We got a better look and it seems that one of the chicks died from being stuck in dried membranes. Another chick is still trying to get out of the shell. It seems so thick. I know not to help it, but is there a time I should intervene?
Please help!
I am beginning to think those little egges are hardier than I have been giving them credit for. Our eggs have been through a 9 hour car trip in a dog carrier, a short stint in a shoe box, my daughter handleing them constantly, (before we suspected there were babies in there!) and a flood, where...
She has beenn a very good mama, never once leaving her eggs, even though her nest has been moved a total of 4 times in a week. I am concerned about the babies. What with the contamination of the exploded egg, then sitting in 1/2 inch of rainwater under mama during the storm. There is still...
Hi,
Hope I'm not making a pest of myself, but we are still having problems here. The chicken is fine. She's my daughters pet Silkie, named Crystal. We brought Crystal from NC last weekend and put her in a homemade enclosure that just had a tarp for a roof. She had a clutch of eggs, so we...
Will everything was fine, then my daughter went out to the coop this orning and came back reporting a smell that would kill the dead. Sure enough, an egg exploded. How do we clean this up without harming the other eggs?
Help! This wasn't covered in the books!
mountaingirl
Mary