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Well, when I checked, there were no more babies this morning. But I did see that the pip was widening on egg #11. I started to wonder about the parentage of the egg at this point. That does not look like a chick from one of my Dominiques.
I looked closely and could see that there was some gook solidifying around the opening of the and the chick was struggling. I decided to do an assist. The shell was stuck fast to the chick around the opening and the membrane along the blunt end of the shell was stuck to the chick. I stopped when I saw blood vessels. It is perfectly clear at this point that this is NOT a Dominique cross chick. You can see how gooped up the beak looks.
Within 2 min, the chick had kicked its way free of the shell. I think the poor little thing is going to need booties because its feet are all curled up. But I'm going to let it rest a bit and fluff up before I do that.
I think it is probably a pure buff, or half buff crossed with Delaware or New Hampshire.
No sign of life from any of the other eggs.
I looked closely and could see that there was some gook solidifying around the opening of the and the chick was struggling. I decided to do an assist. The shell was stuck fast to the chick around the opening and the membrane along the blunt end of the shell was stuck to the chick. I stopped when I saw blood vessels. It is perfectly clear at this point that this is NOT a Dominique cross chick. You can see how gooped up the beak looks.
Within 2 min, the chick had kicked its way free of the shell. I think the poor little thing is going to need booties because its feet are all curled up. But I'm going to let it rest a bit and fluff up before I do that.
I think it is probably a pure buff, or half buff crossed with Delaware or New Hampshire.
No sign of life from any of the other eggs.
