Pheasant chat and hatch-a-long!!!

[007Sean]

I had a chicken egg blow up last night. I didn't have time to clean the incubator before I left this morning, so all of those eggs are probably going to be a bust.

Not necessarily.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Not necessarily.

Well, they were under a broody first. And were gross from her busting one. I was going to chunk them and dropped one that had a chick in it. So then I had to clean them all off and put them in the incubator. I was really hoping for some to hatch since the rooster in that pen died a couple of weeks ago. I didn't have any backup boys. :/

 

[007Sean]

Even with the 'bloom' may having been washed off with the cleaning....there's still a chance!

 

[ColtHandorf]

Even with the 'bloom' may having been washed off with the cleaning....there's still a chance!

Fingers crossed. I tried not to "scrub" them clean. I just wet them and gently wiped.

 

[007Sean]

I've had a couple of staggered hatches where an egg exploded and didn't notice, and the rest of the eggs hatched. One egg took a direct hit and still hatched.

 

[007Sean]

Fingers crossed. I tried not to "scrub" them clean. I just wet them and gently wiped.

Granted, not the best of circumstances but there's always the chance!

 

[007Sean]

Well, they were under a broody first. And were gross from her busting one. I was going to chunk them and dropped one that had a chick in it. So then I had to clean them all off and put them in the incubator. I was really hoping for some to hatch since the rooster in that pen died a couple of weeks ago. I didn't have any backup boys. :/

Have you candled them lately?

 

[ColtHandorf]

Have you candled them lately?

I did yesterday when I brought them inside. They were all dark with an air cell. She's been sitting for over two weeks. So I was hoping they were pretty close.

 

[muddy75]

Riddle me this…..how can a 3ish day old pheasant chick disappear without a trace from a brooder with 2 quail chicks still perfectly confined and healthy???

 

[Chookwagn]

Riddle me this…..how can a 3ish day old pheasant chick disappear without a trace from a brooder with 2 quail chicks still perfectly confined and healthy???

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