Nightmare hatch just keeps getting worse! Argh!

[NoFlyBackFarm]

Both should stay out..... I had a hen with a trouble egg when I tried to put him back, she tried to peck him to death. He was our pet, then a hawk got him.

 

[Rose Quartz]

Looks like you still have several hours left to your day.

Since they are surprise you get to take care of them babies, do you have a brooder set up at all for them?

If not a rubbermaid bin or even a cardboard box will do.

Ill go get a picture of my brooder light fixture height so you can have an idea of how much heat they like. I usually use a 60 watt incandescent.

 

[Rose Quartz]

First hatched babies do tend to cheep for momma cause theyre used to getting what they want.

 

[DarkWater1929]

Both should stay out..... I had a hen with a trouble egg when I tried to put him back, she tried to peck him to death. He was our pet, then a hawk got him.

That is so awful! I am immediately familiar with that desolate feeling. I have been caring for a chick with a broken leg for nearly a month. His leg had healed, but we were working on strengthening so that he could support himself. Today, he was stolen off of my own bed, where I had left him while I did chores, by a rat. I found him under my bed, with the other leg taken. I am sick to my very soul. I detest predators. I am not one of those who are able to see it as survival, circle of life stuff. I still ache for the loss of my little Lulu, who we saved from an outrageous case of mycoplasmosis, which cost her an eye. We loved her so! A hawk caught her right in our front yard. My husband came upon the scene. Broke our hearts. At any rate, I am sorry about your baby! I wish there were a way to be certain they were safe. But, if not on my own bed, then where?

 

[DarkWater1929]

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First hatched babies do tend to cheep for momma cause theyre used to getting what they want.

Thank you so much!!! Yes, I have a make-shift brooder. I just have to make it rodent proof. We live on a ranch. I knew we had them (rats) outside, but I guess they have crossed the Rubicon.