Jaime
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Was disturbing when the 4 died during the pip..
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How long do you wait until you can assist?
Duck Chat withdrawal ....
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- #692
chickens really
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Yesterday 9 eggs were peeping and rocking like crazy. Nothing externally pipped in 4 hours so I popped Tiny air holes in the air cells. The one had already died..Then I left to go shopping..Came home late afternoon and checked them. 4 more were dead and zero cause? All were fully formed and in proper position..I'm stumped..
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- #693
chickens really
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Also they were all internally pipped on Friday..The shells in my opinion were no different than any other eggs. Weak Ducklings?..Improper feed to the Hens?..I'm not sure? Not my eggs but from my old Bloodline..
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- #694
chickens really
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oldhenlikesdogs
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A bit cooler her but still not pleasant. Apparently all my chicks are integrated and are running amok now. It's always strange to see a gang of such young chicks running about. They all put themselves to bed now too, though I am closing my bantam run door so no one can escape too early.
Heard coyote behind our house last night. It always gets me a bit worried. Last time they were back there with pups I lost about 10 birds before my husband put a stop to it. That was back in 2012.
Heard coyote behind our house last night. It always gets me a bit worried. Last time they were back there with pups I lost about 10 birds before my husband put a stop to it. That was back in 2012.
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- #696
chickens really
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Yikes...I hate when the predators start coming around..I got my Husband to clear behind my Ducks and Chicken Coop. Too much tall grass for them to pounce out and grab one..
My friend seems to be accusing me of wrong doing in my hatching of these eggs.....I'm only doing what I know..
My friend seems to be accusing me of wrong doing in my hatching of these eggs..
...I'm only doing what I know..
oldhenlikesdogs
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How's it your fault? I don't use an incubator due to how freaking complicated it all is. I certainly wouldn't blame you. It looks so easy, a bird just sits there on eggs for x amount of time than they hatch, but it's more than that for sure.Yikes...I hate when the predators start coming around..I got my Husband to clear behind my Ducks and Chicken Coop. Too much tall grass for them to pounce out and grab one..
My friend seems to be accusing me of wrong doing in my hatching of these eggs..
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- #698
chickens really
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Yes...It's much more complicated. Birds run on instinct and we go by what we learned and know. Nothing replaces a Momma...How's it your fault? I don't use an incubator due to how freaking complicated it all is. I certainly wouldn't blame you. It looks so easy, a bird just sits there on eggs for x amount of time than they hatch, but it's more than that for sure.
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- #699
chickens really
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This hatch is one for my memory archive...It's strange and definitely slow...
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- #700
chickens really
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One finally hatched...Yippee..I'll tell more about it later...
