awwwwwwDaily Chocolate Fix~~~
~ Aspen
TMNfarm you have literally brought me to tears!
That will be a fun experiment (or eggsperimentThanksI just went and put the 6 eggs in no since of waiting. It looks a little bare in my Sportsman incubator with only 6 eggs. I might try something crazy and put in Some BCM and Large welsummer eggs that have been in my fridge for about 2 months?
I think her name should be Hot Cocoa, because she looks like she has a marshmellow on her chest!Daily Chocolate Fix~~~
~ Aspen
What a sweet story! Made me want to cryI have to tell you all a story about her... I posted on another thread while I was having issues, but I want to re-tell it here, just so you can fully understand what a wonderful Mommy she is...
See the black and yellow baby under her left wing? She was hatched under another broody, Butterscotch (B). Between B and I, we almost killed her. All 6 of Prim's babies had hatched 2 days before. We were all patiently waiting for B's eggs to hatch. One evening, I noticed that one had pipped. I picked it up to check, because I was impatient and inexperienced. I put it back under B with her 5 other eggs and went to do barn chores. When I came back, there was no progress, and I was worried. I should have left it alone, but I couldn't help but pick away a tiny bit of shell. I put the egg back with B and she stepped on it and crushed it. Now the shell was smashed with the chick still inside! I picked it back up and picked away a bit more shell. I was panicking at this point and had no idea what to do, so I put it back with B and tried to occupy myself by candling the remaining 5 eggs. They were all dead! I broke them open, and there was very little development. I went back to the egg and the chick seemed to be struggling. I tried to make sure there were no veins, and continued to pick away shell. The chick was about half out of the shell when I put her back with B... B promptly attacked the chick, pecking at her neck and almost throwing her! I grabbed the little chick away from B and held it in my hands thinking "What have I done?? Now what am I going to do?" My incubator had just arrived that day and wasn't set up. There was no way I could get it heated up in time to save this chick. I felt certain I had just killed it. Out of desperation, I went over to the brooder wher Prim was happily tending her 2 day old babies. I gently laid the chick on the floor of the brooder in front of Prim and asked her if she could save it. Prim gently pushed it a bit with her beak, then stepped over her and settled over it. She pushed her other chicks away and started preening herself. As I watched, she eventually let her babies back underneath her. It was late, and I was drained, so I told my son there was nothing more we could do and left them there. I barely slept all night as I thought of that poor little chick. I went out in the morning, completely expecting to find a dead chick. Instead, I found an adorable black and yellow ball of fluff peeking out from under Prim with the other 6 chicks! She is the best Mommy EVER!!!
I have to tell you all a story about her... I posted on another thread while I was having issues, but I want to re-tell it here, just so you can fully understand what a wonderful Mommy she is...
See the black and yellow baby under her left wing? She was hatched under another broody, Butterscotch (B). Between B and I, we almost killed her. All 6 of Prim's babies had hatched 2 days before. We were all patiently waiting for B's eggs to hatch. One evening, I noticed that one had pipped. I picked it up to check, because I was impatient and inexperienced. I put it back under B with her 5 other eggs and went to do barn chores. When I came back, there was no progress, and I was worried. I should have left it alone, but I couldn't help but pick away a tiny bit of shell. I put the egg back with B and she stepped on it and crushed it. Now the shell was smashed with the chick still inside! I picked it back up and picked away a bit more shell. I was panicking at this point and had no idea what to do, so I put it back with B and tried to occupy myself by candling the remaining 5 eggs. They were all dead! I broke them open, and there was very little development. I went back to the egg and the chick seemed to be struggling. I tried to make sure there were no veins, and continued to pick away shell. The chick was about half out of the shell when I put her back with B... B promptly attacked the chick, pecking at her neck and almost throwing her! I grabbed the little chick away from B and held it in my hands thinking "What have I done?? Now what am I going to do?" My incubator had just arrived that day and wasn't set up. There was no way I could get it heated up in time to save this chick. I felt certain I had just killed it. Out of desperation, I went over to the brooder wher Prim was happily tending her 2 day old babies. I gently laid the chick on the floor of the brooder in front of Prim and asked her if she could save it. Prim gently pushed it a bit with her beak, then stepped over her and settled over it. She pushed her other chicks away and started preening herself. As I watched, she eventually let her babies back underneath her. It was late, and I was drained, so I told my son there was nothing more we could do and left them there. I barely slept all night as I thought of that poor little chick. I went out in the morning, completely expecting to find a dead chick. Instead, I found an adorable black and yellow ball of fluff peeking out from under Prim with the other 6 chicks! She is the best Mommy EVER!!!
