MARCH 2021 HATCH-A-LONG 🌷🌸🌼

[Chickeria]

He never pipped, so yesterday (more than 24h after all the others have hatched) I decided to open a hole in the air cell to try to see what was happening in there (I was sure he wouldn't make it, so trying something wouldn't hurt). I then left him in the incubator with high humidity all the day hoping he would come out by himself. Right before I was going to go to bed he began chirping a lot so I decided to peel a little more of egg and I realized he positioned the legs in the wrong way, so his head and the wing were stuck under them. I peeled a bit more of shell and left him all the night, always hoping he would come out by himself. This morning as I woke up he began chirping loudly me, then he was trying to push with the legs, but couldn't put strenght on the internal part of the egg because they were malpositioned, so I freed him a bit more and he got out.
His feet were a bit curled so I made little shoes for him and now I just putted him in the brooder with his siblings. I still don't know how it's going to end up with him, but he looks quite strong even if tired from the hatch.
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I'm sorry I didn't get good photos and I have to refinite better these shoes, but I don't want to stress him too much.

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All the 13 others, passed the always-sleeping period, are very active, playful and healthy

So glad to hear you could help the little one and help him get out of the shell
Fingers crossed his little toes will straighten out fast and he will develop as well as the others
Congrats on all your beautiful babies

 

[Skyle]

So glad to hear you could help the little one and help him get out of the shell
Fingers crossed his little toes will straighten out fast and he will develop as well as the others
Congrats on all your beautiful babies

Thank you!

 

[TJAnonymous]

Our first Easter egg is nearly there! She's chirping like crazy.... Hope she encourages the others. No other pips yet.... Today is only Day 20 though.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Didn't take long.... But I didn't expect a black chick.... Mom is a Blue or white Andalusian splash. Dad is a black EE. For whatever reason, I thought it would produce another white splash....

Another egg has pipped too... Another Andalusian EE cross... None of my shipped CCLB have pipped yet.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

He never pipped, so yesterday (more than 24h after all the others have hatched) I decided to open a hole in the air cell to try to see what was happening in there (I was sure he wouldn't make it, so trying something wouldn't hurt). I then left him in the incubator with high humidity all the day hoping he would come out by himself. Right before I was going to go to bed he began chirping a lot so I decided to peel a little more of egg and I realized he positioned the legs in the wrong way, so his head and the wing were stuck under them. I peeled a bit more of shell and left him all the night, always hoping he would come out by himself. This morning as I woke up he began chirping loudly me, then he was trying to push with the legs, but couldn't put strenght on the internal part of the egg because they were malpositioned, so I freed him a bit more and he got out.
His feet were a bit curled so I made little shoes for him and now I just putted him in the brooder with his siblings. I still don't know how it's going to end up with him, but he looks quite strong even if tired from the hatch.
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I'm sorry I didn't get good photos and I have to refinite better these shoes, but I don't want to stress him too much.

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All the 13 others, passed the always-sleeping period, are very active, playful and healthy

Great job with the assist and the shoes!
You might want to make the shoes a little stiffer, but you can also wait and see how she does. Usually you can take them off after a day and see how she is doing, then reapply if needed.

 

[Skyle]

Great job with the assist and the shoes!
You might want to make the shoes a little stiffer, but you can also wait and see how she does. Usually you can take them off after a day and see how she is doing, then reapply if needed.

Thank you! Tomorrow morning I'll remove them and see how's going. Now he even has more strenght, he drank a little when I showed him the water and pecked few times at the crumbles, but didn't ate much today, I hope tomorrow he shows more interest in food

 

[TJAnonymous]

The 2nd chick came quickly behind the first... Now that they've dried a bit, I think both are blue....

 

[TJAnonymous]

It's amazing to me how a baby can come out so tiny and fragile.... And then a few hours later, they appear twice the size! ☺

 

[TJAnonymous]

The 3rd chick...(and 1st CCLB) has finally hatched! Another CCLB is close behind.

 

[Skyle]

Today I removed the shoes and it seems he doesn't need them anymore
But is the only one costantly chirping, it's driving me crazy I tried lowering the heating plate, then to raise it, I made him drink. I tried to convince him to eat some crumbles, he didn't have enough interest in them, so I wet some and put them in his mouth, he swallowed them happly and I repeated until his crop was quite full, he also pooped, then I made him drink a bit again and he seemed satisfied, it lasted like 2 minutes. Now it's chirping again. I really don't know what he wants

Edit: now he's quiet and makes from time to time happy chick sounds with the others, what a relief