The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Cynthia12]

Yeah I inevitably pull the chicks out and put mine in a brooder so they dry. I find my hatcher humidity rebounds super fast. I try not to open it more than once per day to get chicks out. Some people say don't do it! But it works out for me.

Me too. Yep.

 

[Cynthia12]

I think my sick chick has sour crop. Her crop is huge and squishy. But no smelly face or tenderness. Would it be Sour crop or could it just be a side effect of being without food and water?
She is acting back to normal running around, eating and drinking and pooping normally. Except for that crop

I'm thinking it's just a piggy now. Big crop. They can feel pretty mushy. If the baby is running around and eating and drinking, oh, and pooping, all sounds good.

 

[Cynthia12]

Very carefully put the chick into a tea cup--one that is big enough to keep it in without jumping out. Keep it in the incubator. The yolk is not absorbed. Hopefully id is not infected.

The chick needs to stay in the cup sitting up. It would be a good idea to give it some baby drop vitamins without iron. A drop twice a day.

The yolk should absorb by tomorrow. If it ruptures the chick usually bleeds out.

Keep it as comfortable as possible but you might have to cull if it seems to be in pain.

did the chick hatch by itself?

What ron says! Try hard not to rupture the yolk while handling.

 

[tnmommy]

4 pips, 2 zips

 

[JennaLynn122]

I'm thinking it's just a piggy now.  Big crop.  They can feel pretty mushy. If the baby is running around and eating and drinking, oh, and pooping, all sounds good. 

Okay good. That's what DH thou but it scared me. I also asked my kids if they had been missing with the black chicks and both said no so I'm wondering if she was one of the first to figure out how fly up to the edge of the brooder and got herself stuck in the other box.
Thank god I was cleaning up that room last night!

 

[piclady]

My chicks are so well behaved- 4 pips- all waiting for the 19th. I'm proud

 

[Cynthia12]

4 pips, 2 zips

Chicks, any min. now!!

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[JennaLynn122]

me too. These chicks have had me up all night for 3 nights. Time for mama hen to get some sleep so we can get to work on the coop in the early A.M.

 

[MaineiacJay]

this is my first hatch. i have 8 chicks total today. i dont think the others are going to hatch, it looks like they are underdeveloped in the shell or something. i think i see movement in there, but im not sure, and they dont look full like the other eggs. ill leave them in the incubator for a little while longer and then i think i will give up on them. anyone else have this happen? ill have to get a photo.

i have one chick that is quite small and came out sticky and with crooked toes. that makes 2 with crooked toes from this batch. i splinted them both and the larger chick is having no problems walking now, but the little chick now has spraddle leg. im at a loss as to what to do =( he cant stand. i tried keeping them together (searched for solutions online) but that isnt doing anything for him. does anyone have any suggestions?