June 2023 Hatch-a-long

[OzarkCountryGirl]

Four keets hatched yesterday. More pips today. I think these will be the last of the guinea eggs in incubators for the year, as I've also got two broody guinea hens currently sitting on several eggs themselves.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Will this lil chick be able to zip with this gaping hole?

 

[Canadian Wind]

Will this lil chick be able to zip with this gaping hole?

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Shouldn't be a problem. Keep an eye on it though to make sure.

I don't think the top-left egg will hatch though. It's sub-par.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Shouldn't be a problem. Keep an eye on it though to make sure.

I don't think the top-left egg will hatch though. It's sub-par.

I could still get a birdie

 

[gimmie birdies]

My first pip, stagger hatch, from the store local eggs. I may have gone in incubator a day sooner than my friend's LO mix eggs.
The pip is in the loop of the "P" for pipe and feed.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Will this lil chick be able to zip with this gaping hole?

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Ok— something wasn’t sitting well with me. I rechecked the above egg and there is s bigger hole—no zipping. As I was putting egg back under the broody I watched her pecking the egg—hard! and she hit the baby. Baby is ok, BUT now I think broody made the hole- not the chick.
This broody killed chicks placed under her in April/ May after being persistently broody. I broke her after her murderous meltdown but she went broody again 3 wks later and here we are, do I gave her a chance to go the distance and hatch but I am fearful she will kill the chick. Hen is 13 months old, kind of top order and bullies her buddies.
Is this common behavior? I have two other eggs under her.
What should I do?

 

[HeritageFan]

Need to hatch some!

Then keep them a couple of weeks before they go into their 'ugly duckling' phase, lol!

Oh, who am I kidding, there's no such thing!

The ugly duckling was a swan in the end
I’ve not yet met a duckling I didn’t love

 

[gimmie birdies]

Second egg pip also a local feed store egg.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Ok— something wasn’t sitting well with me. I rechecked the above egg and there is s bigger hole—no zipping. As I was putting egg back under the broody I watched her pecking the egg—hard! and she hit the baby. Baby is ok, BUT now I think broody made the hole- not the chick.
This broody killed chicks placed under her in April/ May after being persistently broody. I broke her after her murderous meltdown but she went broody again 3 wks later and here we are, do I gave her a chance to go the distance and hatch but I am fearful she will kill the chick. Hen is 13 months old, kind of top order and bullies her buddies.
Is this common behavior? I have two other eggs under her.
What should I do?

I hit send on this thread and checked live camera. there was broody violently pecking and I see open egg. Ran and baby was pushed to side, bloody beak and toes, chirping. I took chick inside under my shirt while incubator warms to temp. I have 2 eggs I am taking.
I can’t believe this hen. I think I need to rehome her-4 dead, 1 attempted murder. I can’t have that.

 

[HeritageFan]

I hit send on this thread and checked live camera. there was broody violently pecking and I see open egg. Ran and baby was pushed to side, bloody beak and toes, chirping. I took chick inside under my shirt while incubator warms to temp. I have 2 eggs I am taking.
I can’t believe this hen. I think I need to rehome her-4 dead, 1 attempted murder. I can’t have that.

In my world, that is a hard pass.
I don’t accept undue aggression towards the other birds in the group, or toward any people.

Again- assuming it isn’t just a pecking order scuffle (even though she was after the chicks- it could still be a pecking order issue)
IMO more likely a space issue or just an overly aggressive hen...
(Also, my opinion- remember what you paid for it )

I don’t want their genetics to propagate, and I want to enjoy our flocks.
If they want to be a**holes, they will be on the table in short order