These are so cute!! I just saw you lost another. Goodness I'm sorry... I've never had bantams so I don't know how they do as chicks but darn this is just so sad. I hope the rest keep strong and healthy.
Mine are Delaware x Delaware and Delaware x Golden Laced Wyandotte. Rooster is Delaware and my Wyandottes and Delawares are the hens.
I've made my guesses based on this non accurate information and I will wait to see what happens. My hens were fast feathering and my roo was painfully slow to...
So I am well aware most people say wing feathers sexing isn't accurate. One of the questions I have is about the difference in the single row of feathers or the double row of feathers. I have some smaller chicks that had the double row of feathers coming in but most have the single row... Which...
Wow interesting information on the rose comb. So it's possible she may have passed on a single comb chick also. I found 4 chicks with rose comb and that sounds about right. The rest were single comb.
I know with Delawares you can make sex links. Delaware hen to a red roo.
I was especially...
Wow thanks for this reply!! The chick in pic 3 was from another rooster and hen. I was mostly interested in the Delaware mixes. I had some Delaware x Delaware and Delaware x GL Wyandotte crosses. The plain yellow/white chicks are the regular Delawares but the interesting ones are the white/black...
Well on day 18 I raised the humidity slowly. I closed the AC vent, kept my bathroom door closed and let my shower run with max heat to build up humidity. It was in the 40s on day 18. Day 19 I saw pips and then added about 2 tablespoons of water to the A slot. I kept the B slot closed with the...
Oh no!! I'm so sorry to hear that!! That is as devastating as the one I had die just before pip. I am so sorry for your loss and I hope the rest stay healthy and strong.
Oh gosh.. I do hope you make it in time!! I just sent 13 of my chicks to go live with my neighbor. She's very happy to add more chicks. I kept 6 of my own.
Incubator: Nurture Right 360
2 Govee hygrometers: bathroom and inside incubator
Eggs set: 22
Temperature: Bathroom stayed about 72-73
Incubator bounced from 98-100. I found cold spots but the eggs were rotating so it seemed fine.
Humidity: Bathroom stayed around 56% and incubator stayed...
My hatch is complete on day 20. 19 total hatched and the last egg did die. Was not internally pipped. Not sure what happened. It had absorbed the yolk too.
I just saw this and had to say I never thought about this in the same sense as extra frozen water bottles in the freezer for hurricane season. I do the exact same. I keep extra frozen bottles in the freezer to keep it cold in power loss for hurricanes.
Where is this chipmunk type pattern coming from? My Delawares were all yellow or white as chicks and the Wyandottes were black with bits of gold as chicks.
The roo is Delaware and the hens are Golden Laced Wyandottes.
Some of the chicks came out with a bit of red color on the back of the neck...
That's good he made it out. I candled the one that hasn't pipped yet and I see no movement. There's one more that pipped but nothing since. I'm really hoping that one hasn't died and is just slowly absorbing yolk. By tomorrow I will assist both eggs and see if they are alive or dead.
Oh boy you have a sideways zipper? I don't know how to help that situation. Maybe he will figure it out. I have 18 hatched today. Only 2 eggs left. One of those 2 has internally pipped and the other has externally pipped. No movement beyond that on either. Might need assistance tomorrow. The...
I think I have 11 out now but not everyone is fully dry so I'm leaving them in the incubator for now. I have another 3 or 4 pipped. One I see is still making the chewing motion with the beak so must still be absorbing yolk. I think I'm going to have a whole second wave of hatches.. the pipped...
Wow how cute!! I have 6 hatched this morning on day 20. I would wait to assist your chick any further yet. Give it a bit more time and let it try to zip on its own if it can.