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  1. Scifisarah

    Help!!!! Opened incubated egg too soon! Chick's still alive?!?

    I am sure you are correct about the oils being toxic. My mother in law purchased some pine shavings from TSC and I couldn't believe the smell of them when I opened up the plastic packaging. I think the pine shavings I get from Family Farm & Home must be from wood that has dried out more and...
  2. Scifisarah

    Help!!!! Opened incubated egg too soon! Chick's still alive?!?

    I think pine is pretty standard, but I do agree with you about cedar. After about a week or two, she may get tired of changing the paper towels! I know I am happy when they are old enough to switch over to shavings and won't try to eat them anymore. I thought I was fancy giving my chicks cat...
  3. Scifisarah

    Help!!!! Opened incubated egg too soon! Chick's still alive?!?

    It is helpful to put the powdered chick supplement in the chick's water especially if it didn't get all the yolk. You can also give them drinks of the vitamin water if you have a syringe. I use a 1 cc syringe and if you squeeze just a little drop of water at the end and put it to the chick's...
  4. Scifisarah

    Help!!!! Opened incubated egg too soon! Chick's still alive?!?

    I have not read the entire thread, but I also had a chick that I "helped" hatch out a little too early even though it was a full day after everyone else had hatched. I ended up having to put some cornstarch on its yolk umbilical cord to stop the bleeding when it separated from the egg. All she...
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