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

[sillycmoy]

Thanks guys, I will give it a warm bath, and get it as dry as possible, and put it in a cup with paper towels around it under the brooder light, once its fully fluffy and dry, I will tape its legs. Poor think I hope it make its.

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[Cynthia12]

Thanks guys, I will give it a warm bath, and get it as dry as possible, and put it in a cup with paper towels around it under the brooder light, once its fully fluffy and dry, I will tape its legs. Poor think I hope it make its.

Good luck, you can do it. I have had legs look worse than that, and then see them running around in the back just fine months later.

 

[MontanaDolphin]

Here is the baby, please please tell me I can fix this. Its an Olive Egger if that helps. Its just kicking its legs like anything to get up too. If you roll it over, it sits for a min and then flips back over. Sorry for the messy incubator, but there was 29 chicks that hatched in the last 24 hours. HeHe

See how fat its belly is? It's rolling onto its back because his beer gut is in the way!! It happened to all 4 of my seramas that hatched...every single one of them looked like they just went on a drinking binge...the yolk inside the belly isn't absorbed yet. Like other posters said, put it in a tea cup, otherwise it's gonna keep rolling over till some of that yolk is absorbed. The last of my seramas to hatch was up on her feet in a few hours, but the first one took a little longer. Now they are running around the brooder no problem!!

 

[SoManyHats]

Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!!! e

My broody accepted the chicks!!! For anyone not following, the chicks are 6 days old and I wasn't sure she would take them. Here's the story if you feel like reading on...

I waited until 10:30pm, gathered up the chicks in a box, and took them out. They were quiet at first, but then when I opened the box, they got real loud. So mama hen wakes up and freaks out. But not like an "intruders" freak out, it was like "oh no my babies are out." She clucked at them softly but urgently as I shoved one after another under her. A few popped back out and she clucked at them. One she pecked a bit - not meanly, just mama-like. They were still all making a lot of noise, and she continued to cluck at them until all noises stopped. Then... then...this moment...

one of the chicks came out from the side and she started clucking at it. But the chick went to her front and wandered about like it was lost, peeping away. She clucked more urgently.

...and the chick crawled under her chest.

And I was like... (quietly of course)

So, yeah. I'll get up before dawn to see how they do when they all wake up. But right now I couldn't be more pleased.

 

[mlm Mike]

Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!!!

My broody accepted the chicks!!! For anyone not following, the chicks are 6 days old and I wasn't sure she would take them. Here's the story if you feel like reading on...

I waited until 10:30pm, gathered up the chicks in a box, and took them out. They were quiet at first, but then when I opened the box, they got real loud. So mama hen wakes up and freaks out. But not like an "intruders" freak out, it was like "oh no my babies are out." She clucked at them softly but urgently as I shoved one after another under her. A few popped back out and she clucked at them. One she pecked a bit - not meanly, just mama-like. They were still all making a lot of noise, and she continued to cluck at them until all noises stopped. Then... then...this moment...

one of the chicks came out from the side and she started clucking at it. But the chick went to her front and wandered about like it was lost, peeping away. She clucked more urgently.

...and the chick crawled under her chest.

And I was like...

(quietly of course)

So, yeah. I'll get up before dawn to see how they do when they all wake up. But right now I couldn't be more pleased.

That's wonderful!

 

[sillycmoy]

So I gave it a quick bath and got all the slimy off, except for its head, I didn't want to dunk it, and it just sat there in the water like relief. Poor thing. I dried if off as good as I could really fast, and put it in a lined with paper towel coffee cup, and stuck it right under the brooder light. Its stopped crying, so I guess its happy for a moment. Hopefully its just the egg yolk belly. That would be amazing. But right now its in the cup.

All the others in there are running up and trying to peek inside. Its hilarious.

 

[Cynthia12]

So I gave it a quick bath and got all the slimy off, except for its head, I didn't want to dunk it, and it just sat there in the water like relief. Poor thing. I dried if off as good as I could really fast, and put it in a lined with paper towel coffee cup, and stuck it right under the brooder light. Its stopped crying, so I guess its happy for a moment. Hopefully its just the egg yolk belly. That would be amazing. But right now its in the cup.

All the others in there are running up and trying to peek inside. Its hilarious.

Keep it directly under the light for a while, but not all night! Put it to the side after it is warmed up. Put your hand where the cup is to see how warm it is. If it feels ok to your hand after being there for a while, you have it in a good spot.

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!!!

My broody accepted the chicks!!! For anyone not following, the chicks are 6 days old and I wasn't sure she would take them. Here's the story if you feel like reading on...

I waited until 10:30pm, gathered up the chicks in a box, and took them out. They were quiet at first, but then when I opened the box, they got real loud. So mama hen wakes up and freaks out. But not like an "intruders" freak out, it was like "oh no my babies are out." She clucked at them softly but urgently as I shoved one after another under her. A few popped back out and she clucked at them. One she pecked a bit - not meanly, just mama-like. They were still all making a lot of noise, and she continued to cluck at them until all noises stopped. Then... then...this moment...

one of the chicks came out from the side and she started clucking at it. But the chick went to her front and wandered about like it was lost, peeping away. She clucked more urgently.

...and the chick crawled under her chest.

And I was like...

(quietly of course)

So, yeah. I'll get up before dawn to see how they do when they all wake up. But right now I couldn't be more pleased.

Great story..love happy endings. It will be so cute to see her with her babies. You will have to post photos tomorrow..or not..it's Easter tomorrow!

 

[Cynthia12]