The dog was extremely expensive. It was a neighbor's pet that had puppies. She got scared and freaked.It doesn't rain, it pours. Do you think that dog waited for the weather to give him a cover or something?
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.I lost a favourite hen to a dog just over 2 years ago. I was devastated. She was a very special chicken. Luckily I had some of her kids by then, so I still had a part of her. She lived on through her kids.
Maybe its a "Happy Feet" chick. Can't find the heart song but can breakout in dance LOL
Thank goodness SUmi is back!
UPDATE!!! All the Eggs HATCHED and are all fluffed up and happy peepers!! At least something is going right here!Good news! 5 black BCM x Comets and 1 Yellow chirping and getting more energy! resting alot yet!
Do you see the black guy front left (ENLARGE THE PIC BELOW)
he popped out but was sorta weird stuck sideways and his head somehow was back in the shell!
IF you notice how LARGE he is..... his back hardly has feathers, I will assume from reading the notes in the
summary article of this thread that he is a result of HIGH HUMIDITY, which makes sence from being in lockdown with all those others for so many extra days...
so after giving that guy a big of help righting himself, I took out the remaining unpipped egg, dont ask my why, my gut told me to is all I can tell you, no other reason...... I candled and his air cell was the size of a DIME, yes DIME!!!
I assumed he was either dead or going to die because there was NO NO NO Way he could possibly move in that space that big!
So I marked the candle lines on the shell and started zipping real small along that line, then I saw for sure he was HUGE!!! filling the entire egg!!! you can kinda see in the picture. So I new I had to try to find his beak, which I have learned that TYPICALLY the beak will be found at the lower dip of the air cell, so I wet with just a drop of warm water so I could see through the membrane and there it was!! I cleaned the membrane off his beak with a tweezers and he started breathing, I dont expect the poor thing to live, but I at least had to give him a chance. I went down to check on them again and wet some more because he moved and I wanted to make sure his beak stayed clear
I dont want to freak and hang down there and then get upset, its best to let them do their thing and give them time, lotsa time when u help.... he did give me a drop of blood : ( so I stopped after I chipped the top of the shell off a tad more so that he can get out when he is ready, I sure wish I wasnt lazy, I should have ran upstairs for the camera during the candle!
But I honestly thought it was a gonner......
BOY DOES THAT SOUND LIKE I SHOULD HAVE LEARNED MY LESSON OR WHAT?????????
So MAYBE we will see yet ANOTHER MIRACLE Chick!!
And so many people say dont help, I wouldnt have half that I hatched if I didnt help!
But Thank goodness I only had 1 and a half lol to help with allllll these eggs!!!
so yes.... there are 25+ new peeps chirpin down there!
REMEMBER these are Chads, a friend from BYC eggs from the chickens that a neighbors dog killed!
If he wants them he can have them in a few days after I make sure they will make it!
