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

[DuckGirl77]

You know, that's a good idea...


I use the round plastic Fortex 3 gallon feeding pans. Speaking of which, I need to go out and refresh them...
No, I don't think it's cocci - I'm very familiar with that, and have battled it a few times this spring with our heavy flooding rains and constantly wet bedding. Her mother died exactly the same way about 4 months ago, pale and wasting, and I did a necropsy on her (cut her open) - full of tumors. And this girl went so fast after she started drooping that I don't think I could have done anything regardless of what it was. But I'm getting a necropsy done at Texas A&M, so they'll be able to tell me, which will help with my others, or at least help me know and plan...

Finished refreshing all bedding in the coops and taking a break from the heat. But break time is over - I need to scrub out the waterers with soap for the week. I have to leave early in the morning to get to the poultry lab and then back in time for meetings at work, so no chore time tomorrow morning.

- Ant Farm

OK. Hope you can figure this out! It must be horrible to lose chickens that way.

I pray it works!

@runt325 you need to go back and read about the cocci meds. I first would keep them in the brooder and give them electrolytes, you say week old chicks they need 90 temp at one corner of the brooder to get warm and then the rest of the brooder should be cooler, FREE OF DRAFTS. DO NOT put them outside yet, give them at least two more weeks before you put them out during the day. I do not think you have worms, cocci perhaps. If they have runny poop try giving them PLAIN Yogurt, or if you have probiotics give them that. or Pumpkin. Not too much pumpkin just a little.

Homemade Electrolyte Recipe for weak/ill chicks
2 C. Water
2 TBL. Brown Sugar, honey or molasses
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
Mix until all dry ingredients dissolve & Keep refrigerated
You could also use electrolyte drinks Gatorade or Pedialyte, or
3 drops of POLYVISOL (liquid childrens A-B-D vitamins)
Slowly drip along inner edge of lower beak.


PLEASE READ
How To Raise Baby Chicks
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...ks-the-first-60-days-of-raising-baby-chickens

All about COCCI Prevention Vaccines TREATMENTS Poo Samples post #70896​

Thank you, Sally! And I don't suppose any ACV is needed after all, then?

my,turtle eggs have veins

Cool! Did you actually, ummm ............ candle them?

From yesterday and today:


-Kathy

Are those peachicks? They are CUTE.


How long can I postpone lockdown? I'm already postponing it one day because the air cells are barely any bigger than they were when I candled last.

Humidity is 32% right now. There is no water in the bator. I'm thinking I should postpone lockdown two days, but that could cause problems, right? Today is day 18.
Has anyone ever had this problem before? What problems will the chicks potentially have, and how can I be prepared?
Thanks so much!

 

[mustangrooster]

Why is the humidity so high?

A few people have mentioned this, Which is making me wonder..

The Incubator came with a set humidity ready to incubate chicken eggs, In this case it read 50. Should I take my chances with lowering the Humidity?

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: Thanks - it does suck. And thanks for mentioning Cocci, even though I'm thinking it's not that. Sometimes we get our minds set on thinking a certain thing is the cause of problems, and if we're not careful, we don't consider other things. Always good to consider other things, if even then to reason why you think that's not it. That's why I'm glad to be getting a necropsy.

Logic is good...

- Ant Farm

 

[BullChick]

Brb I need another cup of coffee.

That thing is driving me to drinking.

Meeee too!

A few people have mentioned this, Which is making me wonder..

The Incubator came with a set humidity  ready to incubate chicken eggs, In this case it read 50. [COLOR=000000]Should I take my chances with lowering the Humidity?[/COLOR]

I would. I'd lower it to... Maybe 25-30.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

Well that was a interesting and informative read back from the past 2 days.

First thank you to all that have attempted to help the new people that have joined recently. There is a wealth of knowledge here and I'm grateful that yall are so generous in sharing.

Happy Father's day to all those that it applies. And thank you to all the women who put up with us father's.

I made it to Texas after some airport confusion and will be here for the next 2 weeks or so. Call me crazy but I decided to spend the last 30 minutes or so before I left this morning with the week old chicks. Rest of the family was sleeping and I wanted to make sure all was good before I turned them over to the wife and kids.

