Surviving Minnesota!

[KlopKlop]

I am ready for this frozen cracked ruined egg period to end!

Monday can not get here soon enough for me. I had to throw a couple Creamette eggs, a toad egg, a British gal egg, and a PC egg. I have not really checked the layers for cracks, but they had a dozen eggs all in the same nest, so with luck they rotated off them enough to keep them warm.


I have 2 CLB chicks. A creamer and a creamette.

There is a CLB in there that will die soon. I have never seen a CLB like it. The chick is all yellow (white) but the whole rear of the chick is open. Or appears to be through the window, I have not opened the hatcher yet. I am tempted to reach in and end it for that one. I can see no way it will live. It is surely not whatever SOP will be on CLB's.

It looks like something went horribly wrong inside the egg. Yes, it is a CLB. It is a marked egg. If it does not gross too anyone out, I will take a picture of it and show you. I will try to avoid the "damaged unformed area" and just show you the color. At first I thought it was an albino when I saw it's head pop out but it does not have pink eyes.

Anyways let my know if you would be offended or if you want to see it.

I had 2 frozen eggs today for the first time since our last deep freeze. i am enjoying this intense sun throught the windows today but looking forward to warmer weather.

sorry for the weak chick... poor guy/gal

 

[duluthralphie]

sorry for the weak chick... poor guy/gal

I find it amazing how something as common as a sick little chick can bring big semi-seasoned men to near tears over their plight.

 

[holm25]

Ralph that is weird. I wonder what caused that. I had a chick that I though was gonna die but it managed to make it. Till a cat got in the brooder in the garage!! I hope he pulls through!!

 

[holm25]

I find it amazing how something as common as a sick little chick can bring big semi-seasoned men to near tears over their plight.

This is so true...

 

[jerryse]

Ralph Legbars sometimes throw recessive white . I recently tried to buy some . Some say you can not auto sex them . I see a large white
head spot . So I guess cockerel .

My weakness is when someone says it can't be done . I will be adding recessive white to the auto sexing line . Just to see . I suspect selecting for down color will help .

The deformity could be from the temp .

 

[lvie]

I am ready for this frozen cracked ruined egg period to end!

Monday can not get here soon enough for me. I had to throw a couple Creamette eggs, a toad egg, a British gal egg, and a PC egg. I have not really checked the layers for cracks, but they had a dozen eggs all in the same nest, so with luck they rotated off them enough to keep them warm.


I have 2 CLB chicks. A creamer and a creamette.

There is a CLB in there that will die soon. I have never seen a CLB like it. The chick is all yellow (white) but the whole rear of the chick is open. Or appears to be through the window, I have not opened the hatcher yet. I am tempted to reach in and end it for that one. I can see no way it will live. It is surely not whatever SOP will be on CLB's.

It looks like something went horribly wrong inside the egg. Yes, it is a CLB. It is a marked egg. If it does not gross too anyone out, I will take a picture of it and show you. I will try to avoid the "damaged unformed area" and just show you the color. At first I thought it was an albino when I saw it's head pop out but it does not have pink eyes.

Anyways let my know if you would be offended or if you want to see it.

Just show the picture. Its an education in itself and who knows who might use the information on here later. I need to learn it all.

 

[lvie]

Just show the picture. Its an education in itself and who knows who might use the information on here later. I need to learn it all.

So what is a Cream Legbar B?

 

[Cluckies]

Check it out! i tripled my grow bench area (not couting my fodder system. 8 feet x 2ft on top and 4 ft x 2ft on bottom I think i may enclose the back and sides on half of the top and add doors to make a sort of greenhouse but we will see. my herbs are coming up nicely, lettuce and kale are growing quickly, my onion starts are about 2 inches tall and my strawberries are looking dandy, ready for transplant this spring.

That looks great! I need to get my seeds out and started!

Just after I wrote the last post I looked in and it had moved. Using a sponge as a pillow. I do not think it has long. This is a CLB. There is nothing but CLB's in the coop and has not been another rooster in there since Thanksgiving.

Poor little thing. Do you mean open as in not formed? Open skin? I wonder how it even made it or if the egg...

 

[lvie]

So what is a Cream Legbar B?

Bantam?

 

[lvie]

That looks great! I need to get my seeds out and started!
Poor little thing. Do you mean open as in not formed? Open skin? I wonder how it even made it or if the egg...

See . . . . I would want to be holding it believing that would be a comfort to the poor little chick and it would only stress it more. So sad to loose anything that is branc new. Anything babies is so sweet.