The same with our birds!Yup! We usually name our chickens what we're going to make with them, or spices we're going to use. Alfredo will be chicken alfredo, Oregano will be eaten with oregano, Tortellini will be eaten with tortellini, (I can't wait to eat him, I love tortellini pasta!!) Parmesan will either be in a pasta with parmesan or we'll make chicken parmesan with him.So with the hen that you have we can say that you have chicken with noodle!
after my own heart. I have calves Tim- turn into meat, char- as in char broiled, late-you can call me whatever you want just don't call me late for dinner, jd- just dinner, etc.
Yep, day 5. Tonight will be 6. It may be a bit early, and I wouldn't even consider any stage of development until day 7. You can tell a little on day 5, but day 7 seems to be the "sweet spot" for gauging developmental progress. Pre-setting environment can have a bearing on how fast or slow the embryos develop, so give it a day or two and you should know more at that time.
I had a pipper that went 36 hours before hatching. He made a small pip and never made a sound, then 12 hours later made a slightly bigger pip and was completely silent and still, then 12 hours later made a dime-ish size hole and stuck his beak out and proceeded to "talk" out the hole. He peeped, wiggled, opened and closed his beak, tapped the edges of his shell, slept, rested, etc. for another 12+ hours. Then he finally started zipping and took 45 minutes to finish zipping before he finally finished hatching. I told him "OMG took you long enough!!!"
do you have an image? keep away from other chicks, it needs to dry out, can you put him in a cup in the bator to keep it from rubbing it on Sto pull it more? try a drop or two of electrolytes every so often but DO NOT aspirate the chick, recipe for electrolyes are here towards the bottom, Hatching Eggs 101 also if it eats try scrambled egg yolk bits.... Sometimes these chicks dont make it, and get infection.... so dont be surprised if he heads down hill. If you assisted in any way, try to hold off a bit longer, I know its hard to keep fingers off but 99% of time the chicks will do fine on their own getting out if they have an external pip. see bottom of this also for a few stories on umbilical yolk issues Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching - BackYard Chickens Community
Happy New Years sweetie!!
NOODLE! sweet!!
So we've decided to keep a buff rooster, meet Noodle!
all you can do is keep track of external pip times estimate.... had you opened the bator a lot to get chicks out and such? this will get them later eggs stuck, everytime you open and close even though humidity goes back up you are adding that instant burst of cold air that takes that humidity on the shell right off, and it actually DRAWS out moisture.....
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perfecto!
it does look like a bit of a wet chick dear, or osteo.... but you will be able to feel the water loggness when you hold it. not much you can do but electrolytes vits.... was it from a dark egg? may not have enough weight loss and got to be a big chick from humidity. you can see here,,,, Omphalitis, yolk sack infection but I think it may just be a big wet chick, but have to see it better@Sally Sunshine
This was a chick with a bunch of goop left in the shell it was stuck in. Does it's abdomen look swollen?
how many days did you store them? and what conditions?
geezzz thanks Joeyyou're doing great!!!
Hi everyone! I know this is WAY off topic, but I posted it over on the disease/emergency thread and no answers. I have a RIR that is almost 6, she has a totally swollen rear end. No egg stuck that we can tell. Any idea what the cause is, or how we can treat it?
