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

[Bantambird]

Hatch is proceeding well, but there is one Cream Legbar pullet that has something a little off about her. She seems extra tired and she seems like she might have a vaulted skull. What do you think? Am I crazy or is there something off about her?

 

[sasafras4u2]

She knows where it is safe ...up under momma!

 

[circ director]

Rose and Angel have already picked their favorite chicks.

 

[BullChick]

@Chaos18
Banana! 2/3 (ain't bad!) duck eggs have veining.
Five SPR eggs look clear, but I can't really see inside them. One has a blood ring, and the other six have veining... In the shape of a banana!

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

I have 7 chicks out and 3 pips of the 19 that made it to lockdown... and one of the chicks isn't going to make it. It's neck was twisted and locked in place (though it managed to pip and zip on it's own), and once it was finally able to turn it's head around, it's head and neck were very swollen. Since it was badly saddled, I hatched it upright in an egg carton. Once it decided it wanted to come out of it's cradle, that's when things got really bad... it hadn't absorbed it's yolk. Although I've got it back in it's shell sitting in the egg carton, it doesn't look too promising. It appears to be fading fast. The other 6 look fine, and I'm really hoping the other 9 will come along soon. Tonight will suit me just fine...

Speaking of tonight, I have to call it a night. Have a great one, everyone!

 

[jrc85]

Here is Milk with her babies. Their daddy is Quacker's lol

 

[ChickenGrass]

An update
During the night 5 cream legbar Roos hatched!
I went to bed with only 3 and I was thinking not bad so far out of
8 eggs that hatched so far and
Then I wake up with 8 roosters!
Some will have to go sadly
Sadly There is some parts of poultry keeping that are not the greatest
Anyway 5 more piping and 3 more hens hatched
So I have 8 roosters 8 hens
5 eggs piping

 

[darkbluespace]

Finally, there is veining in a Silkie egg from one of my girls!!! I feel like I have waited forever for this, I am so excited to start populating the world with more Silkies! I am just dying to see what will hatch from my eggs!!!!

My 6 Silkie eggs, 4 or 5 Cochins are going into day 20 and I have 2 internal pippers! One of my mystery eggs quit on day 18 or so and come find out it was an Ayam Cemani! Bummer! I still have one left, I was given them as extras, if you can believe it. I thought that maybe that was what they were... I hope the one left hatches because then I can spend an absurd amount of money trying to hatch a partner/flock for it! I think that was the plan

Also, I hatched another 2 sticky ducklings and I could really use some advice. The last ones I hatched I have not been able to fluff up! I have bathed them, brushed them, put them in my incubator with two fans (that will fluff up anything else). And it has not worked. Later their feathers come in weird and not like a normal duck. Honestly, I don't own a hair dryer, but I will go get one if that is the solution. I just don't understand, they are perfectly normal and healthy otherwise.

 

[darkbluespace]

 3 of mine that didn't make it had vaulted skulls too.

I don't even think 2 of them internally pipped. 2 more were peeping, so they internally pipped and didn't externally pip. 2 more looked like they stopped developing a couple of days ago, so out of the 7, there were 4 that were alive this morning, and didn't make it, 2 died several days ago, and 1 hatched. I'm so glad that I at least got 1.

Oh wow, it is a good thing you helped that one.

Sorry to hear that, that is so disappointing! Those vaulted skulls can be huge.

I am glad your girl is laying again!

 

[darkbluespace]

An update
During the night 5 cream legbar Roos hatched!
I went to bed with only 3 and I was thinking not bad so far out of
8 eggs that hatched so far and
Then I wake up with 8 roosters!
Some will have to go sadly
Sadly There is some parts of poultry keeping that are not the greatest
Anyway 5 more piping and 3 more hens hatched
So I have 8 roosters 8 hens
5 eggs piping

8 Roos, that's crazy! For a minute I thought you were talking about a bad dream! I'm glad you got some girls too and haf and half is to be expected. Oh roosters, it it hard to figure out what to do with them all. I can only hatch Serama roosters this year. Well, I hatched 5 Roos out of 7. My hen hatched 4/4 Roos, and the last three I hatched that are old enough to sex, all roosters! . I can't sell any chicks now because they are hopefully pullets!