Serama Hatch-A-Long!!

[Naliez]

What is this?! Lol

 

[darkbluespace]

What is this?! Lol

You got a Serama chick?! Is it okay? I worry when they are on their back like that : ) I had a Silkie chick that like to lay on it's back and I kept worrying it had wry neck or something and I kept flipping it over and it would just flip right back onto it's back... it just liked to lay like that and was perfectly fine.

 

[Naliez]

You got a Serama chick?!    Is it okay?  I worry when they are on their back like that : )   I had a Silkie chick that like to lay on it's back and I kept worrying it had wry neck or something and I kept flipping it over and it would just flip right back onto it's back... it just liked to lay like that and it perfectly fine.

He was a lone survivor out of a batch of shipped eggs I thought had quit on me. I've kept him in the hatcher/incubator alone since he hatched early this AM, because I'm not sure if he's okay or not. He took a LONG time to hatch and even longer to get up and start walking. He's up now, but he looks/feels "squishy". He's also kind of bald-looking too. I've only had LF and only hatched once before this, (4 day old silkies) so I don't know if this is normal or not. I'm afraid of "mushy chick". I was hoping someone could tell me if this guy looks okay or not, or what I should do with him. I dipped his beak in savAchick, sprinkled some food, but he's still in the incubator for now. I want him looking a little stronger before I put him in with the Silkies.

 

[darkbluespace]

He was a lone survivor out of a batch of shipped eggs I thought had quit on me. I've kept him in the hatcher/incubator alone since he hatched early this AM, because I'm not sure if he's okay or not. He took a LONG time to hatch and even longer to get up and start walking. He's up now, but he looks/feels "squishy". He's also kind of bald-looking too. I've only had LF and only hatched once before this, (4 day old silkies) so I don't know if this is normal or not. I'm afraid of "mushy chick". I was hoping someone could tell me if this guy looks okay or not, or what I should do with him. I dipped his beak in savAchick, sprinkled some food, but he's still in the incubator for now. I want him looking a little stronger before I put him in with the Silkies.

It looks better in this photo! You are doing what I would do. I do sometimes feed them a bit of yolk mixed with warm save A chick or vitamin water and yogurt if I have it. It probably just needs a few days to recover.

 

[Naliez]

It looks better in this photo!  You are doing what I would do.  I do sometimes feed them a bit of yolk mixed with warm save A chick or vitamin water and yogurt if I have it.  It probably just needs a few days to recover.

Thanks! Lol I'll do that. I knew they were small, but I don't think I was prepared for just HOW tiny they really are! He's sweet. Peeping up something fierce in there all by himself. I talk to him, he quiets down and he looks at me really hard, blinking. Probably trying to figure out what I am!

 

[Naliez]

Oh! And the squishy abdomen...? Is that something that will go away? Or something I should keep an eye on?

 

[darkbluespace]

Thanks! Lol I'll do that. I knew they were small, but I don't think I was prepared for just HOW tiny they really are! He's sweet. Peeping up something fierce in there all by himself. I talk to him, he quiets down and he looks at me really hard, blinking. Probably trying to figure out what I am!

They are tiny alright! I hatched some Silkies from some tiny eggs and they were about the same size.

 

[darkbluespace]

Oh! And the squishy abdomen...? Is that something that will go away? Or something I should keep an eye on?

That is just from the yolk and should be less squishy in a day or so.

 

[Naliez]

That is just from the yolk and should be less squishy in a day or so.

Thank you so much. Definitely what I was hoping to hear!

 

[darkbluespace]

Here is my little hen with her chipmunk chicks. I can tell sex from their faces. The pullet is very pretty and the 2 roos look like angry birds, it's hilarious.