Re: incubator hatched chickens

In article <Xns96D988A12B11Fdanny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
diddy <diddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> in thread news:Omelet-0EE7BF.12192922092005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> OmManiPadmeOmelet <Omelet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> whittled the following words:
>
> > In article <Xns96D95F45BFD57danny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > diddy <diddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Ok I have 4 eggs peeping and wobbling. One hatched this morning.
> >> It's been hatched for about an hour and a half, and it's not holding
> >> it's head up yet. It's motoring and flopping around the hatcher,
> >> peeing like mad, but not able to get it'self upright. Is this normal?
> >> The other eggs are wobbling and peeping, but no sign of the shell
> >> breaking yet. They were due to hatch yesterday.
> >> Is this a bad sign?
> >
> > Patience... You can do more harm than good sometimes trying to "help"
> > too much.
> >
> > The chick that is flopping around is normal.
> > I leave them in the incubator for up to 24 hours, but I have a cabinet
> > type and put a small cardboard box in there with paper toweling.
> >
> > Is yours the one with the screen bottom so the chick will have good
> > footing? If so, just leave it be. :-) It takes them a day or two to
> > recover their strength.
> >
> > Hatching is hard work!
> >
> > Cheers!
>
> How about feed and water in the incubator? (yes, it has wire footing) It's
> now standing up peeping all over the place)

A baby chick can live off of it's yolk sac for up to 3 days.
That is why they can be live shipped as newborns. ;-)

If it seems to be up and moving about and not falling over anymore, it's
safe to move it to a brooder. You are using a shallow chick waterer
right? Baby chicks are OH so succeptible to drowning!

If it still seems a bit unstable or the least bit wet, leave it for a
few more hours. It won't hurt the other eggs.

The thing is, this is a critical time. You really don't want to be
opening the incubator a lot and causing fluctuations in temperature. If
you've ever watched a hen hatch, as soon as eggs start pipping, she sits
TIGHT to the nest and won't even move off for food or water for a couple
of days.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson
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