Hatch-Along - Setting eggs week of February 8th!! Who's joining me?

[TweetyNPetey]

I am literally in tears right now.
I filled up my bator with white leghorn eggs. 3 arrived smashed, as you know. 2 rotted, so I only had two left. Then I left for Saturday, came home today (Sunday), and the last eggs are rotten!

I have no more eggs in my incubator.

I am going to order some more, and I am praying that I get at least one peep.

 

[PoultryGirly]

Is this a good hatch rate for a first timer: 1 egg died at around 5 days, 4 were infertile, and 8 have hatched with the 9th pipping?

 

[Crisses]

Is this a good hatch rate for a first timer: 1 egg died at around 5 days, 4 were infertile, and 8 have hatched with the 9th pipping?

I would say so, you aren't responsible for infertile eggs, and that day 5 probably wasn't you....On the 9th--i wish her luck!

 

[PoultryGirly]

I think one of my chicks has a slight case of sprattle legs. What should I do? I put the band-aids in her legs and then she stood up right away, but she accidentally fell on her back and couldn't get up. Any advice? I had to take the band-aids off her. She is 7 and 1/2 hours old.

 

[Crisses]

I think one of my chicks has a slight case of sprattle legs. What should I do? I put the band-aids in her legs and then she stood up right away, but she accidentally fell on her back and couldn't get up. Any advice? I had to take the band-aids off her. She is 7 and 1/2 hours old.

I had a spraddle last year and waited too long to rehab her. I would wait one day to put the bandaids on, and I would spend about 2-3 minutes with her on her back in my palm doing gentle leg exercises and in a normal position supporting her spraddled leg in the correct position without the bandaids...perhaps twice a day. But start tomorrow...she's exhausted today.

 

[PoultryGirly]

But what if she falls on her back while I'm not home? She won't be able to get back up.

 

[Crisses]

But what if she falls on her back while I'm not home? She won't be able to get back up.

Maybe do the bandaid for short periods while supervised.

I nicknamed one baby 'Roly Poly' because it kept rolling on its back in the hatcher and struggling to flip over. She's ok now....

My best guess: If she flips, give her some time to try to flip over....she needs to control her body....if she absolutely can't, then assist...but I would see how little a nudge I could give. She should figure out to roll the other way from the leg that's out.

During rehab attempts with my spraddle, I thought I could feel a hip socket displacement....I couldn't fix it, but I tried light pressure holding the thigh in the correct position and strengthening exercises. She could stand on one leg but couldn't really get that bad leg under herself properly....When I brought them out to a temporary outdoor pen I could see the poor dear just wasn't going to do OK in a big adult banty sized coop.... I was able to rehab the clubfoot, but had to let my spraddle and crossbeak go. The crossbeak was a sweet cockeral but starving....I tried to help, but in the end he was half the size of his flock....

 

[TweetyNPetey]

None of my eggs hatched... But happily, I got 6 Salmon Faverolle eggs!

 

[PoultryGirly]

Maybe do the bandaid for short periods while supervised.

I nicknamed one baby 'Roly Poly' because it kept rolling on its back in the hatcher and struggling to flip over. She's ok now....

My best guess: If she flips, give her some time to try to flip over....she needs to control her body....if she absolutely can't, then assist...but I would see how little a nudge I could give. She should figure out to roll the other way from the leg that's out.

During rehab attempts with my spraddle, I thought I could feel a hip socket displacement....I couldn't fix it, but I tried light pressure holding the thigh in the correct position and strengthening exercises. She could stand on one leg but couldn't really get that bad leg under herself properly....When I brought them out to a temporary outdoor pen I could see the poor dear just wasn't going to do OK in a big adult banty sized coop.... I was able to rehab the clubfoot, but had to let my spraddle and crossbeak go. The crossbeak was a sweet cockeral but starving....I tried to help, but in the end he was half the size of his flock....

Thanks! Now I just figured out that my poor chick has a slipped tendon. Any advice on that?

 

[Crisses]

Thanks! Now I just figured out that my poor chick has a slipped tendon. Any advice on that?

That's out of my experience....I'd search the forums...