16th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[lobbstertael]

Total of 24! So FLUFFY.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Three external pips yesterday. Still waiting

 

[LhickenChicken]

Two chicks so far and one zipping. More pips. Brabanter egg is gone so there's only the ones from my flock left.

 

[catsndogs4us]

We have babies in my classroom hatch! They hatched last night into this morning. It's been hard for me to incubate away from home but the kids reactions this morning made it all worthwhile! Both of the other kindergarten classrooms also have some babies.

 

[LhickenChicken]

So my chicks finally hatched and one of them is having problems. His legs are stuck out to the side (splay leg most likely) but what I'm concerned about is when he's upright his head goes up as high as it can and he behaves like he can't move it. He also keeps falling over. Is the lack of balance a side effect of splay leg or is it something else?

 

[Mill Chick]

Wry neck? If so it is most likely because of a vitamin deficiency from the parents you could try giving the chick NutriDrench or Poultry cell a little bit of apple juice would not hurt him either! @Eggcessive

 

[MROO]

We have babies in my classroom hatch! They hatched last night into this morning. It's been hard for me to incubate away from home but the kids reactions this morning made it all worthwhile! Both of the other kindergarten classrooms also have some babies.

Our elementary school hatches, too. My two favorite hens were "Kindergarten Dropouts!"

 

[Mill Chick]

So my chicks finally hatched and one of them is having problems. His legs are stuck out to the side (splay leg most likely) but what I'm concerned about is when he's upright his head goes up as high as it can and he behaves like he can't move it. He also keeps falling over. Is the lack of balance a side effect of splay leg or is it something else?

Maybe make a separate thread for this?

 

[JennyHeidewald]

If your Cr Legbars hen is barred then crossing her with your BCM would make the chicks sexeable at hatch. Little roos will have a spot on the top of the head and hens would not.

Ah! Thanks for the reminder, I always tend to forget which way they are sexable, but from the previous hatch the ones that had the white spots on their head are all looking roosterish, so it tracks. I don't think they were in with the BCM roo long enough, were in with a French blue cuckoo maran. This one is all black.

 

[CastielH]

I tried a different turner with this batch and I'm not sure if that's what caused it but I didn't have any eggs end up developing all the way.