Poor Teachick! I find stuff like that makes me heart sick.
But truly, even if you had done everything right, it had a high chance of not making it anyway. Remember my leghorn hatch? I think four hatched, that died AFTER hatching and drying off. They just never pepped up all of the way. It was odd, and heart breaking. And also
So again, keep reminding yourself that it probably wouldn't have made it anyway, and a giant
Thank you, Alaskan!
Thank you.
Let me do some chicken math on this...
45%
75%
17%
Totals.......157%
Wow you blew my 130% out of the water!
The striped are phoenix, yellow with spotted heads buttercups, black are cochin or a spanish. If you look close there is a second duckling now.
I had two other breeds at 25% and 70%. Add that to your chicken math.
Congrats on the second duckling!!!
Also on your 252% hatch rate! I'm sending eggs to your house for hatching!!!
Hi All!
Sorry I have been MIA and have missed a lotback to working getting the classroom ready for kiddos on TuesdayI did not have any more of my eggs hatched...so sad! There were only 3 more that I felt had a chance but didn't happen!
In the meantime been trying to deal with my sad broody that lost her only babyGot her day old chicks to sneak under her at night...made sure it was dark, they didn't even peep when I placed them under her(chicks were on board with the"lay low...we are sneaking" in directions I Gave) but no luck! My girl was on high alter for the little intrudersYIKES!!!! So now I have 3 babies in the brooder(had for but didn't make it...pasty butt issues and think digestive wasn't working right...sigh) and my girl has finally returned to getting out and aboutShe peeks in on the babies and is tolerant of their presence...have to work on making friends later...LOL
Sooooo not the experience I was expectingLots of tears
Glad to see you again!!!
Sorry about your eggs; mine didn't hatch either.
Sorry your broody didn't buy into your rouse and that you lost the one. (I lost one of my NH Red chicks I got from the hatchery a couple of weeks ago; same problem, pasty butt; I hope that's not a thing.)
Glad she checks in on them.