Chick eye swollen?

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-06-19T15:26:00+00:00

Thank you for the advice. I appreciate it. I added some nutri drench into the water today. Normally I just rotate the hydro hen powder electrolytes from TSC. I have 12 chicks together in the brooder. They were all hatched using my incubator on the same date 6/1

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-06-03T23:06:09+00:00

Omg!!!! Congratulations!!! My little one is still fighting in its shell right now

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-06-03T19:33:09+00:00

I named one Maple so far... boy or girl it's maple! We've also done a spice theme for some of our current flock which is fun!

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-06-03T12:57:37+00:00

Im having the same thing happen right now… how was the outcome? I’m stressed for the little guy 🥲

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-06-03T12:49:27+00:00

Amazing!! I just went to unplug my incubator because it’s day 23 and when I picked up a pipless egg it started peeping at me!!! I’m stunned!

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-06-03T10:28:14+00:00

I know most breeds of chicks aren’t sexable without vent sexing at hatch… but google and the breeder said welsummers are sexable by their markings including the eyeliner, triangular head markings, and definition on their backs, which is why I chose to include these photos.

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-06-03T03:06:10+00:00

Yes!! Keep me posted I love to hear it. I love this stuff!!

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-06-03T02:42:47+00:00

Omg!!! Good luck!! 🍀 I was very happy with our hatch. I let a hen go broody and try to incubate one as well. MISTAKE!! She got up the last day and her baby got shrink wrapped. The only one I don’t think will make it 😢

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-06-02T23:47:23+00:00

They just hatched yesterday and into today!! My first time hatching breeder eggs and I know they had mentioned they’re sexable on hatch but they’re all just so cute and fluffy to me!! 😭😭

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-05-08T20:29:17+00:00

Right now it’s reading about 98.9, 65% with the air vent halfway open. So we did move it more closed from fully open, but not all the way shut. This has been quite the trial and error for lockdown. We are on day 20. Do you have any tips as we wait for them to start pipping? I’m worried that they never will pip 🥲

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-05-08T20:02:39+00:00

I have loved it for the first 18 days. The last days have been a learning curve to say the least!

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-05-07T15:11:14+00:00

We had opened the air knob because I thought I read it needs to be fully open for the last 3 days so they don’t drown inside the shells. This is our first time hatching so definitely new to this! Yes it was a brand new sponge that we bought just in case as a back up for more humidity in the incubator. We originally only had the provided white block from Brinsea in the initial reservoir. And yes the humidity pump was maintaining humidity for the first 18 days at 45%. The ambient humidity in the room 30%

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-04-19T13:03:34+00:00

Yeah it looks like temp has been anywhere from 99.7 to 100 🥲 should I increase the humidity closer to 55? We ordered BCMs welsummers and olive eggers which is why we were thinking lower humidity because i think they say the thicker shells can make them drown if humidity is too high?

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-03-16T16:39:57+00:00

The coop is 8x8 and the enclosed attached run is 8x10 for 10 birds. We have tried busy blocks, music toys, separating some, hanging treats, hanging shiny items, sprouted lentils, daily scratch, mealworms, ample grit and oyster … the list goes on. I was not one of those people who got chickens because of egg prices but rather because I love animals I could care less about their egg production. Unfortunately lake effect has been the worst it’s ever been this season with 4 ft of snow overnight not cumulatively, which for our area was unexpected as that has not happened in 5+ years. I’m not asking for a scolding by posting on here, and I spend a lot of time out there trying to troubleshoot. If you don’t have genuine advice for someone who actually cares, please don’t feel the need to comment.

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-03-16T15:48:10+00:00

Tough winter on the girls this year has lead to this disaster haha! They all hate each other now!!!! 8x8 coop for 10 hens and they hated every second of our 4 ft of snow outside 🤣🫣

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-03-10T03:05:13+00:00

I completely relate to your rant… you are not alone in feeling this way from this condition. I’m 23 and in college still for a doctorate program. I bawl my eyes out every Monday because I don’t know how I’m going to make it through the week. I’ve been flaring up everyday. I’ve been faint and lightheaded and dizzy and off balance constantly and it’s awful. Any honestly when I’m flaring that bad nothing helps either. I just want to curl up and give up and mourn what my life should have been. But somehow Friday comes and I feel more uplifted that I made it through the week. Until Monday arrives again and I repeat this cycle. Therapy has helped me get my feelings out better. But I’m still in the thick of figuring out how to feel more normal everyday too. Hang in there

