Silkie & (maybe) Serama Hatch-A-Long

[Rillowen]

I'll check again later yes!
If I use a tiny drill bit, can I disinfect it with something like vinegar or just straight up vodka ?

No he didn't....deleted his offer on the site...

I have heard a screw, and holding it in front of a match.

 

[Dan2005]

So Popcorn has definitely pipped internally he is on the evening of Day 21...should I even try to make a hole yet ?
Should I rather wait until tomorrow morning?

 

[Dan2005]

And I actually just noticed while writing this, that he is actually only on day 20, as he went in two days after the silkies. So I'm hoping he'll hatch tomorrow...

So Popcorn has definitely pipped internally he is on the evening of Day 21...should I even try to make a hole yet ?
Should I rather wait until tomorrow morning?

 

[Dan2005]

We tried to get some rubber band etc. around Eightballs legs, but he just was NOT cooperating.....he's now in with the others and I'll see in the morning how he's doing
He definitely can move around and so on but his left leg is sticking out to the front and the whole foot is basically facing sideways...not sure how a rubber band would help with that.

 

[Slothinc]

We tried to get some rubber band etc. around Eightballs legs, but he just was NOT cooperating.....he's now in with the others and I'll see in the morning how he's doing
He definitely can move around and so on but his left leg is sticking out to the front and the whole foot is basically facing sideways...not sure how a rubber band would help with that.

If you are interested, I wrote an article about how I prefer to brace silkie legs when there are issues. I will link it below. I would also suggest giving B vitamin complex if you have any. I use a liquid B complex and just let them peck a drop or two off of my finger, and give it a few times per day.

Incidentally the chick that I photographed for my article is the sibling of the chick with the gold eyebrows that I kept - they both looked just like Mop Bucket as babies

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/easy-brace-for-splay-leg-chicks.80050/

 

[Dan2005]

If you are interested, I wrote an article about how I prefer to brace silkie legs when there are issues. I will link it below. I would also suggest giving B vitamin complex if you have any. I use a liquid B complex and just let them peck a drop or two off of my finger, and give it a few times per day.

Incidentally the chick that I photographed for my article is the sibling of the chick with the gold eyebrows that I kept - they both looked just like Mop Bucket as babies

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/easy-brace-for-splay-leg-chicks.80050/

Thank you very much for the Link!
Will definitely give that a try.

 

[Dan2005]

Eightball didn't make it

She was extremely lethargic this morning and could barely hold her head up. I gave her some water etc and put her back in the incubator for some quiet.

My mum just wrote to say she has died

 

[GreenJay]

Eightball didn't make it

She was extremely lethargic this morning and could barely hold her head up. I gave her some water etc and put her back in the incubator for some quiet.

My mum just wrote to say she has died

so sorry about Eightball!
RIP my little cue-tie!

 

[Lgbchickie]

eightball no!

 

[fluffycrow]

I’m very sorry you lost EightBall . Are you sure it was the ‘umbilical cord’?
I’ve had a few chicks hatch where their intestine was outside of their body (they hatched on their own, I never intervened), and they died after 24 or so hours post hatching.
First time it happened I thought it was a first time broody error. Then it happened with chicks in the incubator. They seem to get slower and weaker as they go.
I believe the cause is genetic, though I can’t be 100% sure.

Very sorry you lost him. If it brings you any comfort, whatever happened wasn’t your fault in the slightest.

Glad to read Popcorn has pipped internally! Will be waiting to read about an external pip later today or early tomorrow!