June Hatch-A-Long

[chickiebaby1]

Have 24 Father’s Day babies! They are silkies and silky crosses. Lots of awesome colors.

 

[Cturber]

5 babies now, 1 more pipped. Happy Father’s Day!

 

[FortCluck]

Sookie has a twin It hatched today. I’ll get pics tomorrow. We are taking a road trip to deliver chicks. Nice Sunday cruise.

 

[jolenesdad]

Sookie has a twin It hatched today. I’ll get pics tomorrow. We are taking a road trip to deliver chicks. Nice Sunday cruise.

Can’t wait to see!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

It's looking like my Biele eggs may arrive tomorrow as they are at my local distribution center about 45 minutes away. I've been burning up the pages researching and reading about hatching upright, which I get and think I can fashion something for my horizontal bator (Nurture Right 360) which usually rolls them gently. I can turn the turner off and put them in a carton or tray....

Once I do start "turning" (depending on air cells) should I just tip side to side, like upright turners do, or should I twist them?
Both?

There is not enough head space in my bator to prop an end up on the carton/home made hatching tray, so whatever I do it will be done individually and by hand.

 

[Cturber]

I am not sure where this post should go, but I thought I might get direction on where to post or maybe guidance here. One of the chicks that just hatched has shortened toes and is struggling to walk. It also has a pretty angry looking place on its back. This one just hatched a couple of hours ago.

 

[Oldhallchicks]

Just hatched yesterday- about 10 hours apart! They are awfully cute and we are dying to know the sex!

We don’t have a rooster but one of our hens (Mary Kate- the millefleur d’uccle) has been chronically broody this spring. These eggs were acquired from a neighbor and they are supposedly welsummer/buff orp mixes. She started sitting on them May 30th so we were surprised for our early arrivals! She’s still sitting on one last egg which is a welsummer/Hamburg mix... that one should auto-sex if it hatches. Fingers crossed!View attachment 2204161View attachment 2204163View attachment 2204164View attachment 2204165View attachment 2204167

She’s a beautiful hen!! and what cute chicks

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I am not sure where this post should go, but I thought I might get direction on where to post or maybe guidance here. One of the chicks that just hatched has shortened toes and is struggling to walk. It also has a pretty angry looking place on its back. This one just hatched a couple of hours ago.

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Short toes don't usually hinder a chick's ability to get around but they're not desirable for breeding. Maybe this little one has something else going on as well? Short of making special shoes for a special needs chick, I wouldn't know what else to do other than waiting to see what happens if they learn to work with what they have. If you decide to work with a chick that is struggling, make sure that it's able to get around well enough to eat and drink.

As far as the back, could it just be a piece of dry membrane or is it a wound?

Fingers crossed for your little one!

 

[jolenesdad]

if you’re going to start upright @SnapdragonQ i would advise turning from the get go.

if you have bad air cells rest them outside of the bator.

 

[jolenesdad]

I am not sure where this post should go, but I thought I might get direction on where to post or maybe guidance here. One of the chicks that just hatched has shortened toes and is struggling to walk. It also has a pretty angry looking place on its back. This one just hatched a couple of hours ago.

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the back looks to me like stuck membrane that pulled out the down.

are these marans? This is the fused foot or enhanced webbing issue I discussed earlier. No need to search, I didn’t go into it just referenced it. It doesn’t look bad enough to cut the webbing to me. I imagine it will get around fine soon.