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MJWarner
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August 5th. -ish. (I know it's a tad variable, in most cases)Good luck, I hope the tape holds on! When are they due to hatch?
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August 5th. -ish. (I know it's a tad variable, in most cases)Good luck, I hope the tape holds on! When are they due to hatch?
I'm actually concerned that Mary's weight may cause the egg to crack and break, but I think I've done what I can to give him/her a chance.August 5th. -ish. (I know it's a tad variable, in most cases)
I put a small bowl of chicken crumble in the coop and some water which I take out afterward so there is no messKeep an eye on broody, mine didn't get up at all. I had to physically remove her from the nest and feed her and then show her the water so she could drink. I started doing that after the first three days of broodiness.
Got luck with the chick raising. Let us know how the adoption worked out.So Mary's eggs failed to pip, and I removed all but three, because there was just no getting her to quit. And I really didn't want her first attempt to end in failure. That's when we hatched our own plan. Friday is when our local Rural King receives new chicks, we went late Friday, around 7 pm, and made our choices. 2 nekked necks, because we like weird, 2 americanas, colorful eggs, 2 polish, which was due to a full color chicken breed poster that was hung in the chick pen area, and my husband said get some of those!!!!, lol, and one buff orpington. (Hey, they go broody!)
I kept them in the box until 9 pm, snuck out in the darkness, opened the cage and removed the last eggs...carefully.
Then reached in the box and grabbed a handful of fluff, some under her right wing, some under the left wing, the last under her butt fluff. Then I said a little prayer and retreated.
This morning, there was a new glow in Mary's eyes, and she was surrounded by Littles, running back under her wings for safety and warmth, she was showing them how to peck at the crumble, joy radiated from her.
Operation chick insertion was a great success.
I did peel the shells off the failed (not all of them) eggs, and they were fairly close to term when they died. Not sure what happened, sure I made many mistakes, it's a learning process that I hope, going forward, I don't make the same mistakes, just new ones.
Just glad to see my happy momma hen, in her mothering element.