Overeager Egger.

[Coffeebean1947]

Hard to say at this point, but with that dark beak and large eye, could it be a silkie?

 

[DragonParadigm]

It made it out of the egg!!!!!
It totally got stuck to the egg at first and I had to use coconut oil and a q-tip to gently push back the stuck-on inner membrane.
I almost started to cry when I saw it’s feet! I’m like why are it’s feet like that! What’s wrong with it’s feet!!

Silkies have five toes Morgan!

Oh. Okay. That’s weird though. But okay.

It’s resting now. I will update more later.

 

[Ranchwithaview]

Congratulations!

 

[Coffeebean1947]

Congratulation! Beautiful baby!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

and furthermore....YAAAY!!! Good job, Dragon, well done! You're a ChickMom! And frankly, I'm exhausted too! More pucs as he dries out, please! And get some rest... have a cuppa, or something. My lands, and all this in the middle of moving, wow!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That's PICS, not pucs!! Gaah! Fat fingers, little phone keyboard. Sorry.

 

[DragonParadigm]

Didn’t make it you guys. It seemed pretty strong moving itself around my Brinsea, but then it’s health started to deteriorate when it took a nap.

It’s okay. Definitely a learning lesson.
I didn’t start the incubation process. I don’t know how it was incubated. It may have been by a hen or just by the heat of the desert. The egg itself looked extremely dehydrated.

I think I don’t have enough personal experience to be able to pass a judgment on what to do for anyone else when this happens. In this particular case, I would have left it alone. With my other eggs. It’s definitely a case by case decision making process.

Now for what I did with the chick after it passed. It didn’t go in vein nor did it go to the trash.

I also breed reptiles & angora rabbits (Jersey woolies) So the poor dead chick when to a Limburg Otay Rosie Boa.
And so the circle of life continues and I know it may be odd I knot to hear this, but it actually made me happy to feed Sylvia my snake.

 

[Ranchwithaview]

@DragonParadigm sorry to hear it didn't make it, but glad that it could add to the life of another pet. It was a tough situation not know how long it had been incubating.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Didn’t make it you guys. It seemed pretty strong moving itself around my Brinsea, but then it’s health started to deteriorate when it took a nap.

It’s okay. Definitely a learning lesson.
I didn’t start the incubation process. I don’t know how it was incubated. It may have been by a hen or just by the heat of the desert. The egg itself looked extremely dehydrated.

I think I don’t have enough personal experience to be able to pass a judgment on what to do for anyone else when this happens. In this particular case, I would have left it alone. With my other eggs. It’s definitely a case by case decision making process.

Now for what I did with the chick after it passed. It didn’t go in vein nor did it go to the trash.

I also breed reptiles & angora rabbits (Jersey woolies) So the poor dead chick when to a Limburg Otay Rosie Boa.
And so the circle of life continues and I know it may be odd I knot to hear this, but it actually made me happy to feed Sylvia my snake.

Well... poop. But I do like your Circle of Life approach. Interesting, as I posted something very similar earlier today in another thread. It had to do with whether/when we cull spent hens, older birds, I think. Mine die of old age, then their bodies go out in the forest for the wild things. And incidentally, one of my beautiful grad-daughters is very much into reptiles, including snakes! Thanks for all you did for little silkie, and for sharing the journey with us as a learning experience!

 

[The Golden Egg5]

For some reason, I didn’t get any notifications, so sorry about not being there to help. I’m sorry the little guy/gal didn’t make it! That’s always really hard. Thanks for documenting you experiences so that someone in the future may be able to use this thread in some way.