"Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

[weegarden]

The chick is a gold Pavlovskaya. This one hatched without leg feathers but they normally have beards crests and leg feathers.

That is really neat!

 

[Bryam]

Thank you! I hope I have a great hatch too!!

 

[mlm Mike]

Ok,well I won't have a incubator with duck eggs now.

What happened Chicken Hawk?

Good thing I went with the extra large brooder.

Yes good thing.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Well,I had six but four where cracked I don't see.but two where not so I have them under a bantam that just went broody

 

[mlm Mike]

Well,I had six but four where cracked I don't see.but two where not so I have them under a bantam that just went broody

So why did you have a sad face, that is a good thing sn't it?

 

[hereorthere]

Good thing I went with the extra large brooder.

Third pic is definitely a Kodak-moment!

 

[Balloonjuice]

Very. Obvious. They are all curled on entrance to the world but straighten out as they dry and get up on their feet. What kind of incubator do you have? I bought the shelf liner at Walmart. The rubbery kind with the holes in it. You need to have it where they hatch out. Gives them traction. It is cheap and can be washed and reused. I have in the bottom of my brooder for a few days while they get good on their feet.

My 'bator is a Farm Innovations 4250 foam style. I know the stuff you're talking about. We use that in our camper to keep things from moving about so much when we travel. Also, cut to "washcloth" size it is great for opening pickle jars. I can cut out a square the size of the screen once I take out the turner. Great idea and thanks.

 

[hereorthere]

Fingers, toes, arms and legs Mike!

 

[mlm Mike]

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[Balloonjuice]

I get that shelf liner at the dollar store. Really dirty hatches, I throw it away.
For me it's obvious because the chicks walk on the top of their feet basically and they stumble around. They aren't running around like the other chicks.

I'm pretty sure we have some around the house. If not, we can pick some up next time we go into town. Don't enter lockdown until next Monday.