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CoopsNPoops
Songster
Since hes had so much special care compared to the others, i may just keep him. We're growing quite fond of eachother I may also add that he gets electrolyte water and Vitamin E daily, mixed with his egg yolk. The incubator stays fairly consistent at 95°, maybe a tad warmer if we have the doors open or air on or something. (I have the see through doors off the incubator so theres plenty of ventilation). Hes getting all the nutrition, hydration, and heat he needs to develop and grow, he just doesn't...It's clearly a runt, a good couple weeks development behind. The thing is as the others grow they will eat more, they will need less heat but this one will need to eat chick starter for longer and still needs the heat of a 1 week old chick by the looks of it. If he gets the same heat as the rest his development will be stunted even more.
I'd be interested to know what will happen, if it will grow up just fine but a bit delayed, whether it has a genetic defect making it never grow up or whether it will grow up but be really small