Feather's Full Bator, Two Month, Cochin Bantam, Hatchalong! If youre not in excited by this, I dont know what excites you!

[UThobbyfarmer]

Egg 11 died. It hadnt absorbed all of its vessels or yolk. I think it heard the other chicks chirping and thought it was time to get out. So his naval started to close but he still had yolk and veins left to absorb.

That’s a bummer but it wasn’t in vain. There is a lot to be learned by hard lessons.

That’s how I learned not to rush in with an assisted hatch. By interfering way too soon and killing an otherwise healthy chick. It was heartbreaking but I learned from it. Even now, years later, I remember that one chick and what it’s incredibly short life taught me.

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

That’s a bummer but it wasn’t in vain. There is a lot to be learned by hard lessons.

That’s how I learned not to rush in with an assisted hatch. By interfering way too soon and killing an otherwise healthy chick. It was heartbreaking but I learned from it. Even now, years later, I remember that one chick and what it’s incredibly short life taught me.

I didnt assist. It pipped yesterday evening and this morning I noticed its beak had been in the same spot all morning so I picked it up and it wasnt moving or breathing so I opened it. It was dead. I will say Hope really scared me. I thought I lost her because I acted to soon.

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Egg 9 also died. Egg 2 hatched though! We named it Mystery. So...
Egg 1: Pebbles
Egg 2: Mystery
Egg 5: Dani
Egg 6: Hope
Egg 7: Echo

 

[Martaals]

Egg 9 also died. Egg 2 hatched though! We named it Mystery. So...
Egg 1: Pebbles
Egg 2: Mystery
Egg 5: Dani
Egg 6: Hope
Egg 7: Echo

Noooooo
It was looking so good for so long!

But the chicks are sooo cute

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Noooooo
It was looking so good for so long!

But the chicks are sooo cute

I know! I keep thinking, if I would have assisted this morning, could it have lived? It def makes me feel like I did the right thing for Hope and Dani.

 

[Martaals]

I know! I keep thinking, if I would have assisted this morning, could it have lived? It def makes me feel like I did the right thing for Hope and Dani.

Always impossible to know
Perhaps it wasn't far enough developed or strong enough. Or anything else happened. They are such fragile little creatures.

But you have a little club of blue babies
and Hope and Dani are there!

Although from the amount of eggs I guess you were hoping for more chicks... The white eggs are really disappointing of course.

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Always impossible to know
Perhaps it wasn't far enough developed or strong enough. Or anything else happened. They are such fragile little creatures.

But you have a little club of blue babies
and Hope and Dani are there!

Although from the amount of eggs I guess you were hoping for more chicks... The white eggs are really disappointing of course.

Only a few. I knew the shipped eggs would have terrible hatch rates and my incubator only has about a 50% hatch rate. So I was hoping for 8-10 chicks. 5 is fine with me. Hopefully I get some hens. That was the whole reason I hatched in the first place! If not I can call the feed store and ask for them to order assorted bantams.

 

[Martaals]

Only a few. I knew the shipped eggs would have terrible hatch rates and my incubator only has about a 50% hatch rate. So I was hoping for 8-10 chicks. 5 is fine with me. Hopefully I get some hens. That was the whole reason I hatched in the first place! If not I can call the feed store and ask for them to order assorted bantams.

But of course much more fun to hatch them yourself
Hopefully you got a couple of lady dragons in there

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

But of course much more fun to hatch them yourself
Hopefully you got a couple of lady dragons in there

Always! It just amazed me to think that I saw that chick when it was just a heart with some veins.

 

[Martaals]

Always! It just amazed me to think that I saw that chick when it was just a heart with some veins.

True
it was probably alive and now already not anymore...