Maran Assortment coming soon...Newbie needs help

[cluck5]

lock down is saturday for me to

i started with 24 removed 1 on day 5 , opend incy to fill water and smelled rotten eggs

had to sniff each one but i found it ! it was a silky, candled yesterday day 14 saw 7 wriggle

removed 2 not fertile! others i can see veins but blue and green eggs off a friend so cant see through them well so

but will leave them in and see what happens

2nd time at incubating , last time got 3 chicks out of 10 eggs! now nearly 4wks old,others only part developed or failed to pip

I'll be cheering you on! What all are you hatching? And has anyone else noticed that the eggs that are developing feel heavier, or is it just my imagination

?! Sorry about your stinky egg, glad you found it before it exploded all over your other eggs! Were your eggs shipped? I was so careful not to order more than I could handle (silly me). I was obviously over optimistic!!!

 

[SarahInAlaska]

Don't get too excited for me right now. I have my brooder with my older chicks in my garage and I had set up my incubator not a foot away. All 19 chicks and my Brodie silkie who adopted the two youngest all came down with coccidiosis yesterday. I put them on Corid but there's still bloody poop and a horrid smell when they have non bloody poops today. I don't know how transmittable Cocci is between ill birds and eggs, but I'm preparing for the worst. I'm not seeing any egg movement but my incubator temp inexplicably dropped to 95* this morning.

 

[nettifer]

well i have a mixture of allsorts

2 are off my jersey giants, dad is a rhode island red x shamoo, the others came from 2 lots of friends , i have blue, green, pink and brown so it will be interesting

, yes ive noticed some eggs seem to get heavier , cant wait

 

[mattsinger]

Sarah.. hope your birds clear up q uick

 

[cluck5]

Don't get too excited for me right now. I have my brooder with my older chicks in my garage and I had set up my incubator not a foot away. All 19 chicks and my Brodie silkie who adopted the two youngest all came down with coccidiosis yesterday. I put them on Corid but there's still bloody poop and a horrid smell when they have non bloody poops today. I don't know how transmittable Cocci is between ill birds and eggs, but I'm preparing for the worst. I'm not seeing any egg movement but my incubator temp inexplicably dropped to 95* this morning.

Oh no...sorry about the coccidiosis. I have no idea how transmittable it is, I am sure someone here on the forum knows. As far as the egg movement goes, I don't think you'll see much because the egg is so full of chick. I know your hatch is ahead of mine (May 7th I think for mine), I candled last night and the chick takes up most of the egg so mine wasn't moving (I could see a little flicker of shadow move if I looked really hard. Hope your broody and chicks & eggs will be ok, keeping my fingers crossed for them.

 

[SarahInAlaska]

Oh no...sorry about the coccidiosis. I have no idea how transmittable it is, I am sure someone here on the forum knows.  As far as the egg movement goes, I don't think you'll see much because the egg is so full of chick.  I know your hatch is ahead of mine (May 7th I think for mine), I candled last night and the chick takes up most of the egg so mine wasn't moving (I could see a little flicker of shadow move if I looked really hard.  Hope your broody and chicks & eggs will be ok, keeping my fingers crossed for them.

Thanks guys. Yesterday was awful and today isn't much better. But I haven't lost any of them yet. I hope everyone's hatches continue to go well.

 

[SarahInAlaska]

Reading up on Cocci: its not a bacterial/viral condition. Rather, it is the overpopulation of a naturally occurring internal protazoan. This can occur due to several reasons but I'm thinking the overpopulation reason is my problem. I think my chicks have outgrown their pen. So my eggs should be fine. Once my chicks have recovered I will be moving them out to the coop with the older hens, but in a separate area so they can get to know each other without getting trampled on.

 

[cluck5]

SarahInAlaska: Glad things will be ok, otherwise, how devastating would that be?

 

[SarahInAlaska]

I would be heartbroken. It's been a rough week and 19 ill chicks had just made it worse. Day 21 with my eggs and I'm heading out for my morning check do cross your fingers!

 

[cluck5]

I would be heartbroken. It's been a rough week and 19 ill chicks had just made it worse. Day 21 with my eggs and I'm heading out for my morning check do cross your fingers!

Fingers and toes crossed!!!!