Clot-looking veins in fertile egg on day 7

[Down Under]

I think their feet are fine, but I’ll monitor them, end result for my first hatch
I’m curious about the colour

Super cute

What colours did you order ?

 

[Cheekychook11]

they could be pretty much any colour possible for pekins, we got them as mixed colour pen eggs
im struggling to sleep, can someone reassure me they will be fine so I can get some rest?

 

[Down Under]

Just relax, are they the first chickens that you have kept or are they they first chickens that you have hatched ?

 

[Cheekychook11]

First hatched, one chick I posted another thread about, he’s yawning and stretching weirdly

 

[Down Under]

Ok calm down, with chicks there is a broader range of what is "normal" behaviour, I have one at the moment that has decided that it would rather do forward summersaults than run around, lol, so I am just keeping an eye on it.

When it yawns does it look like an adult bird trying to adjust its crop or clear it throat and is it breathing properly ?

 

[Cheekychook11]

It’s breathing looks similar to the other one, I haven’t seen an adult bird do that

 

[Cheekychook11]

Could be described as panting and sometimes yawning

 

[Cheekychook11]

It’s not doing it constantly

 

[Down Under]

Ok, if it is panting check that your brooder temperature is at around 40 degrees, check its airways are clear (the one under the tongue is hard to check so you might need something to lift its tongue up) and put a finger on its crop and see if there is anything in it.

 

[Cheekychook11]

I can’t feel anything and he won’t let me open his beak, they are bantams so extra tiny