yokel
Chirping
My 3rd chick ever, just hatched. Still as enthralled as the first time.
This one hadn't fully absorbed the yolk, but the cord ended up dry as a bone, brittle, really really thin so I took a chance on cutting it. No blood thankfully.
All seems to have worked out - cheeping like a good'un. Don't know where it's come from but I've taken to calling it "Baby Weet Weet"
Overnight stay in the makeshift brooder with a heatlamp & a cat's electric blanket, then back under mum.
Managed to weed out 4 bad eggs from the clutch using candling tips largely from here with no false positives, thanks for the info guys. Cracked them all right by the sink outflow, under a full bowl of outflowing water. 2 were completely empty, 2 were full of crud & the gas that bubbled up weren't great smelling.
This one hadn't fully absorbed the yolk, but the cord ended up dry as a bone, brittle, really really thin so I took a chance on cutting it. No blood thankfully.
All seems to have worked out - cheeping like a good'un. Don't know where it's come from but I've taken to calling it "Baby Weet Weet"
Overnight stay in the makeshift brooder with a heatlamp & a cat's electric blanket, then back under mum.
Managed to weed out 4 bad eggs from the clutch using candling tips largely from here with no false positives, thanks for the info guys. Cracked them all right by the sink outflow, under a full bowl of outflowing water. 2 were completely empty, 2 were full of crud & the gas that bubbled up weren't great smelling.
