late hatchers

keiferlou said:

*Update on the surviving chick feather kid*

I debated sharing this with you fine forum folks because I felt stupid when I figured it out but I also had to laugh really hard at myself because it was like, WELL DUH! I like to find the bright side and the humor in any situation so even though I couldn't save Trooper, there's this....

I figured out why those two hatched so much later than the rest. Also, I know why they seemed much smaller than I was expecting and why the baby noises sounded so different.

They were guineas. Yup.

Impostors!

We had three pearl guineas that I had given to my best friends dad because while they were cool, they were total a-holes to the rest of the flock and were beating everybody up. I didn't know they were laying. Never saw them go in the chicken house during the day or anything to make me think they were laying. So when we started that hatch, we just assumed the little eggs were from Alien, our little Bantam. Well, you know what happens when you assume! Anyway, we lost Trooper and my youngest decided to name the remaining one E.T because we thought it was from Alien.

I was refilling feed and water for all the chicks yesterday and was getting frustrated with E.T. because he was racing around, trying everything to avoid being picked up. The other chicks don't care. What is your deal E.T.?? I finally got him picked up and he was not having it so I was talking to him and he was calling for his brooder mate and it hit me. This is a dang guinea! I don't know a lot about guineas (obviously) but really looking closely at him once I realized, I can see it now.

I wasn't looking for guinea because I didn't know they were laying and I had given them away so long before this. We really just thought they were very small Bantams. That explains everything!!

He's doing great and is big enough and certainly fast enough now that he's in with the chicks and getting along perfectly.

So, there you go. I'm still laughing at this

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keiferlou said:

    *Update on the surviving chick feather kid* 

    I debated sharing this with you fine forum folks because I felt stupid when I figured it out but I also had to laugh really hard at myself because it was like, WELL DUH! I like to find the bright side and the humor in any situation so even though I couldn't save Trooper, there's this....

   I figured out why those two hatched so much later than the rest. Also, I know why they seemed much smaller than I was expecting and why the baby noises sounded so different. 

   They were guineas. Yup. 

    Impostors! 

    We had three pearl guineas that I had given to my best friends dad because while they were cool, they were total a-holes to the rest of the flock and were beating everybody up. I didn't know they were laying. Never saw them go in the chicken house during the day or anything to make me think they were laying. So when we started that hatch, we just assumed the little eggs were from Alien, our little Bantam. Well, you know what happens when you assume! Anyway, we lost Trooper and my youngest decided to name the remaining one E.T because we thought it was from Alien.

   I was refilling feed and water for all the chicks yesterday and was getting frustrated with E.T. because he was racing around, trying everything to avoid being picked up. The other chicks don't care. What is your deal E.T.?? I finally got him picked up and he was not having it so I was talking to him and he was calling for his brooder mate and it hit me. This is a dang guinea! I don't know a lot about guineas (obviously) but really looking closely at him once I realized, I can see it now.  

   I wasn't looking for guinea because I didn't know they were laying and I had given them away so long before this. We really just thought they were very small Bantams. That explains everything!! 

  He's doing great and is big enough and certainly fast enough now that he's in with the chicks and getting along perfectly.

  So, there you go. I'm still laughing at this 

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