setting eggs tonight!! anyone else?

[LaynaDon95]

Ooh, 2 more!



Those two yellows really liked the camera. They are in the front of nearly every pic I took.



Check out those wings! I think that one's a girl. (I hope)

 

[LaynaDon95]

So, I got my EE chicks. They are so tiny and cute!! They were welcomed into the brooder with minimal curious pecking.

All, except one. I can't add him to the brooder. He has something tragically wrong with BOTH legs. There were 2 out of the 14 that hatched. I wasn't home so my mom and siblings picked out our chicks. They decided to keep one of the "broken" ones. Which, is fair. She graciously split HALF of her chicks with me. (Which I was not expecting.) I was very grateful and we both got one deformed chick and six healthy chicks. But boy, is it stressful. I have no idea what I'm doing. I think he has slipped tendons. I tried to straighten them out and splint them and one it looked like it helped, the other started bleeding. I am dropper feeding him right now. It's the only way he can eat/drink because I have him all bound up. I hope he's ok. I don't think he is, though.

The guy who hatched them says a lot of them spent days too long in their shells and he had to help some of them out. This wittle guy was apparently one of them. I don't know how I am going to sleep tonight. Anyone want to fly on over and keep chickie watch for me tonight?

 

[CALI CHICK]

Awwwww, I hope you figure out how to help him.

This is the hard part of incubating and raising animals, I think. Some of us just get too attached.

 

[LaGeniaLoca]

@ LaynaDon - Thanks. It was unbelievable to find them all fully developed, but not have them all hatch. My little serama is doing great, though. Eating, drinking, sleeping with her bear....I'm being optimistic

that it's a girl. Your chicks are beautiful! I noticed the yellow ones posing for the camera....too funny!

@ CALI CHICK - I actually still have 6 duck eggs going. Lockdown is Thursday. I've also got more being shipped out tomorrow, so yes, I'm jumping right back into it. See, I built this big brooder, expecting a larger hatch rate, so now I "need" to get more eggs in the bator so I can fill it up!

 

[cowchick11]

I have decided I don't like eggtopsies very much.

Yeah

, I think based on previous candling notes and what I observed with my eggtopsies I think I could have come pretty closing in what had happened from just out side observations. I think any more that I do will be ones that I don't have a clue on.

 

[cowchick11]

Darn, just realized reading through that I forgot to float test my last two! Was going to do that to say I had and to see what happened. DANG!

 

[LaynaDon95]

Awwwww, I hope you figure out how to help him.

This is the hard part of incubating and raising animals, I think. Some of us just get too attached.

He made it through the night. He has more energy but can't walk really. He just crawls around. Well, sort of crawl, more like scootches... I'm still dropper feeding him. He's much more interested in food today. He finally pooped. That was good. His hocks are really bruised. They are almost black. I'm giving him anti inflammatory and antibiotic meds. I'm not sure if it's an infection or what. His legs are really tender. I have made him shoes but they don't seem to be helping. I can't get them to stay in place for any length of time. I'm really thinking we're going to have to have to cull him. I don't see that I'll be able to help him at all. I hope my friend's that was like this is doing better. I'm supposed to be leaving on Thursday until Sunday or Monday but I really don't want to leave him. We'll see.

 

[LaynaDon95]

His leg that had been bleeding is now much less bruised looking with no swelling. It's still tender and purpleish in places, but it's now mostly just a pinkish color. The other leg still looks black. Just an update. I don't know anything, really. He's eating a lot more than yesterday. Hopefully he'll continue to get better.

 

[CALI CHICK]

His leg that had been bleeding is now much less bruised looking with no swelling. It's still tender and purpleish in places, but it's now mostly just a pinkish color. The other leg still looks black. Just an update. I don't know anything, really. He's eating a lot more than yesterday. Hopefully he'll continue to get better.

Poor little thing. Hopefully he will keep improving with your TLC. Would one of your family members be willing to take over doctor duty on Thursday if he still needs special care and feeding?

 

[LaynaDon95]

It's only going to be my parents at home and they aren't very experienced (nor am I but still) with chick care. Especially deformed chick care. I'm just going to take him with me. Then if he dies (which is totally possible) I won't be tempted to blame anyone else. That wouldn't be fair to them and I know I would if he died under anyone else's care but mine.

He still refuses to move his own legs, except to scootch around. It looks painful. I wish I had baby ibuprofen or something to give him to bring down swelling (that he has again in his right leg) and help relieve pain. If he's not better in another couple of day I'll have to cull him. :'( I've never seen such dark bruising before.