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FlyingNunFarm said:
"Mom go get the toys. I want to play with them some more. "

My Zoe loves the mud. Wallows in it like a pig. She has the nickname "mud princess"
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Luckily they were late getting home so a dry washcloth and good to go! Her hair apparently is self cleaning.
 
21hens-incharge said:
That makes for a rough day. :hugs

Hopefully the eggs that are left make it.
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So far I have 14 healthy babies out of the deal. Not bad at all. 3 of them Cornish! One of the Cornish has a weird toe that keeps bending over, but it isn't walking well yet, but it is getting better all the time. I'll see if it needs to have shoes made tomorrow.
 
apryl29 said:
Sorry about your bird.. I wonder if winter birds spend more time / energy trying to keep warm that they don't have the energy to grow as large.


Thank you! I missed everything after the 'stuff on hand was used' part. So she's caving to peer pressure and popularity to try to get some balut to hatch?
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No I am not.
I am finishing what I started.
The experiment that happened all of a sudden.
 
Redhead Rae said:
I just found something scary.

I added the 8 Cornish eggs I got this week to the Brinsea. Apparently, I was only getting eggs from one of my Cornish hens because I am now getting eggs in two different colors. After I checked on the chicks I was walking away when I remembered I didn't candle the 9 cornish eggs I set the past 2 weeks. Then I saw it my Brinsea was off. It has been off for a while. I have no absolutely idea of when it was turned off. The eggs are room temperature. I believe it happened sometime this afternoon. But have no way of knowing for sure. The power strip that my incubators and candler are plugged into has individual switches for each plug. The switch for the Brinsea was off. I candled the eggs. All but one seem ok (good veining) that one had a blood ring, and wasn't as developed as the others.

At most I lost 8 eggs. Which isn't too bad considering my girls have picked up laying.

I believe the 4 non-pipped eggs are dead. Two have extremely drawn down air cells and the other two don't look right. One of the two pipped eggs hatched after some help. I could then see the issue. Its neck won't straighten out. Its still curled in the hatching position. I'm hoping it rights itself overnight but we'll see if I have to cull it tomorrow.

The other egg, I helped some more as well. It is in a bad position. It is still working its way out of the shell.
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CapricornFarm said:
Weeeeee! I told hubby i am building an incubator and he didn't comment!
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Did you get a copy of that one persons DIY incubator list?

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The hatch is finished!:woot

Unless any of the four eggs that I think are dead decide to hatch overnight.

The last chick got free of his shell. The second to last chick that had neck problems seems fine now.

However, I think one of my Cornish chicks has Splayed legs.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/splayed-legs.1231119/
 

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