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I'm so sorry, Kris. It is heartbreaking to lose them. I guess at this point I'd poke holes in the airsac side of the egg just to be completely sure that nothing is going on.
This go 'round I only ended up with 5/18, but most of that was from my stupid mistakes. If I had only just given 8-9 to Lacey and tossed the rest, I'd probably have better results. On the flip side though, 2 or my fuzzy butts are ones that started life in the 'bator and were moved to mama at last candling, so who knows.
I'm glad you liked the picture. Broodies with babies are just about the cutest things ever. I love it when the chicks start getting up on mama's back. I'll have to get a shot of that this time around. Right now the chicks are in "pluck mama's eyelids" mode.
And totally off the subject, I just noticed that you homeschool. I do too!
Well, none lasted. I candled late last night real quick, but none were moving, nothing was happening, they're all gone. So sad. Emptying them out tonight.
Tiss, yes, we do homeschool! I'm down to one now though, 7th grader.
We'll try eggs again in the winter preparing for a a spring of chickens.
