RETURN TO THE FLOCK BY AWOL MEMBER

[MissNutmeg]

Welcome back!!!



~Meg

 

[MissNutmeg]

 

[Hope Hughes]

Hello
Welcome back to BYC!!
So glad to have you here!!
Thanks for sharing your story!!
There are many people on here that are ready to help in anyway they can!
The learning center also has alot of great information on it as well!
Enjoy!​

 

[FrankieDoodle]

Welcome to BYC!!!

 

[Bluewater]

Wow! I appreciate all the welcomes from folks; I had forgotten how friendly you all are. Thank you. I splinted my chicks (Two with cloth wrap & tape, & one with very small plastic ties). The latter because he seems to have two splayed legs and wasn't able to stand with the tape. I restarted the incubator with 36 eggs on the 14th, after putting the first batch on lockdown. The water heater thermostat I'm using is quite stable at 99.6 to 100.8 - hoping for better rate this time.

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under Bluewater Welcome Back!

Best wishes to you and your little ones and good luck with the next hatch

 

[drumstick diva]

Sending good hatching vibes your way

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Hello and welcome back to BYC!! It’s so nice to have you join us.

This video may help with learning how to navigate this site.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask one of us.

 

[Bluewater]

Started the Lock Down on my second clutch; hoping for much better results this time. I have been placing the eggs in cut down egg cartons and keeping them vertical. In the past, I've just laid them on the bottom of my hatching tray (made of metal screening). After several chicks hatch, they do bump the other eggs and move/roll them somewhat. I believe this would happen in nature with an actual brooding hen. Anyone have an opinion on this? (In the past, I've observed the hen actually pushing an egg out of her nest that turned out to be defunct).

 

[Bluewater]

Here's an update on my second attempt; there was an area wide power failure here in Palo Cedro, CA that lasted approximately forty-five minutes. My incubator is in my metal shop building and the temperature was probably around forty degrees at the time. I had no way to maintain the incubator's 99 degrees. I did leave the eggs incubating after the power was restored (even added an extra five days gestation). Sad to say, there were zero chicks hatched.
My previous effort only produced ten chicks and three of those died within the first three days. Three others had splayed legs. After treatment, only one was cured. The other two both have a leg extended in front and one to the back (like a hurdles runner). One has discovered he can move around by flapping his wings; the other one kind of humps along. In the last couple of days, one other chick has a kink in her neck. She does eat and drink but most of the time, she is looking straight up. (I thought at first she was trying to catch bugs around the warming light).