Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Doug Hodges]

1 is pecking through

 

[Gardeningmama]

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Nope, I can't blame Sally! I put 1 egg, and only 1 in the bator from my own flock. Now, I'm thinking the Devil made me do it.....

 

[Doug Hodges]

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Nope, I can't blame Sally! I put 1 egg, and only 1 in the bator from my own flock. Now, I'm thinking the Devil made me do it.....

 

[Doug Hodges]

I'm a big fan of day 20 hatches.

 

[Gardeningmama]

I'm a big fan of day 20 hatches.

Awwww!! It never gets old, does it?

 

[Doug Hodges]

Quote: NOPE. LOL> I bet my wife has her stool pulled up so she can watch. LOL

 

[TweetyNPetey]

That really stinks. Are they in a covered run?

Yes it does. And they are in an old duckhouse with the roof taken off. So it's like a large wooden box. It doesn't have a roof. But it is INSIDE the chicken coop. But they are amazing at flying, so they flew out and were running around the yard. Then we saw the hawk flying above, hurried to get the babies in, but before we caught the last pulley, she was in the hawk's claws, and the hawk was flying away...
The chicks have been moved into a very large dog cage, so they can't get out.

Lost even ANOTHER again today. Right after I lost one pullet to the hawk, I went out again and one just... Disappeared... The chicken coop was closed and locked. There's no way she could have gotten out. I looked all over the coop. Nothing. No holes where rats can get in. She's just... Gone. I am down to 2 chicks. I have never lost this many chicks before! EVER! Since 2 months ago, when these babies hatched, I lost 10 chicks!!! This has never happened! At the most, I lose 2, but never 10!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Do you feed water from a jug like my DUCK link in the signature suggests?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[Sally Sunshine]

Have you ever met a truly evil 4 day old chick?? I hadn't until now, and am at wits end! The chick that hatched 2 days earlier than everyone else started horribly biting the others eyes and beaks the minute I put it with the younger ones, so I put it in a basket with them, but separate. It is an escape artist, and got back with them 3 different times. Then I thought it needs a red light to calm itself down, NOPE, didn't work. So, I put it in the basement with the 3 week old D'anvers to teach it a lesson. They got along. I left it down there for a day, and overnight, then tried to reintroduce. The others were stronger by then and fought back almost ganging up on it, which was quite funny given the circumstances, but within 1 hour hell chick had them all backed into a corner again. So, I put it back in the basement with the D'anvers. Problem: it is a Brahma Mix (both parents are extremely sweet, BTW) It can't live with the D'anvers for long. I am actually considering culling this chick based on the fact that if it's this nasty, this young (has bitten me already) I'm thinking it's an indicator of the future. Opinions?

Hold it and love it and and love it and hold it, and if you have to send it to auction!