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post #11 of 17
6/29/12 at 7:08am
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Well, if it's a pullet and stays, maybe Cleo for Cleopatra, for her intense eyeliner. I honestly don't need any of these chicks at all, though. All five are up and walking, eating, drinking and terrorizing their mamas today. In the second pic, she's the one on the left looking toward me.

 

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post #12 of 17
6/29/12 at 11:34am

I have a lemon millefleur sabelpoot hen called Cleopatra, but that's cos she's smarter than everyone else. She looks down on everyone from her couch and slowly eats grapes...

 

How did you have the egg set up? Was it on top of the heatpad, underneath it?

 

I wouldn't have worried about bodyheat melting wax. It takes a close flame to do that.

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post #13 of 17
6/29/12 at 11:37am
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Heating pad, then hand towel, then egg, then towel/heating pad folded over the top of the egg was the set up. At least, we know we can do it in an emergency!
 

 

~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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post #14 of 17
6/29/12 at 12:09pm

What an amazing story!! Thank you so much for sharing!! Whoever gets that chick should treasure her, she is clearly very special!

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post #15 of 17
7/1/12 at 4:52am
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She is still doing very well. We are in a major heat wave and in survival mode here, but I'll try to get pics of the little critter as soon as I can manage.
 

 

She's the one on the right, the darkest back. She has some pasty butt issues we are having to watch, but is doing okay:

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The group:

 

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Edited by speckledhen - 7/1/12 at 9:47am

 

~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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post #16 of 17
7/2/12 at 4:02am

How did you increase the humidity? Put a bowl under the towel next to the egg, dampen the towel of do nothing? This is fascinating!

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post #17 of 17
7/2/12 at 9:37am
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We just dampened the towel near the egg from time to time. We had no idea how much humidity was in there at all. Of course, humidity is never as important as temp, but even that wasn't really regulated perfectly. DH was trying to simulate a hen sitting on the egg as much as he could.
 

 

~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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