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I believe the vet tech is correct.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appenzeller_Spitzhauben

The yolk is the last thing to be absorbed into the naval of a hatching chick and the chick otherwise develops around the yolk. ETA: though I agree that's not an embryo. I agree with others that it looks look like a lash egg... otherwise known as salpingitis. It does also have meat spots.. so...

Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow The first black one looks like it has a rose comb and the second one is straight.. neither are Ameraucana as far as I can tell. Both might be eggers.. some "farmers" might call them AmerIcana.. while not breeding to any standard. Marans is always said with an S...

Hello, hope you are enjoying BYC! :frow I have seen it commonly in Marans. I would consider it something to not breed forward but not to worry about with regards to egg laying or pet quality. I also haven't seen any further health implications associated with it or studies written about it...

Possibly wry tail or maybe an injury since it's a sudden development. http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/mmissue75.htm#:~:text=While%20this%20can%20be%20the,completely%20harmless%20to%20the%20bird.

My doors have both choices.. either lumens or time to open and close. Since weather is always highly variable here.. I've gone with the time setting.. which I have to change seasonally. If your door has the time setting option.. you could always switch to that for your vacation time.

That's not a standard zip like I see in the incubator.. looks like maybe the hen is helping.. or the egg became weak and started cracking. I see cracks going around the bottom that should not be there.. it usually stays solid for the chick to push against and release itself after the yolk has...

Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Sorry one of your babies is uncomfortable. :hmm I also feed mash now.. but experienced the same thing this year (first time out of about 1000 chicks even when they all used to eat dry crumble in prior years).. One chick who had NO pasty butt ever was...

...a special needs bird long term? Does that foot easily bend forward in the right direction? Do you know how old the chick is now? It could survive and maybe have *some* quality of life.. but not everything was meant to. Sorry you both are facing this. Best wishes for whatever is right for...

How are they doing today? Do you have them with a heat source?

Hello, hope you are enjoying BYC! :frow There's no pic posted to consider playing the "guess my breed/gender" game. Age is also a useful detail. :pop

Welcome to BYC! :frow They need enough of the treatment on board for their guts to feel well enough to eat anything. Have you been able to get treatment into them? What is the treatment being used/prescribed? What are you feeding? Hope your babies feel better and recover quickly. :fl

No.. excessive cleaning is not required.. just keeping the bedding dry and the water poo free. These coccidia are in the gut of every chick/chicken.. out of the 9-11 strains currently known to effect poultry only 1-2 actually produce blood in the waste.. and this only during times of...

I heavily invested in washed river sand.. only to discover that it's a giant stinking litter box with all the poo juice left behind EVEN though I sift poos out every day.. I HATE it! :sick It's also heavy to move and does not compost. Sweet PDZ makes a difference.. Droppings boards definitely...

Yep, classic coccidiosis. and not every single poo may be bloody but treatment is still needed. I'd return her to the flock before she's got to work her way back into the pecking order.. and treat everyone. Being alone is depressing for chickens.. now that you've confirmed it's not an injury...

Were they raised together with and imprinted on the chickens or separately? Together and the same age/imprinted makes it a faster ticking time bomb than if they're not imprinted.. but yes, it's an accident waiting to happen and avoidable. Have you already tried your local craigslist, either...

My experience with ducks from this place was good.. Live birds, sexed correctly, and the breeds they were supposed to be. https://www.metzerfarms.com/

That was my thought also at first.. but Svart Hona is a probability, off the top of my head regarding chickens.

Crested cream legbar crossed to something else. The barring will stay. Cute chicks! 🥰

I agree with this statement! The sound is cockerel crowing.. I coudn't see the specific bird. Sometimes as early as 10 but usually around 12 weeks gender specific saddle feathers may be seen.. more flowing like the second pic around 16 weeks images from google.. More close to what a blue BCM...