Pink Bike Helmet Babies

[Chambertin]

Picture!
I have Houdan and Silkie mix babies
Its from a poor cellphone, but it works.

 

[Chambertin]

Picture Update~

Some more of her (it had better be a hen, dont need any more roos) after she dried off and nibbled on some crumbles.
Doing great and a strong chirper. Her frind would be here... but I "helped" too much and the blood loss took its toll.

Mother in Law holding her & close up

Poor girl all alone, until Monday. Our Broody girl is expecting some soon too.

All in all the incubator was fantastic.
If the humidity held better I wouldnt have been so worried about them, but she wasnt nearly shrink wrapped.
To be honest I should have read more so that when I went to help it wasnt out of nervousness. I had heard of so many chicks getting wrapped and suffocated, but as I read more and having a slow pipper I think that its something else that gets them.
As long as there is blood in the membrane leave it be, I guess they can exchange oxygen through the shell so long as there is blood in the membraine.
Very interesting!
So the air sac is more for lung practice instead of an emegerncy supply of air? (makes more snese to me)

Anyway I learned a lot from everything and will probably look into selling the incubators.

Thanks to all who read and good luck to everyone in the Hatch A Long~

 

[Crafty chick]

Very interesting, I didnt know it was just for lung practice either. I didn't know air exchange through the shell was that open. Glad you go one chick out of it. I'll check mine when I get home Monday... Sunday is day 21.

 

[Chambertin]

More pictures of her all fluffed out and getting some leg practice on the bed.

 

[Crafty chick]

Hope she gets her little friends soon! I'll be driving home in a couple hours. Our youngest is sick, so cutting our trip short. Hoping my eggs hatched or atleast started. I'll post pics when I get there.

 

[Chambertin]

Looking forward to it,
I hope that everyone feels better at home.

Maybe the excitement of new babies will knock the sick out of them.

 

[Crafty chick]

came home to ALL 4 EGGS HATCHED! Waiting for the last one to fluff up before moving it. I was surprised they all made it! The last one is more wobbley than the others, but hoping with time it will be better

 

[Chambertin]

Great news!
Plenty of cute little ones.
I wouldnt worry about them much until day 2 or 3 so long as they are up and moving on their own.
(then again what do I know)

 

[Crafty chick]

Imay have a runt. The one that hatched last is still wobbley and sleeps a lot

 

[Chambertin]

Well good luck to your both, I hope mother nature sorts it out.
Just dont blame yourself. There are many things that the genetics just get wrong.

If the head and body develop at different rates (making a very cute baby) they dont have much of a chance long term.
Hoping the best for my baby, her belly button is still partially exposed but dry and healthy.