The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[pinkchick]

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Yep! Pretty girl!

 

[pinkchick]

3 out of the 6 eggs have hatched.

However.....all 3 of them did not finish absorbing. They are the only chicks that have this issue. The first one to hatch, hatched very very wet. I ran humidity the same as I always do, right at 50-51%. I run it the same from start incubation to finish and run it the same for all breeds, but never had a problem with just one particular breed not absorbing all the way.

One little pullet only has just a very small small little bit left unabsorbed and she was okay to be put in the brooder with the others, the remaining 2 are not so good, they are acting fine and trying to get around in the 'bator but they have alot of stuff still hanging out, one more so than the other. Will get photos and would like some advise as to what would have caused this with only the Wellies.


WARNING!!!!!!!! Kinda yucky photos coming up.

First photo is of the first Wellie chick that hatched yesterday....he came out of no where. LOL! All of a sudden there was a Wellie chick. When I had looked a few minutes before none of the Wellie eggs had any pips.

Anyway...here is his blurp....finally starting to dry up and shrink a little since yesterday.

This is a little pullet that hatched this morning (a couple hours ago matter of fact)...she has the largest blurp, complete with a piece of eggshell stuck to it. Sorry this photo is a little fuzzy, but it is hard taking a picture with a wiggler in one hand and the camera in the other.

 

[RedDrgn]

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Congrats and squeeeee on the babies! I hope the others are alright.

 

[Hens and Roos]

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wow, not sure why that happened and to only one breed out of several. Maybe the chicks got their signal to come out mixed up and came out faster/earlier than they were ready.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Kim, that's really strange that it only affected the wellies. I've had chicks recover from much worse though.

 

[snowbird]

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Kim, first thought is they were helped out of the egg early. Check your temperature gauge with something else that you know is accurate. If the temp. is a little high it will cause them to come out early. This look is surely from coming out early though.

 

[pinkchick]

Thanks Don. I did not help out any chicks and that it affected only the Wellie chicks is what gets me. The Wellie eggs were set the same day as all the other eggs that hatched with them...matter of fact the Wellie eggs were suppose to be shipped out but since they only gave me 6 it wasn't hardly enough to send, point being that they were actually the oldest eggs in this hatch that had been collected and I thought maybe it could have been attributed to the age of the egg.
I will put my handy dandy ever accurate huge thermometer in there and check temps....but it ran spot on with my normal and trusted therm/hygros this time around. Will let you know what I come up with.


Thanks Kelly. Sadly the 2 that are still in the 'bator are not looking so well...they look very weak and very lean....I believe that I will be culling before the end of day.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Sorry to hear that Kim.

 

[stoopid]

Maybe they were on the outside, they were a little cooler?
I had a few like that, put neosporin on that bump..

 

[leepshin]

Hi,

I was wondering if you can tell the difference from a hen or a rooster Welsummer with a young chick?

Thanks!