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Sarah they are adorable. From November of last year till just after New Years I had lost my ability to get a good hatch. I mean horrible. New Years Day hatch I got one out of ariginal 81 eggs to hatch! That chick lived about 4 hours. I think a lot had to do with the PO. I had a great carrier then and she was so careful but she had even had them call me once when once of my boxes was smash and leaking. I really think it's Stockton that does it. I can't prove it, but that's got to me it. I have a different carrier everyday now. I hate that she went to a different area and miss my old one. Oh and there is a lady at the OP here in Modesto that if I'm up next to pick up eggs at the office, I'll wait till someone else is able to help me. She flips and flops the boxes around and then tells me they aren't going to break. A discription of what happens to the aircells doesn't faze her.
I think any that hatch and live is a successful hatch. As long as someone is peeping I'm good. I've had some great hatches since then and some bad hatches, but most of the eggs I was hatching were shipped. And aren't thise Dwarfs supposed to be extremely hard to hatch anyway? You got one. That's a good hatch!
Cheryl I'm so sorry you're missing your boy. When Isis was bit by the black wdow a few months ago I was a mess. I had been through so many human deaths I thought if anything happened to her, I'd truely lose it. She couldn't eat anything hard and even with all the additives and vitamins I gave her, she lost soooo much weight. She just started really gaining over the past month. She's still not there, but darn close. I look at her and see those white hairs coming in on her muzzle and it makes me feel so sad to think she's getting those and I wonder how long I'll really have her. Dogs have been my life and the past year and a half I haven't done anything really with her except pet and hug her. OH and tell her to be quiet. This was an extremely well trained dog, but I need to work with her again. She's trying to take over. I just babied her too much when she got hurt. I think dogs can read people more than any other animal. They know us better than we know ourselves. Having shown and trained for decades, I've lots some awesome buddies, so I know what you're going through. Growing up I had some friends, but until I had one friend for only a 3 year period that was as dog nuts as me, s spent more time with me dogs than people.They saved me from being depressed and alone. I love my birds, but I don't get half as upset losing a bird like I would one of my dogs. Just want to send you a big hug and tell you how sorry I am.
Tamtaminthebay
.............You're in the right place to find all the help you'll need and any breed you could come up with.
OK speaking of breeds and breeders. I've been updating the list on the California thread. Remember if you all raise anything else you can list those too. Also, don't forget to send me shows, etc. Oh and since it's nearing Christmas I can list family activities too, so feel free to post those over there too.
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