Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[BluebirdHomestead]

See what I mean?

 

[gmjarvi]

Even though my Cougars (stealing the kids word for them) are a touch old I just looovvve their colours! Even my husband appreciates them on a sunny day. You can see their pretty wings in this photoView attachment 2043235

They are just gorgeous! I love that emerald iridescence. My husband says they are weird because of the egg color but I think the eggs are beautiful, too. Maybe I should explain to him that they get more whitish through the lay period lol.

 

[gmjarvi]

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Man he's had a tough time of it starting out! I hope it turns around for him and that he's just figuring it out like cluckndoodle said ❤

 

[CluckNDoodle]

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Ok, I worry that may be a slipped tendon. The hock joint looks off, I see what you're saying...the white gooey stuff is egg waste, you can wipe that off.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Ok, I worry that may be a slipped tendon. The hock joint looks off, I see what you're saying...the white gooey stuff is egg waste, you can wipe that off.

Ugh that’s not what I wanted to hear. What are the next steps.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

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The white goo could be part of the egg muck. I haven't had experince with legs bent that way, but did have issues with duckling legs that were shrink wrapped and they were all kinds of bent

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

The white goo could be part of the egg muck. I haven't had experince with legs bent that way, but did have issues with duckling legs that were shrink wrapped and they were all kinds of bent

Did the bent legs work themselves out?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Ugh that’s not what I wanted to hear. What are the next steps.

I'm looking for a good article for you. It's going to be a matter of you straightening the leg and actually moving the tendon back into place then wrapping it with vet wrap to hold it in place. I was not successful with the one I had. He grew up to be a beautiful rooster that hopped around on one leg...mine was due to an injury though and the swelling was so severe I couldn't see the tendon to move it. Hopefully you will have much better luck!

 

[Mylied]

yep, I had read a similar article and thought that was pretty cool. This one you’ve linked to is more in depth, going to hang onto that!
My issue is that the brain was outside of the skull and almost completely closed outside of it. Teeny little opening in the top and a pendulous brain hanging out on the outside... :S Talked to my boss (who is a large animal vet) and he wasn’t sure why that might happen either. Not sure if birds can have a hydrocephalus condition? Or maybe my thermometers were out of whack so development was skewed? Guess I’ll be calibrating those suckers again. Not sure what else to do but check them and try again with fresh eggs...

Maybe just a defect and nothing to do with incubation. Weird things happen sometimes.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

I'm looking for a good article for you. It's going to be a matter of you straightening the leg and actually moving the tendon back into place then wrapping it with vet wrap to hold it in place. I was not successful with the one I had. He grew up to be a beautiful rooster that hopped around on one leg...mine was due to an injury though and the swelling was so severe I couldn't see the tendon to move it. Hopefully you will have much better luck!

Yeah I’m crossing my fingers. I should just let him rest in the dark in the bator until he is dry right? I really appreciate you looking for an article. I’m going to keep reading tonight as well and I’ll take action in the morning.