Goldie’s Adopt-An-Egg HAL

[All4Eggz]

Goldie has abandoned the last egg this morning. I came to them in the morning and the egg was cold. I candled last night and saw a large space on one side, not sure if that was normal.

The egg was cold so I thought her instincts knew that it was either dead or wouldn’t make it out.

I cracked open the egg and was devastated to find a fully developed/almost fully developed chick. It may have died a couple days before hatch day, or it may have been alive up until Goldie abandoned it.

Photos may be disturbing.

Spoiler: Photos of dead chick

She would have been a gorgeous black chick.

Does this chick look like it was fully developed and ready to hatch? Or did it die before hatch day? Any information is appreciated.

I’m very sorry about your chick @Little Baby Bean .

 

[All4Eggz]

On the bright side of things…

Goldie left the nest with the chicks for the first time today. They are loving playing in the dirt, scratching around and running around.

They are absolutely loving it.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

On the bright side of things…

Goldie left the nest with the chicks for the first time today. They are loving playing in the dirt, scratching around and running around.

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They are absolutely loving it.

Sorry about that chick, but the others are all adorable... Look how proud mama is!

 

[All4Eggz]

Sorry about that chick, but the others are all adorable... Look how proud mama is!

She’s super proud! And protective! She doesn’t like when I pick them up…

 

[PippinTheChicken]

She’s super proud! And protective! She doesn’t like when I pick them up…

I'm sure she'll open up to you soon!

 

[NatJ]

Does this chick look like it was fully developed and ready to hatch? Or did it die before hatch day? Any information is appreciated.

The chick looks pretty well developed but did not fully absorb the yolk.

I'm guessing it died about the time it was supposed to pip, since chicks often absorb a lot of the yoik after they make the first pip through the shell.

So it probably died around the same time the others were pipping.

But if you had tried to help it hatch at that stage (unabsorbed yolk), it would have died, so even if you had a way to know it had problems, there is nothing you could have done to help.

 

[All4Eggz]

The chick looks pretty well developed but did not fully absorb the yolk.

I'm guessing it died about the time it was supposed to pip, since chicks often absorb a lot of the yoik after they make the first pip through the shell.

So it probably died around the same time the others were pipping.

But if you had tried to help it hatch at that stage (unabsorbed yolk), it would have died, so even if you had a way to know it had problems, there is nothing you could have done to help.

In a way that is disappointing to hear but I’m also happy about that. Glad I didn’t make a mistake on my end.
Thank you.

 

[All4Eggz]

More photos from today.
I bought them some chick feed today.

They love jumping on Mama’s back.

Sorry, a lot of these are very similar I just thought I got some nice shots..

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Those photos are precious!

 

[Kiki]

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Vannya peaking out on the left.
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And a cute video of one of the chipmunks getting under mama to stay warm.

The video is so dumb!