May 2020 Hatch-A-Long

[BertyRoux]

Evening update:

8 chicks alive and well! 3 eggs still in limbo, no progress to be seen. Wondering if I should check for internal pips before I go to bed.

4 gold, 4 black. One of the black chicks has a Van Dyke (beard) style white marking, and another looks like the penguin Lovelace from the movie Happy Feet two of the golds have some black striping and a head spot. I'll try to do individual pictures tomorrow once they are well rested and fluffy.

 

[FortCluck]

How do you know if you have splay leg or a slipped tendon?

You can feel the tendon sliding and the back of the hock is flat.

 

[FortCluck]

Beautiful! I love the speckled ones too!!!

Me too! There's one that's almost a burgundy color. They are already in the bator

 

[smfarman]

I candled D4, 12 are growing 3 not sure of, so I'll leave the 3 in the incubator for now

 

[FortCluck]

Um, YES!! I just paid $4/egg for my local eggs (and I drove two hours away to get them)!! I also had some shipped and paid slightly less per egg but then also had to pay shipping... so those work out to slightly more per egg total.

I do know I have very fertile eggs. I really enjoy seeing all the colors we have been getting. I have no idea what's going to pop out of these eggs this time. I changed over roosters and my new ones have been mating with everyone. The Jersey giant should be fading out now that he's been gone for about 3 weeks. Now I won't see mostly black chicks.

 

[FortCluck]

I candled D4, 12 are growing 3 not sure of, so I'll leave the 3 in the incubator for now

Always best to check again when you aren't sure. I had a few last time that I wasn't sure on and all hatched cute little chicks. Good luck!

 

[smfarman]

You can feel the tendon sliding and the back of the hock is flat.

Thank you, I have a chick that I've been splitting every day for a few hours, for splay leg. I felt it's leg but everything seems ok, but Iam not sure so I have left the splint on over night and will check it later this morning. How long can you leave the splint on, safely

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Me too! There's one that's almost a burgundy color. They are already in the bator

So exciting! I hope that we both have great marans egg hatches!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Thank you, I have a chick that I've been splitting every day for a few hours, for splay leg. I felt it's leg but everything seems ok, but Iam not sure so I have left the splint on over night and will check it later this morning. How long can you leave the splint on, safely

Depends on your splint. As long as it’s not rubbing skin raw or the chick isn’t outgrowing it, the splint should be ok. You can probably take it off and reapply every 1-2 days if it’s staying clean and the skin looks good.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Evening update:

8 chicks alive and well! 3 eggs still in limbo, no progress to be seen. Wondering if I should check for internal pips before I go to bed.

4 gold, 4 black. One of the black chicks has a Van Dyke (beard) style white marking, and another looks like the penguin Lovelace from the movie Happy Feet two of the golds have some black striping and a head spot. I'll try to do individual pictures tomorrow once they are well rested and fluffy.

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Pretty! Looks like a gold partridge pattern on one!