The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Tuhmu]

I just came home to an oops I had completely forgotten about this one egg

I had snuck in there awhile back....... Everything else in there won't hatch till next week haha.

 

[chickadoodles]

ALL OF US HERE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT ~
THANK YOU ~ TO OUR MODS HERE
WHAT A GREAT JOB DONE HERE!

x3 Thank you all!

 

[Peep-Chicken]

x3 Thank you all!

X4!! Thanks very much!

 

[NikkiCole5]

put them in the incubator put some chicken eggs in there place tell she returns

The eggs she was laying on were chicken ;-)

 

[CowboysAngel]

I fill a small cup or bowl with very warm water and place the chick in to soak it's butt.  After a few minutes soaking the crusty stuff comes right off.  Occasionally, the chick need a 2nd soak & rinse. Afterwards, I dry it off real good with a towel or paper towel.  You could also use a blow dryer to dry the chick, I just never have.

I used a dryer on one...I thought I was gonna die of a giggle fit! Just couldn't get over the thought I was blow drying a chickens butt! Lol

 

[capper2013]

one of my chicks died tonight.
it went all wobbly and keeled over. it's crop was full of fluid.
when it died I put a syringe into it's crop and it was full of snotty like mucus. any ideas on what it might have been?
poor thing was the smallest chick, I named it "my one" and I felt quite attached to it.
all the other chicks are fine, they have all eaten the same food, lived in the same space etc.
it fell ill then died a couple of hours later

.

 

[bantambury]

one of my chicks died tonight.
it went all wobbly and keeled over. it's crop was full of fluid.
when it died I put a syringe into it's crop and it was full of snotty like mucus. any ideas on what it might have been?
poor thing was the smallest chick, I named it "my one" and I felt quite attached to it.
all the other chicks are fine, they have all eaten the same food, lived in the same space etc.
it fell ill then died a couple of hours later

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same here

my one and only serama chick i hatched died last night. i called him 'my precious gem'. i loved him and was so attached to him

 

[kandkjbm]

Oh... our 'little runty' passed too. I kept him going, but, he just couldn't pull through.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[bantambury]

Oh...

our 'little runty' passed too. I kept him going, but, he just couldn't pull through.

Sorry for your loss.

thanks now ive lost two. praying thats all i loose.

 

[capper2013]

same here

my one and only serama chick i hatched died last night. i called him 'my precious gem'. i loved him and was so attached to him

did your baby have fluid in it's crop too?
I held mine, massaged it's belly, stroked it's poor little head until it slipped away. I thought it might pull through at one point as it started chirping.
if will power alone would have worked then it would be snoozing with it's siblings right now ready for trip outside tomorrow if it's warm enough.
I am sorry to hear of your loss, I would really like to know what it was so if faced with the same thing again I might be able to help keep the chick alive.
cyber hugs to you bantambury. xx