OCTOBER HATCH-A-LONG!!! 2015

[luvmigirls]

Joining you all for Octobers hatch...Looks like everyone is cranking out the chicks...!

I have 5 honas which are due today & lots more in the incubator due this month.

Welcome to the thread! So a fellow swedish hona hatcher? the svart hona?

 

[luvmigirls]

Lock down.

look at that! under control best wishes for a happy hatch

 

[luvmigirls]

awww! I am sooo so sorry for you! *huggggsss* i understand how you feel when the hatches don’t all make it. I had my last hatchling chick die on my last night. Such tears of guilt i had while burying her behind the coop. When you put so much time and attention into these chickies, (may they be the older or hours young), it really pulls at our hearts! But don’t fret! A lot of us have been through that. Keep that chin up and enjoy those new chickies you got.

 

[GitaBooks]

Joining you all for Octobers hatch...Looks like everyone is cranking out the chicks...!

I have 5 honas which are due today & lots more in the incubator due this month.

Welcome! So glad you could join!

I can't wait for pictures of the chicks.

I don't mean to hijack the thread but I woke up this morning and one of my 23 week old girls(isa browns) is acting off. She was our first layer at 16 weeks and is one of my two favorite girls. I can't decide if something is wrong with her or not. Please help. She didn't run off with the flock to graze she did eat a bit of scratch and has been drinking a ton. No discharge from her eyes or nose but she seems tired. Her crop was very large this morning but no foul smelling breath, no solid masses in her crop that I can feel. It's a bit squishy feeling but pliable and I can feel the grit in there. Please help she did pick at grass a bit after I massaged her crop but I'm worried please any help would be appreciated.

Mine are all beginning to act like this too because they are entering molt. They stand in a corner, don't want to eat, and look miserable. Its a lot of work and its uncomfortable so they sometimes act sick. Hopefully that is all that's wrong with your girl. What age is she?

Trying to think ahead so popped one of these clear caps off to check readings when/while I open to add water, it occurred to me that maybe one or more should be open for the hatching??? For extra oxygen I thought I read some where, not in the pamphlet that came with this machine.

Air is good, just make sure they get proper humidity. Best of luck!

 

[chickendreams24]

@GitaBooks
She's 23-24 weeks so I don't think she's molting. Idk what's going on with her she did have one milky white liquid poop but she seems to be kinda perking up. Just saw our bantam roo trying to breed her. And though she's not running with the flock she is walking/trotting along behind them. Which is an improvement. Like I said she doesn't seem to be acting ill at all its just strange. She's even been eating some but mostly just drinking a lot. They free range all day so idk what it could be. About a week ago I did find some glass in poop on a roost. Now of course I was panicked and we try to keep an eye out for glass they inevitably scratch up but apparently the bird was no worse for the wear. In fact all the glass edges had been nicely rounded I'm sure by being in the crop(thank God for grit) The thing is it wasn't a roost she uses and none of the birds acted off before that. I hope she's okay I don't want to think about losing my Lily. She acted kinda like this before laying her first egg(which was shell less).

 

[GitaBooks]

@GitaBooks
She's 23-24 weeks so I don't think she's molting. Idk what's going on with her she did have one milky white liquid poop but she seems to be kinda perking up. Just saw our bantam roo trying to breed her. And though she's not running with the flock she is walking/trotting along behind them. Which is an improvement. Like I said she doesn't seem to be acting ill at all its just strange. She's even been eating some but mostly just drinking a lot. They free range all day so idk what it could be. About a week ago I did find some glass in poop on a roost. Now of course I was panicked and we try to keep an eye out for glass they inevitably scratch up but apparently the bird was no worse for the wear. In fact all the glass edges had been nicely rounded I'm sure by being in the crop(thank God for grit) The thing is it wasn't a roost she uses and none of the birds acted off before that. I hope she's okay I don't want to think about losing my Lily. She acted kinda like this before laying her first egg(which was shell less).

I really hope she feels better soon. I don't know what could be wrong. Is she egg bound?

 

[chickendreams24]

Not that I can feel but idk I'm worried about her I wish I knew what to do

 

[Gloryjasmine]

Possibly the change in the weather? Sometimes there's nothing we can do honey. Just wait...and pray. I'll be praying with you.
(Are you ever gonna pm me back? I miss you

)

 

[tiffani day]

Set up 32 on Wednesday, I live in Mississippi and it's been cool and dry lately but even after removing all the water I can't get the humidity down its at 67%

 

[gjamesi]

Dang,dang ,dang. Humidity is at 68% and it says temperature is at 37.6(99.68 F) but backup thermometer between two eggs is reading 39.2(102.6 F). Lowered heating temp by two degrees ,popped a cover and standing here watching, humidity dropped to 62% but temp hasn't moved in the last 15 minutes. (yes I checked the calibration)
Trying not to panic, reminding myself that they start producing their own heat......(hope they aren't cooking)