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Thanks Olive. No, legs are not splayed and it seems real healthy. It just scoots. I thought maybe because it was so early that may play a part in it but I don't know. I know I have had lambs born early and sometimes it takes them a day or two to get up. But I don't know about chickens. It is still in the bator. I have paper towel on half of it and the other half is screen.
AND- I have a Marans hatching out woooo hoooo. So exciting.
'grats on the Maran! What kind is baby blue?
I forgot to say about the early hatching in the last post and was editing when you were posting so I'll put it here, too just in case, but it's unlikely to be a contributing factor. The early hatchers actually tend to be the biggest and most vigorous, IME. Usually 75% of my hatches are out before their due date. I've actually had the highest rates of loss on batches that have hatched on or after their due date rather than before.
Wow I didn't know that. Thanks for that info. Baby Blue is a Lakenvelder x Blue Splash Andalusion. For lack of a place to put my Andalusion hen right now she is in with the Lakenvelders.
Thanks Olive. No, legs are not splayed and it seems real healthy. It just scoots. I thought maybe because it was so early that may play a part in it but I don't know. I know I have had lambs born early and sometimes it takes them a day or two to get up. But I don't know about chickens. It is still in the bator. I have paper towel on half of it and the other half is screen.
AND- I have a Marans hatching out woooo hoooo. So exciting.
'grats on the Maran! What kind is baby blue?
I forgot to say about the early hatching in the last post and was editing when you were posting so I'll put it here, too just in case, but it's unlikely to be a contributing factor. The early hatchers actually tend to be the biggest and most vigorous, IME. Usually 75% of my hatches are out before their due date. I've actually had the highest rates of loss on batches that have hatched on or after their due date rather than before.
Wow I didn't know that. Thanks for that info. Baby Blue is a Lakenvelder x Blue Splash Andalusion. For lack of a place to put my Andalusion hen right now she is in with the Lakenvelders.