July 2022 Hatch-A-Long

[UThobbyfarmer]

Some of the blue babies this morning.View attachment 3178779

So precious! How old are they when you can start to sex them?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

So precious! How old are they when you can start to sex them?

Thanks! Usually sexable around 4 months of age.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Little one with the wonky feet is actually doing pretty well. We put her back in the clean dry incubator with the nonslip liner, a buddy and a stuffed animal. She face planted in the water in with the other chicks so that wouldn’t work. Have a small egg cup with marbles for her to drink out of. We tried initially last night with just some paper tape but it wasn’t stiff enough to make a good shoe and despite that she was walking on the back of the one foot. We were able to fix this with a little piece of padded toothpick to keep her from rotating the foot at the ankle.
She was chirping a lot at first, so I gave her a little bit of liquid meloxicam which seemed to help. (Anti inflammatory).
She is now walking on her feet normally with the shoes on. Hoping to leave these on until tomorrow afternoon and then take them off and see how she’s doing. Eating and drinking fine and happy with her buddy.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Little one with the wonky feet is actually doing pretty well. We put her back in the clean dry incubator with the nonslip liner, a buddy and a stuffed animal. She face planted in the water in with the other chicks so that wouldn’t work. Have a small egg cup with marbles for her to drink out of. We tried initially last night with just some paper tape but it wasn’t stiff enough to make a good shoe and despite that she was walking on the back of the one foot. We were able to fix this with a little piece of padded toothpick to keep her from rotating the foot at the ankle.
She was chirping a lot at first, so I gave her a little bit of liquid meloxicam which seemed to help. (Anti inflammatory).
She is now walking on her feet normally with the shoes on. Hoping to leave these on until tomorrow afternoon and then take them off and see how she’s doing. Eating and drinking fine and happy with her buddy.View attachment 3179122View attachment 3179123View attachment 3179124

Yall do some amazing things either those tiny feet!!!

 

[Poodlemum]

Little one with the wonky feet is actually doing pretty well. We put her back in the clean dry incubator with the nonslip liner, a buddy and a stuffed animal. She face planted in the water in with the other chicks so that wouldn’t work. Have a small egg cup with marbles for her to drink out of. We tried initially last night with just some paper tape but it wasn’t stiff enough to make a good shoe and despite that she was walking on the back of the one foot. We were able to fix this with a little piece of padded toothpick to keep her from rotating the foot at the ankle.
She was chirping a lot at first, so I gave her a little bit of liquid meloxicam which seemed to help. (Anti inflammatory).
She is now walking on her feet normally with the shoes on. Hoping to leave these on until tomorrow afternoon and then take them off and see how she’s doing. Eating and drinking fine and happy with her buddy.View attachment 3179122View attachment 3179123View attachment 3179124

Awwwww, she’s so inquisitive and looks so precious with her wee little face

 

[Poodlemum]

Ok .... joke of a video but hey I'm really tired more ways than one so this is as good as it gets. These lils are super spunky and loud! Lol...and God knows I can't handle more than bout 7 at a time anyways.

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• Gammas Bearded Babies
• Jul 8, 2022

Such adorable little trouble makers!

 

[Poodlemum]

Not feeling confident in these two BCM eggs, the third is active and much fuller. Speckled egg is kicking away still! Three blue eggs are impossible to see through and I’ll give it a few days before checking in full dark

 

[Poodlemum]

Completely unable to figure out posting a video, but look how cute!!! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRYaFptj/?k=1

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Completely unable to figure out posting a video, but look how cute!!! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRYaFptj/?k=1

Miracle of life never ceases to amaze me!

 

[FreedomFarm13]

Candled the new eggs today, which are on Day 3 now. Could definitely see veins in 6/10 lavenders, and am pretty sure I saw growth in 5/10 marans. Still early, so I'm hoping there's more fertile than just what I saw today, and those marans eggs are darn near impossible to see thru. I have high hopes for them though, especially since they all seem to be in much better shape than the others were when they shipped. Went ahead and checked the others too while I was at it...all 17 of the other Ams are still going strong on Day 12! Let's hope it stays that way and I'm able to get the rest of them at least to lockdown. I don't wanna lose anymore.