I'm sorry. :( Poor little baby.
One of mine hatched with a curled foot after being helped out of the egg 36+ hours after starting to zip. I used bandaids to splint its feet and it's doing well. It's a bit smaller than the other one, but is eating and drinking and walking well. Its balance is...
If it's not out by the time I get home, I'll get it out. I've got to move another out of the turner today anyway, it'll be a good excuseexcuse to open it up and check on it.
We have a baby. The first one that pipped is still alive with a dime sized longish hole. It hasn't made any progress in over 24 hours. This is killing me! At least I'm 30 miles away at work where I can't touch it. I don't think I could keep my hands out of the Bator trying to help.
Hi I'm Jossie, and I've fallen off the chicken wagon. I went a couple years clean with nary a bird in sight. But last year I got me another laying flock, and in September I got a screaming deal on four 4-year-old show-winning OEGB's. I have always had broody hens to do my hatching, but I...