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[kajira]

awww sounds terrible to have to run so far for specialists, hugs to you.

You have to turn when you can, kiddo is more important turn before you leave and when you get back. If you have time and your looking at the bator go turn them anytime, I set cell phone five times a day but when I walk by I give them a spin or roll. charcoal can work too, I think I put info on ideas in that notes section as well in humidity, maybe not in the list I have you but in the main page.

As long as they aren't turned "evenly" per day, so they get longer periods on both sides, does it matter if you turn 11 times one day, and 5 the next? I don't want to jostle them too much either. (trying to find a happy medium here!)

 

[Chaos18]

As long as they aren't turned "evenly" per day, so they get longer periods on both sides, does it matter if you turn 11 times one day, and 5 the next? I don't want to jostle them too much either. (trying to find a happy medium here!)

I don't think it would matter. I doubt a broody hen counts how many times she moves her eggs around

 

[kajira]

Including another $100+ worth of stuff for Duckling in my cart!

I was due March 20th. Born April 21st. Every single kid was 4-6 weeks late. No medical reason for it either.

Amazon is hard not to go shopping for the kids with. I window browse and it's hard not to "buy" everything that looks remotely interesting. LOL (as long as it's not messy. You're a nicer mom than me, playdoh's not allowed in my house.)

Weird that all her kids were late like that! Is the one you posted your only one so far?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Yikes! My kids have had their fair share of accidents. My 12 year old threw himself off a horse, not realizing it would hurt. (He was trying to scare me and got more than he bargained for.) no broken bones, we got lucky. My daughter's pony fell on her, literally, fell on her, on his side, when she made him go to fast and he slipped in the mud. She luckily didn't get any broken bones, and she learned a very VALUABLE lesson that day. (When your parents say it's wet, you better listen and just go slow.)

My 2 year old is always falling down and banging his head, he's between 21-22lbs so he's pretty tiny too, I've been lucky, that he always falls in front of my pediatrician, and gets a new bruise, so I've been luckly that she sees how he climbs even at the doctors office, and it's on record that he does that. So far, no hospital visits for bruises. I haven't had to take my kids in for broken bones... yet. *knock on wood* but I know with horses, animals, trees to climb.. it's just a time bomb waiting to happen.

The baby has had her share of accidents too - she rolled over and grabbed my daughters cat... who wasn't expecting the previously immobile baby to get a fistful of hair and cackle... so the baby got bit by the cat. (no blood shed, but it traumatized her.) and I whacked her head on a desk once when I was bending over. (she had a tiny bruise on her forehead, I felt bad.) LOL

Were you a preemie? I see you mentioned you were fragile. My 2 year old is "fragile" as in he bruises easily, due to being a preemie, and he's at risk for broken bones, due to his prematurity.

I luckily live in farm country, where kids routinely are rough housing, and getting hurt, my kid got an infection in her toe, from her chickens. She ran barefoot after I told her not too - and had a wound from a misquito bite she'd scratched. That was a not-fun ER visit to have it drained and packed, and then the follow up care til it healed. (she makes sure she wears shoes now.)

I try not to be over protective with them, but it's hard. they all do such stupid stuff sometimes.

you sound like a normal mom, kids will be kids and hopefully learn from what they do
lol

Including another $100+ worth of stuff for Duckling in my cart!

I was due March 20th. Born April 21st. Every single kid was 4-6 weeks late. No medical reason for it either.

i think mine has over $200 and i will take out all but 1 thing lol

They don't sell IQ........

but they have books to make you smarter lol

 

[Akrnaf2]

Including another $100+ worth of stuff for Duckling in my cart!

I was due March 20th. Born April 21st. Every single kid was 4-6 weeks late. No medical reason for it either.

Amazon is hard not to go shopping for the kids with. I window browse and it's hard not to "buy" everything that looks remotely interesting. LOL (as long as it's not messy. You're a nicer mom than me, playdoh's not allowed in my house.)

Weird that all her kids were late like that! Is the one you posted your only one so far?

Yes the humidity, the mosquitos and the Anacondas make you think it over!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

chaos how are the duck eggies
any candling images?

 

[Chaos18]

chaos how are the duck eggies
any candling images?

Ain't touched them since I threw them in the bator.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Ain't touched them since I threw them in the bator.

 

[BullChick]

Amazon is hard not to go shopping for the kids with. I window browse and it's hard not to "buy" everything that looks remotely interesting. LOL (as long as it's not messy. You're a nicer mom than me, playdoh's not allowed in my house.)

Weird that all her kids were late like that! Is the one you posted your only one so far?

I don't have biological kids. Duckling is my niece that I am blessed to have a majority of the time. Her parents are trying to have another for me to raise.

 

[DuckGirl77]

you willing to feed them like a momma? wow thats more than I would take on!

I was going to try, but then I was reading how often they eat, and how easy it is for them to die .... It's alot easier to throw away eggs than it is to throw away dead chicks, so I'll just save the eggs, and if they are still able to hatch by the time she's ready to hatch them, then I'll give them back and see how they do. If they hatch, I'll take them away at 2 or 3 weeks and hand feed from then on - that way mrs. parakeet can have a break. I realized, after some research, that I'm setting myself up for disaster to try to raise them from day 1! Although .... maybe I could incubate them and give them to her to feed for 2 weeks .... I'll have to look that up and see if she would accept them.