Hi Everyone,
I am soooo sad! Our Auracana Chickie didn't make it. I am wondering if I could have done something to prevent it???? Yesterday was day 22. There was no sign of pipping... Though we heard chirping from the egg starting in the evening. Since our last chickie pipped on Day23, I didn't worry too much. I went to bed and made sure the incubator conditions were all good. Then this morning.... no chirping at all. I took the egg out and began to unzip it myself. NOthing. The poor chickie must have died overnight. It looked normal in everyway except maybe that the beak was closer to the smaller end of the egg. I wonder if it tried to pip in the larger vein in the inner membrane which caused it to die or if that it ran out of air??? We are just so upset here... Should I have intervened when it was chirping? I spent so much time checking on this egg every 20-30 minutes for the past few days... I don't know if I want to go through it again and try another time!!!
I am soooo sad! Our Auracana Chickie didn't make it. I am wondering if I could have done something to prevent it???? Yesterday was day 22. There was no sign of pipping... Though we heard chirping from the egg starting in the evening. Since our last chickie pipped on Day23, I didn't worry too much. I went to bed and made sure the incubator conditions were all good. Then this morning.... no chirping at all. I took the egg out and began to unzip it myself. NOthing. The poor chickie must have died overnight. It looked normal in everyway except maybe that the beak was closer to the smaller end of the egg. I wonder if it tried to pip in the larger vein in the inner membrane which caused it to die or if that it ran out of air??? We are just so upset here... Should I have intervened when it was chirping? I spent so much time checking on this egg every 20-30 minutes for the past few days... I don't know if I want to go through it again and try another time!!!
