May Hatch Thread--Fill up those bators n' broodies!

[el pollo rey]

Besides them Polaks are lazy ! Lol

 

[jnjmanning]

. Lol these guys started last night on day 20 I don't want to jinx it but remember these guy flew 6000 miles to get here they are on vacation and don't want to miss nothing layed up in a shell how many American chickens get to come to costa rica ? It's a trip of a lifetime lol

LOL You nut!

 

[el pollo rey]

The dw just called and said one of the Germans is out and about jac the slw zipper is taking a break she was a lil frantic because we never seen the pip with that innovators 2200 is hard to see the eggs in the center of the bator lol she cracks me up she gets more worked up over hatching than she does when the kids are have our grand baby's lol

 

[el pollo rey]

LOL You nut!  

. Lol I'm in tears down here lol

 

[jnjmanning]

. Lol I'm in tears down here lol

Oh quit I didnt hit you that hard.........lol

 

[oesdog]

well oes I hope the morning finds you and yours well and the doctors and hospitals are all of routine check ups and good luck with the lock down I do so hope the chicken gods smile down upon you this go around

Thanks for the words of encouragement.
A few things to say.
Hospital visits and GPs went as we thought.
They say DH is so ill because of care for Danny so I asked the consultant to draft a letter to that affect so that I had some amunition to battle for more overnights for Dan. Seeing the social worker in charge of his care Friday. We will see if they relent and give us more nighs? Then our little grandaughter was diagnosed with a heart murmur same as her mother! Hearts run in our family. It will be ok we just have to keep her monitored and hope she grows out of it. Her mom didn;t though and neither did her Granny DHs mum who also had vulve issues.

Talking of dear hearts. Sad news today :

The chicken God has visited - I let the girls out this morning and they were all fine and doing their thing. Checked them tonight and Gerty my lead hen my beautiful Maran lay dead on the ground in the pen. She had rigor so had been dead a while. I scooped her up and we took her inside. We took feathers from her ( which we didn;t do with the hens that died from the cold over winter as they were sick and I want to make an indian head dress for wee Jess with the feathers. ) Then DH and I had a cuddle with her and a cry and last minuite words. I told her I was sorry not to have found her earlier and that she was with her sister Bertha now in chicken heaven. She has soooo missed Bertha and would not roost since she died and only slept in the nest box where Bertha slept since her foot injury a few years back. - Poor thing must have grieved so much she just had a heart attack and dropped. There was no sign of illness or injury and when I checked the egg box there was just one egg, it was her last gift. It was Gertys egg. I am very sad indeed. This is the 4th hen weve lost since Feb. So I hope we get a new generation of chickies comming through. I only have two hens left from the original 6 now - only Isobella and Caroline. How sad is that!!!!

Then I have Mable and Betty (sisters) who are Berthas chicks but are genetically Isobellas. The other two are rescue Rhode Islands reds Sisters Flourence/ flourentine! And Aggy / agnes


Oes - keeping the fingers crossed for chicks come the weekend. Finding it hard to keep humidity above 50 though even with all the trays full of water and a wet sponge in with the eggs!

 

[Tanichca]

HATCH DAY!!! We've got four babies so far- all black, no blues. My last hatch had one blue cochin, who died from a prolapsed yolk sac. I really hope I get another one.

Momma broody is doing great for a first timer- we call her Mean Susan (her identical sister is Nice Susan, also broody) and she's even more ill-tempered than usual! She drew blood a few times with her biting!

 

[Dbc]

what is the yellow stuff attached to its bottom??

 

[Tanichca]

what is the yellow stuff attached to its bottom??

Thats the yolk and umbilical cord- it should be absorbed on it's own pretty soon. Don't touch it!

 

[NinetreesMom]

Looks like chick waste...normal buildup of waste that has nowhere to go during growth inside the shell. Hard to tell for sure in the pic though... Could Possibly be yolk too??....