I didn't really expect to be in this group. THought I was done with babies for the year. I ended up with two hens setting and one hatched four last thursday. When they were a couple days old, we found a duck with one of the babies in its beak and had killed it and was tossing it like a ball. Tried to get the body but it took off with it in its mouth and we never found it. Have then isolated better now. The next day one of the babies coulnt keep up with the group and I looked at it and it had a gash on its neck. already scabbed over so I suspect a duck again. I took it and put it under the other hen so it could recover hopefully while the rest of her eggs hatched. She had 3 hatched and two more eggs at this point. Last night one more hatched and this morning, I found the egg tossed to the side. It was cheeping but ice cold. I put it back under her and checked again about an hour later and she was off it again. I coulnt hear anything and since it was pipped still I opened it. It was barely alive. I layed it in the nest and she sat right on it so I left it and came back in about 30 minutes and she was off again and it was almost dead. still wet. I took it to the house and ran warm wwater over it and it started moving some and cheaping. I put it under a light to get warm and it is up and walking and making all sorts of racket. So tomorrow I will take it back to mom and hopefully all will be well, and HOPEFULLY... I will be done with babies for the year. lol
it'll be ok, it'll be fine, stop worring. UGH
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