love to visit mine up here in rural Lee County.