Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Goin Quackrrs]

Hes not gonna make it guys

hes barley even breathing... Theres nothing I can do but wait for him to pass......

 

[Iain Utah]

OK, they are opened up a little more... but it is slow going.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

Not sure why this is small but this is the BEFORE.



And this is the AFTER:



I still have a LOT of work to do to confine the area. But the hardest part (the part where I needed a man's help) is done. It's off the trailer. I have to come up with an idea for the run. Now that I'm looking at it I really do have a bunch of work to do. Since we elevated it the underneath has to be closed in, and behind it is a 3 foot area that has to be fenced in somehow.

 

[Iain Utah]

I don't want to have to stay up all night hatching out 4 goosies.

 

[Kevin565]

Hes not gonna make it guys

hes barley even breathing... Theres nothing I can do but wait for him to pass......

 

[Marty1876]

DG-

I posted before catching up, I'm so sorry your going throught this. I've read up and looked at the pics.

If you can get him a drop of sugar water, that may give him energy. Use the dropper. I sometimes squeeze them very gently on both sides of the beak, just where the skin meets it, and it will help them open a bit.

That eye glazing doesn't appear to be vision loss, he looks like he's going into shock. Did he have an unabsorbed yolk, or anything which could explain an internal infection, to cause illness now?

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Not sure why this is small but this is the BEFORE.



And this is the AFTER:



I still have a LOT of work to do to confine the area. But the hardest part (the part where I needed a man's help) is done. It's off the trailer. I have to come up with an idea for the run. Now that I'm looking at it I really do have a bunch of work to do. Since we elevated it the underneath has to be closed in, and behind it is a 3 foot area that has to be fenced in somehow.

Sweetness! We built ours on site so no heavy lifting, but we went totally overboard on the fencing part. It's like the Duck Octagon cage match! It took forever to finish that fencing!

Looks great so far!!!

I don't want to have to stay up all night hatching out 4 goosies.

At least it's the weekend!

 

[Marty1876]

Wow, looks great!

Not sure why this is small but this is the BEFORE.



And this is the AFTER:



I still have a LOT of work to do to confine the area. But the hardest part (the part where I needed a man's help) is done. It's off the trailer. I have to come up with an idea for the run. Now that I'm looking at it I really do have a bunch of work to do. Since we elevated it the underneath has to be closed in, and behind it is a 3 foot area that has to be fenced in somehow.

I can't wait to see pics in the morning! I'm not expecting any babies.... but I swear I heard a peep from the incubators when I was cooling the goose eggs!! Nothing due until saturday.

I don't want to have to stay up all night hatching out 4 goosies.

 

[psue]

Hey everyone

Hi kevin

GQ sorry about Rex, what a boy.
Bakin thank you, many hours spent enjoying all the critters here. Love sharing them with others too.
We had a blue American goose hatch last night, just moved it and three more buffs outside to the brooder house.
So current count
9 new Sebbie
2 grey SB Pom
5 buff American
1 blue American
2 more Sebbie fully externally pipped and just sitting there peeping at me.
7 call ducks and 3 Sebbies to ship at the first of the week and more eggs into lockdown.

thats alot of babies

Just may have saved the 3rd toulouse!! I opened him up and he was so happy to get air. He too had internally pipped and started to shrink wrap. There was blood where he pipped, but no fluid inside. I opened as little as possible to make sure I could see nares and his beak opened, but not any more than that.

I'm going to move my cooking bator out of bathroom then continue. I am sure part of my problem is the high spikes in temp and humidity in bathroom when I am trying to save babies that are hatching.

But, what I don't understand... is that I locked down with plenty of time before external pip. Humidity has ranged between 78-82 the ENTIRE time!! Why are they shrinkwrapping????

Off to open up the other african and toulouse!

I don't want to have to stay up all night hatching out 4 goosies.

now I have a question.... one of mine has still not internal pipped

The Embden has made a hole so he's getting air.... but i'm worried about the little one.. his sibling is already in the brooder

 

[Kevin565]

Hi Psue!