Texas thread gave me a great idea to build some A-Frame coops. I don't have enough cash for 4-side coops, and I can make two A-frames in the run size we have. Can someone point me towards some good BYC articles with really effective A-Frame plans?
INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!
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The chicks wanted to take a selfie.
Very true, and it must be way easier to pip into the air sac than pip out of the shell...but you can't do anything about that now. If they externally pip, they should be fine.
If they are shipped eggs, I am pretty sure @Sally Sunshine , has a link to offer as to what you might do before you set next time. If they aren't shipped eggs, there really could be a genetics issue. Naturally, embryos develop to internally pip into the air sac. If they aren't, frequently, there's an issue there that doesn't seem to be handling.
Yes, I am very much a "leave 'em alone type"...because I do feel survival of the fittest is what makes most humans happier. Struggling to keep something that is pre-disposed to failure, alive, must lead to a lot of disappointment. Don't get me wrong, I have great empathy to everyone who tries to help a chick achieve its goal, but I know of no way to convince a partially developed embryo to move inside the egg. I assume you had them fat end up, or on their side, and they developed as they did despite that. Now that they are that developed they are being suspended their by the veining inside the shell. Even if you stood them up vertically, they aren't going to move.
Here's another way to look at this. If any of those eggs successfully hatch, you will have one heck of a chick there!
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pics or it.didn't happen
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sweet hatch!!! congrats!!!Hatch
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No eggs today.
Today was cold and it rained horribly. The run is basically mud. I have hay that I planned on spreading but it wasn't really suitable weather.
Urgent question... just took a closer look and think I have some problems.
1) This look like an away from air cell trying pip.
2) This looks like a wrong ender trying to pip,
3) This one might also be a wrong ender.
Just wondering what you would do... In the past I have just let them try to hatch on their own, but they always died, and about 50% will die if I do intervene.
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what does your candle show compared to other eggs???
can you tell position comparing them, and yolk empty space candling the bottom as well???? if you can see its a mal or head wrong then go from there
@ozexpat he makes them perhaps check his image folder?
The chicks wanted to take a selfie.
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