I have some concerns and would like some input. Pictures are below. One of the giant cochin chicks seems to have overly large wings. They are more feathered out than the rest and seem bigger at the same time. It was actually one of the smaller chicks that hatched but has seemed fine until now. I might just be freaking out for no reason but decided it was worth asking. It appears as though in the picture they are cold bUT they just huddled up trying to hide from me.

Food is Purina flock raiser non medicated (what's the advantages of medicated) I swapped over to the flock raiser back a few months ago due to being able to feed it to all ages but stuck with non medicated.

Umm let's see I think that should sum it up. Please ask any questions and I will attempt to answer them. Bear in mind I'm in TX and they are in NC so more pictures will take time but not impossible. The one I'm worried about is the black body wit white face.

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

A few people have mentioned this, Which is making me wonder..

The Incubator came with a set humidity ready to incubate chicken eggs, In this case it read 50. Should I take my chances with lowering the Humidity?

You should use separate thermometers and hygrometers that have been calibrated and/or checked for accuracy. There are several reasons why you are experiencing early deaths. First and foremost is the health of the breeding stock. Second is how the eggs are collected, stored, and delivered. Were they dirty eggs? Were they washed eggs? Were they old eggs? Were these shipped eggs? Any one, or a combination, of these factors can amount to DIS. I recently hatched 2 out of 30 eggs that were shipped. They came from healthy stock, but USPS beat them to death... literally. Humidity shouldn't be a major factor until eggs reach lockdown, when proper air cell size is crucial. I've had very successful hatches running in the 50% range, although most people prefer to run in the 30%-40% range.

If these were fresh and local eggs from healthy birds that had been properly cared for, I would suspect temperature swings in the brooder. It's a good idea to have a digital thermometer that stores high and low temps. This will tell if there are temp variations, and to what degree. If it's anything other than the scenarios I mentioned, I'm at a loss...

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Hey guys....just got off the lake.
Hope you all had a great Sunday.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

OK. Hope you can figure this out! It must be horrible to lose chickens that way. 

Thank you, Sally! And I don't suppose any ACV is needed after all, then?

Cool! Did you actually, ummm ............ candle them?

Are those peachicks? They are CUTE.


How long can I postpone lockdown? I'm already postponing it one day because the air cells are barely any bigger than they were when I candled last. :/  Humidity is 32% right now. There is no water in the bator. I'm thinking I should postpone lockdown two days, but that could cause problems, right? Today is day 18.
Has anyone ever had this problem before? What problems will the chicks potentially have, and how can I be prepared?
Thanks so much!

YES

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Well that was a interesting and informative read back from the past 2 days.

First thank you to all that have attempted to help the new people that have joined recently. There is a wealth of knowledge here and I'm grateful that yall are so generous in sharing.

Happy Father's day to all those that it applies. And thank you to all the women who put up with us father's.

I made it to Texas after some airport confusion and will be here for the next 2 weeks or so. Call me crazy but I decided to spend the last 30 minutes or so before I left this morning with the week old chicks. Rest of the family was sleeping and I wanted to make sure all was good before I turned them over to the wife and kids.

I have some concerns and would like some input. Pictures are below. One of the giant cochin chicks seems to have overly large wings. They are more feathered out than the rest and seem bigger at the same time. It was actually one of the smaller chicks that hatched but has seemed fine until now. I might just be freaking out for no reason but decided it was worth asking. It appears as though in the picture they are cold bUT they just huddled up trying to hide from me.

Food is Purina flock raiser non medicated (what's the advantages of medicated) I swapped over to the flock raiser back a few months ago due to being able to feed it to all ages but stuck with non medicated.

Umm let's see I think that should sum it up. Please ask any questions and I will attempt to answer them. Bear in mind I'm in TX and they are in NC so more pictures will take time but not impossible. The one I'm worried about is the black body wit white face.

You're crazy, Nathan. You told me to call you that...

My wife went down to check on our little ones, and somehow lost an hour of her afternoon. It's like there's a time warp or something when either of us get around chicks. I understand your situation... I spend every spare moment with my babies, too.

Some large breeds feather out fast, and females tend to put on their primary and secondary wing feathers much faster than males. Does it hold it's wings out like that all the time? I understand it would do that if it was overheating, but if it's all the time, that's something a little more serious. I hope it's just the timing on the picture taking...

Hey guys....just got off the lake.
Hope you all had a great Sunday.

Wazzup, Phil? Good day of fishing?

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

YES

What next, Seth? Gonna try candling rattlesnake eggs?