INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[billiejw89]

Started with 24 eggs
3 were clear
1 chick died during the zipping process
16 have hatched

and 4 remain...I think they are dead. We are on day 23 now.

Two of the eggs that hatched were from our blue/green egg layer mixed with our Buff Orpington rooster.
It's so funny how different they look from each other. The one without stripes hatched yesterday it almost looks like the BO chicks but it's lighter in color and it has poofy cheeks. Is this because the hen has feathers on her cheeks? Also, if anyone could tell me what breed the hen is. What color eggs do you get when mixing a brown layer with a blue/green layer?

 

[Saris]

it's like the year we had such a mild winter with no snow I planned a luau for my birthday party and it snowed a foot that day.

Yup, or the years we had a snowstorm on Easter and one year we had a snowstorm on the first day of spring. Hahaha

 

[kwhites634]

Draw down happens as they absorb the moisture in the shell I think. Raising humidity wouldn't hurt if it's during lockdown. humidity should be around 60-70% anyway.

Would the air cells even change appreciably before hatch time? Already on day 19.

 

[Cluck cluck moo]

I don't understand candling on day 19, but I know that my last hatch, there were only a few that were even drawn down on day 18. All the eggs hatched.

 

[casportpony]

What does pasty butt look like?
I know pics have been posted here, but I can't seem to find anything in the notes referring to it.

One of my hens has a collection of dried poop in the feathers; noticed it yesterday. She was looking a bit rough last night @ bedtime, with her feathers looking like someone had brushed her backward, but she looked perfectly fine just now when I turned them all out for the day, except for the crud on her backside. Eating & drinking normally. Tried to get a decent pic, but she was too interested in the camera; kept turning with me whenever I'd try to get behind her.

Any chance that she's just sloppy, or is it probably something to be concerned about?
My hens aren't what you'd call tame, so picking her up for a close-up pic is not an option.
If this is, in fact, pasty butt,

is it contagious?
Is there some medication I could put in the feed or water to treat them all?
What causes it?
@casportpony

Normal poop shouldn't collect on the feathers. Many things could cause it maybe you could follow her around and wait for her to poop? When she does, could you take that to a vet and have it checked for worms eggs, coccidia, bacteria and yeast? You really can't catch her?

-Kathy

 

[chicken hawk 33]

I have a very important question

 

[daxigait]

Started with 24 eggs 3 were clear 1 chick died during the zipping process 16 have hatched and 4 remain...I think they are dead. We are on day 23 now. Two of the eggs that hatched were from our blue/green egg layer mixed with our Buff Orpington rooster. It's so funny how different they look from each other. The one without stripes hatched yesterday it almost looks like the BO chicks but it's lighter in color and it has poofy cheeks. Is this because the hen has feathers on her cheeks? Also, if anyone could tell me what breed the hen is. What color eggs do you get when mixing a brown layer with a blue/green layer?

congratulations on your hatch. You can float those left after today if they don't hatch. You may get an olive type egg though other things happen. No ideas on the hen maybe a cross? Does she have bearding/ear tuffs?

 

[casportpony]

Good morning/afternoon

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-Kathy

 

[kwhites634]

Normal poop shouldn't collect on the feathers. Many things could cause it maybe you could follow her around and wait for her to poop? When she does, could you take that to a vet and have it checked for worms eggs, coccidia, bacteria and yeast? You really can't catch her?

-Kathy

Not with anything short of a long handled landing net, and even that's not a given. If her health is already compromised, would the stress of being run down & netted make her worse?

 

[daxigait]

Good morning/afternoon [COLOR=5E5E5E] [/COLOR] [COLOR=5E5E5E]@Sally Sunshine 10 Guests Akrnaf2 [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]BantyChooks [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]Jessimom [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]Yorkshire coop [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]attimus [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]billiejw89 [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]chicken hawk 33 [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]country lovin [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]daxigait kwhites634 [/COLOR] [COLOR=5E5E5E] [/COLOR] [COLOR=5E5E5E]-Kathy[/COLOR]

morning!