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- Sep 11, 2014
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An update this morning, I went anch checked to see if the actively pipped chick had hatched. I i,,ediayely saw it dead near the hen. It did not appear to be pecked, and looked as though it had never dried. It had the yolk sac still out of abdomen, and I could see blood and yolk in the shell which was still under the hen.
Could this just be a batch of bad eggs? Maybe the chick the hen pecked was ill or not right somehow. I bought them from a local breeder, maybe I should get my next clutch somewhere else.
I candled the remaining eggs last night and one was moving around, so I'm hopeful this will hatch. Otherwise I'm 0 for 12
One last question, if the chick had died by smothering under the hen or something of that nature, would it be normal for her to have pecked it?
Could this just be a batch of bad eggs? Maybe the chick the hen pecked was ill or not right somehow. I bought them from a local breeder, maybe I should get my next clutch somewhere else.
I candled the remaining eggs last night and one was moving around, so I'm hopeful this will hatch. Otherwise I'm 0 for 12
One last question, if the chick had died by smothering under the hen or something of that nature, would it be normal for her to have pecked it?
