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

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KikisGirls said:
THIS used to SHOCK me back in my beginning days of BYC.

I still don't get it, but I am not as shocked to see people say they don't have AC.


You non air conditioning people....what does your light bill run?
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So no AC and we generally heat with wood, so the electric bill runs about $30 US a month.
 
Morrigan said:
@LittleChicks4Me:
I'm so sorry for your chick. :hugs

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 up 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.
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I wonder if my balut chicks are going to be hardier...is that the word I am looking for?
I'm still not awake.
 
Cyprus said:
I ain't insulting nobody.
I'm just gonna be a good girl and sit here watching this thread.
I'll be playing with my two Siberian Huskies and walking around my house with my chicks on my shoulders.
Life is good. :)
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I forgot!
SPRING BREAK!

:woot:woot:woot:woot
 

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