Dixie Chicks

[Ravynscroft]

"Help" is a pretty big word. Rofl

They were just trying to save you a few steps... or so...

 

[minihorse927]

@RavynFallen, mmmmm, lizards. We tried to feed the chickens a little baby field mouse that just got fuzz on it last night. You would of thought we killed them.

Forget the idea of swapping calls for her eggs. They're hatching, a day early I think.

 

[BriardChickens]

Omg! The hatch has started! One external pip and I hear tiny little peep peeps from the eggs!

The pip is on the small end of the egg..
Glad I went to raise the humidity a d take the egg cradle now!

 

[BriardChickens]

I don't have a misting bottle so just put a water drop on the pip, hopefully caught it early enough.

 

[Ravynscroft]

@RavynFallen, mmmmm, lizards. We tried to feed the chickens a little baby field mouse that just got fuzz on it last night. You would of thought we killed them.

Forget the idea of swapping calls for her eggs. They're hatching, a day early I think.

Oh, crud! :/

I thought the duck was gonna freak when the lizard wiggled and drop it... nope, swallowed it down fast... then chewed it when it came back up...

 

[Ravynscroft]

Omg! The hatch has started! One external pip and I hear tiny little peep peeps from the eggs!

The pip is on the small end of the egg..
Glad I went to raise the humidity a d take the egg cradle now!

I don't have a misting bottle so just put a water drop on the pip, hopefully caught it early enough.

Go duckies!!! Watch that pip... is it clear to breath?

 

[BriardChickens]

You mean as in the membrane has a hole? Dang, I cant tell...

 

[BriardChickens]

I was trying to rush, get all the eggs back in and raise humidity.the water drop is already gone..

 

[Peep_Show]

They were just trying to save you a few steps... or so...

Supervised and quality control.....

 

[Peep_Show]

We had a roadrunner on our backyard that has figured out our garden is full of delights. Quite the hunter! I saw it catch a toad, bring over to the patio and bash the thing to beyond a pulp for about 10 minutes. The other day it got a field mouse...didn't do the bash job on it. Normally it stands nearby as I water waiting for the lizards to scale the wall. Knowing its proclivities, when the quail's nest was orphaned I knew I couldn't just leave them -- no "Lion King" circle of life music here -- to become roadrunner snack, so they came inside for incubation. My CCL, Lucy, looked like a red roadrunner (and ran like one in the coop) so it's not a big leap that chickens will eat mice and whatever else....ducks, too. A litttle bit o' protein. Wouldn't want to watch the reptile-being-regurgitated scene, though.