The Wyandotte Thread

[Texasmja]

Came home from work to disaster! Our incubator died-ice cold eggs in the bator. Of course, today we expected the rest of the peeps to hatch. 26 eggs wasted...I feel sick!!! Don't know if the ones that were in there will be ok or not. It's still 70 degrees in the house, but on a wet chick with a fan running-they were pretty cold.

Any ideas on a good cabinet bator? I think a Sportsman is in my future!

That sucks. Did you candle them? Any with veins still?

 

[PeakyBeaky]

That sucks. Did you candle them? Any with veins still?

They all have chicks-yesterday was our 21 days. Ice cold eggs.

 

[DMRippy]

Noooooo what kinda bator it it? Can you put any kinda heatint somthing in it to keep them warm? I use a dehydrator base with the heating element. Oh i fell so bad for you can you do anything? Know anybody with an incubator you could borrow?

 

[PeakyBeaky]

Noooooo what kinda bator it it? Can you put any kinda heatint somthing in it to keep them warm? I use a dehydrator base with the heating element. Oh i fell so bad for you can you do anything? Know anybody with an incubator you could borrow?

I opened the 5 that were PIP'd. They were alive, so I put them in the brooder box in a separated bin. They've been in there about 30 minutes and are chirping/moving. 2 have died.

 

[ki4got]

you'd be surprised how tough ready-to-hatch eggs can be... i had a hen get off the nest to eat, sit back on the wrong one, 2 days prior to hatch. those eggs were stone cold, but i stuck them back under her, and all hatched the next day. don't give up on them yet. they just need some more heat

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: Can you do anything to make a make shift incubator of some sort? The brooder box might work, I know you might not have a way to control the temp but as long as they don't get too HOT they might be OK till you can work something out. They really are hardy little buggers.

 

[K Epp]

Do any of you pictures of week old Wyandotte chicks you can share? I want to get some and my local feed store has Wyandotte pullets, but they are mixed together. I'm not looking for show birds just pretty colors to enjoy.

 

[chickens44]

Hi im new to this site and im not sure how to post so i was wondering if you guys could help and also could some one tell me what a pefect wyandotte bantam should look like cheers

 

[poltroon]

Hi im new to this site and im not sure how to post so i was wondering if you guys could help and also could some one tell me what a pefect wyandotte bantam should look like cheers

I recommend that you start reading at post #1 of this thread - there's a ton of information here. Happy reading, and welcome to BYC!

 

[chickens44]

Hi i was wondering if you could help me is this an colombian wyandotte bantam