Making Lemonade [Selective Culling Project - very long term]

[U_Stormcrow]

Sorry about the picture quality. Looks like my camera is applying some filter. I'll figure it out later, take new photos with the additions. Two more hatched. So nine now, I think

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Excuse me, count is seven, peeps from an eighth. My wife must have moved one from incubator to brooder box last night after I fell asleep.

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You're making leaps and bounds! Congrats!

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Lost one overnight, count is back to 8. Going to call it "failure to thrive". Still no activity from the remaining three eggs - one of which pipped two days ago - tiny air hole - and has done seemingly nothing since. Will do an "exploratory" this weekend, see if I can figure anything out (likely not).

 

[Sally PB]

8/12 (?) is still a good hatch rate.

No white, no black. So far, this is quite the success.

Excellent!

 

[U_Stormcrow]

8/12 (?) is still a good hatch rate.

Excellent!

8 of 12 is definitely better than I have been getting. So if I'm going to be really cold-hearted about it, I really wish the one black one that hatched yesterday was the one that failed to thrive, not the yellow one that followed it. Black one will still be put to productive use of course, just not as a breeder

 

[U_Stormcrow]

In other Homestead news, as I walk the electric fence this morning, I find that something has absconded with two duck eggs and a chicken egg, in differing directions, and something much larger got one of my injured ducks. This should probably be over on the other thread so I will copy it there. Just another reminder that this lifestyle comes with a lot of risk, and a lot of heartache.

 

[Sally PB]

Just another reminder that this lifestyle comes with a lot of risk, and a lot of heartache.

Yes. It's there in your face. When your food comes from the store, you don't see it.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Camera still messed up - looks like its set to soften or something.
Sorry.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Camera still messed up - looks like its set to soften or something.
Sorry.

Mine does that too a lot