May 2020 Hatch-A-Long

[Jehri]

Thanks l ladies I’ll get some on it cause I was worried about drowning the kiddo

 

[khpadventures]

Thank you all for your replies. I'm sorry for the chicks you all have lost that way as well, but it really helps me to know that even if I had noticed in time there was a good chance it wouldnt have helped. Takes the pressure off a bit

Trying to enjoy the 6 happy fluffs I have! I am pretty sure I have 4 girls and 2 boys

 

[FortCluck]

Thank you all for your replies. I'm sorry for the chicks you all have lost that way as well, but it really helps me to know that even if I had noticed in time there was a good chance it wouldnt have helped. Takes the pressure off a bit

Trying to enjoy the 6 happy fluffs I have! I am pretty sure I have 4 girls and 2 boys

It’s very hard to help a malpositioned chick. There’s a short window to do it and it’s not easy.

 

[Jehri]

Our tiny one passed last night. I’m beating myself up for it but once I got it out of the egg I could see there was no way it would have survived even had I left it in the nest. Little one was trying to escape way too early. It hadn’t even started to absorb the yolk

my chickens are getting so big I took the water bucket out to fill it and came back to four of them stretching their wings on top of the container lol

 

[CindyinSD]

Our tiny one passed last night. I’m beating myself up for it but once I got it out of the egg I could see there was no way it would have survived even had I left it in the nest. Little one was trying to escape way too early. It hadn’t even started to absorb the yolk

my chickens are getting so big I took the water bucket out to fill it and came back to four of them stretching their wings on top of the container lol

So sorry. They're so vulnerable and fragile at this stage. It was always a long shot, and you did all you could possibly have done.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Our tiny one passed last night. I’m beating myself up for it but once I got it out of the egg I could see there was no way it would have survived even had I left it in the nest. Little one was trying to escape way too early. It hadn’t even started to absorb the yolk

my chickens are getting so big I took the water bucket out to fill it and came back to four of them stretching their wings on top of the container lol

I'm sorry for your loss!

 

[kelseyk]

Our tiny one passed last night. I’m beating myself up for it but once I got it out of the egg I could see there was no way it would have survived even had I left it in the nest. Little one was trying to escape way too early. It hadn’t even started to absorb the yolk

my chickens are getting so big I took the water bucket out to fill it and came back to four of them stretching their wings on top of the container lol

So sorry for your loss.

 

[Jehri]

Sometimes it feels like we can do so much to help and other times I feel completely helpless

how soon can you tell the pullets from the cockerel? I think we have a couple contenders for roosters. They are huge lol

 

[Rachnicko]

Sorry for loss of little ones. I’m sure it’s hard to find, but natures way sometimes.

Is this normal to find in the shell after hatch? We had a silver polish hatch around midday yesterday (day 20), but this was left in the shell. She seems fine, but is still under broody mum with 5 other eggs.

 

[FortCluck]

Sorry for loss of little ones. I’m sure it’s hard to find, but natures way sometimes.

Is this normal to find in the shell after hatch? We had a silver polish hatch around midday yesterday (day 20), but this was left in the shell. She seems fine, but is still under broody mum with 5 other eggs.

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It’s just waste from the chick.