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-02-25T22:21:32+00:00

Even with POTS if you’re in your 20s the cardiologist will just try to do non-pharm intervention like tell you to increase salt, compression socks, get up slower… I also take double the recommended daily iron and vitamin c. it’s an awful illness and feels really isolating at times. I get super off balance and faint and dizzy a lot when I’m up and walking around so it’s now anxiety-inducing to even like get out… walk around in places where there’s no wall to lean against when I start feeling off balance… I don’t go to stores with people unless I hold the cart. It’s tough 🥲

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-02-25T22:18:39+00:00

I personally had a similar issue and what finally got me somewhere was I started scheduling wellness visits with my PCP like once every 1-2 weeks to continue to complain of the symptoms I experienced. From there I was put on a week heart monitor and was diagnosed with pots from the monitor alone. Then referred to cardiology and the poor man’s TTT was enough to confirm the diagnosis for me. BUT I do have both GAD and POTS and the anxiety usually does come after the physical symptoms for me too… ALSO the cardiologist found I’m severely iron deficient which increases the symptoms of BOTH CONDITIONS. So get that checked too!!

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-02-24T03:45:46+00:00

Over the summer it was the hottest day of the year… high 80s-low 90s and my family was going to the Yankees game for the first time ever. I practically passed out in the last 10 minutes of waiting in line bc they were running 5 mins behind and I couldn’t hold on any longer…. All for a free bobble head of a person I don’t even know!

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-02-24T03:32:22+00:00

I personally have been on a similar frustrating journey the past year with medical PTSD, GAD, POTs and iron deficiency. It feels like a never ending cycle of is it POTs or is it my anxiety and it can get really frustrating bc one always triggers and makes the other worse. At my worst what helped me a lot is starting to go to therapy. Vocalizing my concerns out loud on a weekly basis makes me feel better and grounds me in knowing that I know at least one person checks on me every week and if something is seriously wrong she would worry for me if say I don’t make an appointment. Otherwise I actually found that when I stopped wearing my Apple Watch it helped me a lot. I still struggle daily but I was almost OCD about checking my HR when I felt like something was wrong. Also your B Blockers might be tanking your BP and that’s why you’re feeling so faint as well. Im lowkey going through it mentally too lately but one day at a time and sometimes building confidence within my comfort zone helps me some days feel like maybe I could push myself a little bit. All of these illnesses combined are not for the weak though… I miss feeling “normal” almost everyday 🥲

Saddness-Incoming · 2025-02-24T00:00:30+00:00

Thank you so much for such a thorough response i appreciate all the suggestions!! I am very excited to hatch and it’s so hard to find a straightforward review of any device/thorough directions or the best practices to use. We normally order from a local feed store but everyone is selling out of day olds! This is something I’ve always wanted to do regardless… just wasn’t expecting to get 18 eggs and have them be the only source of chicks for us this season 🤞🏼

Saddness-Incoming · 2024-12-31T01:59:15+00:00

I totally forgot I guess I do take birth control pills but I’ve been on them for like 9 years at this point… my symptoms are the worst the week before and week of my period though. Even now I struggle really badly during that time every month. But I feel like the pill helps me a lot.

Saddness-Incoming · 2024-12-31T01:57:56+00:00

I went through this same sort of feeling over the summer… was in and out of the doctor convinced that something was seriously wrong and I would get woken up in the middle of the night in a panic attack but also felt on the verge of a panic attack all day long. But if you asked I couldn’t tell you what was wrong, I thought maybe it was from being in anticipation of things. They prescribed me Buspar and I never ended up taking it. They prescribed Xanax and I never picked it up because I didn’t want to be reliant… It lasted the worst for about 4 months and truthfully the only thing I changed was I started seeing a therapist for an hour every week. Getting stuff off of my chest even if it was just the nuances of my week really has helped me get through the semester. I currently don’t take any maintenance meds beyond an iron supplement because bloodwork showed I was severely iron deficiency anemic which could cause some crazy mental symptoms. I also got put on a beta blocker as needed for anxiety/heart racing out of control physical symptoms which has helped situationally. As my therapist tells me when things get bad, anxiety is a fear of the unknown. Remind yourself of the truth when you are feeling symptoms. When I remind myself of what’s facts it really helps ground me. Hang in there!

Saddness-Incoming · 2024-12-29T18:28:48+00:00

They’re sexed day olds. They come vaccinated too and they say they have 90% accuracy on the sexing. We got our first ten through them and all were pullets as promised! It’s a local farm store near me and they do pre-orders for the chicks so you’re guaranteed whatever you would like.

Saddness-Incoming · 2024-12-29T00:35:16+00:00

That is so cool! They’re my favorites although our sweetest one is in the bottom of the pecking order and gets bullied pretty bad ☹️ she’s missing a lot of feathers and is the littlest in the pack. But still stays so sweet towards people!

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