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post #31 of 36

11/4/07 at 7:25am

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Marie, I know how disheartening this is for you, but don't give up entirely. Just take a break from hatching then try again. I know you'll have a great hatch some day-there are alot of people on this board who had a slow start, but they kept trying and eventually, became darn good hatchers. You will, too.

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11/4/07 at 8:09am

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OH Marie I'm sorry things didn't go well I know how heartbreaking it can be I had two little chicks that I had to help out and then realized I shouldn't have because they were really deformed sad I guess its a fine line.

I really hope the day twenty eggs go well for you.

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11/4/07 at 8:26am

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Some pixs of those intresting mixes would be cool.

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11/4/07 at 4:09pm

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Thanks guys for your support. I did take a few pics and will try to post them soon. The little buff silkie has curled toes and I have put a piece of tape on each foot to help but it seems to be fine otherwise. The others are great too. They look mostly black and have black legs and feet like a silkie but have pink looking skin. I can also see what looks like white parts on some of the wings but not sure if that will stay. I have seen that on blue silkies before and they outgrew it. Will be interesting to see how they turn out. But I will sell or give them away. Now I just need a faverolle roo since I know my pullet has some awsome eggs right? I had one more hatch today out of the other batch, or so I thought. This egg is not pure silkie but I don't think it is one of mine. When I put the eggs in the bator, I put all of mine and Jaynies in one side. Then when I got the sassy eggs I put them in the other side. I never moved them. So I don't know what could have happened. But it is not pure silkie. Has pink skin. Anyway, I am waiting to see if any of the others hatch. I am at 7 right now. One buff silkie and the rest mixes. Thanks again for your support. But I think gettting live chicks might be the ticket here.

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11/4/07 at 6:07pm

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Originally Posted by marie_martin

She did put all of that. It was not the shipping on these as they all formed chicks. I must be something I did wrong.

Ms. Jaynie is great at packing and they were fine and most had fully formed chicks. I think that shipping eggs does tend to mean more upside down hatches, just from what I have read anyway. Not sure of the facts there though. Just seems that way to me. One guy was still breathing and I tried to help him out. I could see the membrane moving up and down where he was trying to breath. I could not get him out fast enough due to the mebrane still having blood in the veins and he would have bled to death anyway. I got him out and rubbed his chest to try to mush the liquid up and out. He lived about 10 min or so and then died. I just feel so responsible. It was probably the faverolle roo I need so much. But anyway, what is done is done right?

Marie

I am sure Ms. Jaynie packaged them well , and with lots of warnings, and Speckled Hen does too. My post about labeling did not come out right. When I just read it, it sounded like an attack or someone's fault. That's not what I meant. What I meant was its too bad that we have to mail eggs and subject them to all the unknown before we get them. Sorry, Karen

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