November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

[chickydee64]

Nice surprise this morning................My little Serama hen hatched her egg..................

 

[Cknldy]

Her name is Consuela- meaning solace "comfort in a time of distress or sadness. Didn't know the meaning at first, it just seemed to fit when I got her out of the bator. She was looking for a friend I guess and none of the other 12 have even pipped.

 

[Heidisgran]

Nice surprise this morning................My little Serama hen hatched her egg..................

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: yes with the warmth in the brooder it grows the mold quickly.....they might sneeze a little from the shavings. I use the flake size less dust I think

 

[Cknldy]

Consuela still alone after 8 1/2 hrs is asking 'Will you be my friend?'

 

[Heidisgran]

took a peek at my araucana eggs set last Friday nice veins and blobs!

 

[chickydee64]

I've named her precious....................

 

[Manningjw]

I'm so sorry!! quite honestly tho if it couldn't hatch it's little self it had issues that would have caused the same out come most likely

I helped one that couldn't get it's self out but found out it had a peg leg...the other chicks picked on it....and it never would eat.

I will second this. This last hatch I helped a chick stuck in the zipping phase, after it hatched it had splayed leg out behind it and couldn't walk. This issue I was treating and correcting but it also had some other neurological issues. It didn't have the coordination to eat or drink, even after several days out of the egg, I had to mix food/sugar water for it and feed it by hand. Eventually I had to put it down, it was starting to decline even further. I wish I had let nature take it's course early on in that case instead of having it suffer for several days hoping it would get better.

 

[DeannaA]

Max still thinks he fits on my shoulder.

 

[keepmumsane]

Max still thinks he fits on my shoulder.

He makes my day. What a dude!