I suppose this is par for the course as they say. This is officially my first live birth to die.
I am sad
I keep looking at the remaining fuzzy butts feeling guilty but I suppose this too shall pass.
Candy Cane did not make it through the night.
a total of 6 hatched, 1 just got out of his egg with a little help from me. And we lost 1 already.
I did better with the shipped eggs from my 1st hatch
The worst part of all of this is, this is likely my fault. I know, I know, everyone says it, and often it's true and this is one of those cases.
My 1st hatch went well, although I didn't realize how well and I thought I messed THAT one up because I didn't follow the incubator instructions, but...
resting comfortably may have been a stretch. I had to seperate her from the other two in the brooder, she's now in a little basket in there. She was flopping so much they started looking at her like she was crazy not to mention they couldn't get any rest with her rolling everywhere.
vitamins...
I don't know how else to explain it. It feels like a candy cane, from the base of the neck it curves down and then back up.... will this pass or is this a deformity?
It's active cheeping, but sooooo floppy, because he's top heavy he keeps rolling onto his back (or she), two clutchmates...