Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[NovaAman]

Sarah... I am sorry... do you have another serema boy?

 

[Lisa and girls]

Macchiato died unexpectantly last night, I am so depressed. I bought these ten serama chicks just so I could get more hens for him, I loved the little guy so much. There was no blood, injuries, or visible parasites. He was dry in a clean coop, it looks like he just laid down in a corner and died.

I'm so sorry for your loss. It's heartbreaking when you don't know what the cause is. What a beautiful boy

 

[Ginger87]

Well the girls are finally enjoying the coop after I added more bedding and DH hooked up the heat lamp.... My one I thought had died, actually happened to live up until last night.... Poor baby! Well hope everyone has a good weekend, as for me I am working my second job (as if 40 hrs at a docs office wasn't enough!) I DJ on the side and waiting to pick up some hs students for their prom tonight!

 

[taprock]

Macchiato died unexpectantly last night, I am so depressed. I bought these ten serama chicks just so I could get more hens for him, I loved the little guy so much.
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So sorry he was a cutie.

Well stacykins the snow has arrived here, the nasty white stuff.

I went and picked up the pheasant eggs today. The gentleman showed me around his flight pens for the peacocks and all the different color pheasants. He has some beautiful birds. I also came home with a few other eggs he threw in as a test hatch. The incubator is all set up and I'm thinking I may throw in a few test chicken eggs as well.

I also have an egg bound girl that I am trying to treat but with no luck yet.

 

[cuppycake]

Everyone needs to stop saying the "s" word. I've got to go out and cover up some plants before tonight. This weather is really making me depressed.

 

[Scifisarah]

Ugh, this is driving me crazy. I've already lost one chicken today, and I guess I am paranoid about making the wrong decision and losing another. This chick pipped around 7 pm last night, and when I check it around 9am this morning it was zipped, but the head is tucked under and about 1 cm of shell is left unzipped in back. It seems like if it went to town on the shell that much it should be ready to come out, but it has been sitting there ALL DAY. I am worried that it is stuck to the membrane somewhere and can't move. I've never had a chick get to this point and NOT pop out in the next hour or so. It is also not opening its eye which seems strange to me, and the inside of the egg looks very moist. Its beak is kind of tucked under by some clear fluid and I'm worried it might have trouble breathing. Do you think I should help at this point, or leave it alone?

 

[kimmie6067]

Ugh, this is driving me crazy. I've already lost one chicken today, and I guess I am paranoid about making the wrong decision and losing another. This chick pipped around 7 pm last night, and when I check it around 9am this morning it was zipped, but the head is tucked under and about 1 cm of shell is left unzipped in back. It seems like if it went to town on the shell that much it should be ready to come out, but it has been sitting there ALL DAY. I am worried that it is stuck to the membrane somewhere and can't move. I've never had a chick get to this point and NOT pop out in the next hour or so. It is also not opening its eye which seems strange to me, and the inside of the egg looks very moist. Its beak is kind of tucked under by some clear fluid and I'm worried it might have trouble breathing. Do you think I should help at this point, or leave it alone?

I have never hatched eggs before till now I had a chick get stuck I knew something was wrong because it had zip a small way around and that was it just kept peeping like something was wrong hi pitched for a long time I didn't want to interfer but couldn't stand it. I picked it up looked closely and can see it was all tucked up so I picked the shell carefully making sure it did not bleed it was just white the membrane so I figured it was all right to do it so I worked my way around and I got to a part that had veins still so I stopped and it finished up on it's own.

Kimmie

 

[theron]

Ugh, this is driving me crazy. I've already lost one chicken today, and I guess I am paranoid about making the wrong decision and losing another. This chick pipped around 7 pm last night, and when I check it around 9am this morning it was zipped, but the head is tucked under and about 1 cm of shell is left unzipped in back. It seems like if it went to town on the shell that much it should be ready to come out, but it has been sitting there ALL DAY. I am worried that it is stuck to the membrane somewhere and can't move. I've never had a chick get to this point and NOT pop out in the next hour or so. It is also not opening its eye which seems strange to me, and the inside of the egg looks very moist. Its beak is kind of tucked under by some clear fluid and I'm worried it might have trouble breathing. Do you think I should help at this point, or leave it alone?

Lift the top off and get his head out enough for him to breathe and let him come out of the egg on his own.

 

[Scifisarah]

I got her all the way out - she was stuck so bad to the membrane she never would have gotten out on her own. I had to rub warm water on her and pick the dried shell and membrane off. There were no blood vessels left in the membrane at all, and it looks like she had started pooping in the shell so I think she was ready to come out and just got stuck in a bad way. She is peeping back and forth to the one other egg that is pipped, it is so cute. I threw a warm wet paper towel in there when I pulled her out, so hopefully the very brief drop in humidity won't hurt the remaining five eggs. The Genesis hygrometer says 62% and the other near the eggs 78% so it is somewhere between those two hopefully. So stressful when I am already down to six eggs out of the 33 I started with. I want every one to hatch, but I'm sure that won't be the case.

Post #500!

I have the incubator in my sewing room and am getting absolutely no work done today...

 

[NovaAman]

Can I ask why you left them in the egg carton? I am going to be setting another round of eggs, WC polish and red shoulder yoko's, and am wondering if this might be an alternative after they come out of the turner...