➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Wickedchicken6]

This is public...not a PM you know.

I know. I REALLY did read it that way.
Maybe I should have breakfast. That way all systems are go.

 

[Xarinn]

We hit a sunny 15°C yesterday - not EVERY province is cold!

(Sorry, I don't know what that is in F...)

15C, that would be awesome, we are still sitting around highs of 3-4, I can't wait til we are up to 15!!

 

[BantyChooks]

That's adorable. Canadians are too kind JK

I once saw a YT comment that I thought was funny: "'Bunny furious is as adorable as saying 'Canada invades'"
Don't shoot the messenger, Banty
I'm not trying to insult you.

Canada is mad. Canada will steal your maple syrup. And make you watch hockey.

 

[Cyprus]

Ahhh...you're young and beautiful. You don't need sleep!!

x1000

 

[Kiki]

Or it could have been a sign saying u need ducks just not these ones.

I know I mentioned it in the beginning of this mess...I think you may have missed it.
I was never keeping these ducks.
They already had a home.


Now the balut chickens are a different story.
I will be keeping them and I feel better about being able to keep them.

 

[Morrigan]

Yeah, it was a tough call last night and a tough pill to swallow this morning...
Yet I can only move forward for the living chick as we all must do at those time. Then, you question did I get it wrong with the lost one. sigh..

@LittleChicks4Me:
I'm so sorry for your chick.

But, I don't think you did anything wrong, and I would hate for your take-away to be that you were a bad chicken mom, and should have been opening up those eggs yesterday. I have not seen anyone, anywhere advise opening a shell for a chick that has not gone at least the full 21 days and has not begun the pipping process.

Sadly, it is not uncommon for chicks to die in the last 3 days before hatching. Some are not genetically sound, an infection might have set in. Something in the humidity might not have been quite right for that chick. But the bottom line is that if a chick is not strong and healthy enough to move itself into the proper position for hatching and begin pipping, it is highly, highly unlikely you could have done anything to save it. You have to weight the 1 and 1,000 chance you would have saved the chick against the far greater risk that your early intervention would have killed the chick. I know we like to think we are in complete control, but we are not.

There is an excellent article someone wrote for BYC on when and how to assist in hatching. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching.64660/

Hoping your last little chick is out of the shell soon.

 

[Kiki]

I can't keep up!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

That's adorable. Canadians are too kind JK

I once saw a YT comment that I thought was funny: "'Bunny furious is as adorable as saying 'Canada invades'"
Don't shoot the messenger, Banty
I'm not trying to insult you.

Technically I'm more scared of a bunny than most creatures. They can be vicious! I have lots of bunnies...I know. Miss Bunrunner would draw blood! Evil bunny.

 

[Cyprus]

Canada is mad. Canada will steal your maple syrup. And make you watch hockey.

I absolutely LOVE hockey!
I got to just about every Admirals game I can
We have season tickets.

 

[Kiki]

That's adorable. Canadians are too kind JK

I once saw a YT comment that I thought was funny: "'Bunny furious is as adorable as saying 'Canada invades'"
Don't shoot the messenger, Banty
I'm not trying to insult you.

Insult her please.
I want to see this.