May I ask who Cupcake is?
Oh I just so love love love that blue egg too bad you can't find out the hen that layed it and her parentage. Hope you get some Hatchers.
Hi all I just wanted to tell you allow grateful I am for your kindnesses. Your sympathy and support without judgement mean the world to me.
I'm sure some people would say that we should have known and blame us. Truthfully it's hard for me not to. But we had no clue. I just have to keep telling myself that and thinking that those chicks must be with my OEGB roo Mickey that we lost and several others. May they nestle in the arms of God and never feel the cold again until the day I can snuggle them again and tell them I love them.
It's so hard them having such short lives and being so sweet and loved. Their deaths were senseless just a stupid thing that happened. I miss them and I love them gosh I loved those tiny little things!
Through my tears this morning I begged DH2B to bring them back to wake them up. I'm sure I was in a bit of shock of course I knew they were gone but I needed hope. Unfortunately the only hope to be had was in the 5 pips in the bator.
It's hard I think I'll hurt a long time over this one. We've always been so careful and DH2B calls me paranoid often. Today he didn't call me paranoid once as I obsessively checked the incubator and the flock.
It doesn't undo the loss and the hurt but today the bantam eggs hatched from the same set day as the group of quail.
4/7 alive and well, 1/7 DIS at lockdown but I left it just in case. 1 other died after pipping a vein it appears. Will eggtopsy tomorrow. It's way too late and I didn't have the heart.
Little number seven got stuck in the egg and required some help. We were out to dinner with my Mom who wanted to cheer me up. I love my Mom and I appreciate it so much. I'm just glad she understands especially as she was supposed to come over to see the baby quail this morning.
Back to little number 7. It had been 24 hours since it did anything and had made two pips vertically in the egg. Membrane dried to it's face and it couldn't turn or zip so I had to remove that carefully with a damp qtip. I wrapped it in warm wet paper towels and left it in the incubator for two hours. I thought I may have seen some tiny veins left.
Perhaps BC of the day I had I couldn't get it out of my mind and kept going back. Afraid I would lose it. Finally I decided to just look a bit more and pulled the chick from the egg as it seemed to be ready by that point. It was a little early and there were some itty bitty veins left in the bottom of the egg and it's navel was a little open.
The baby is now resting in the bator back in warm wet paper towels. Hopefully the navel closes well tonight while the chick sleeps.
Ugh I feel like a failure today. Still I know that chick would have died for sure if I hadn't intervened for no other reason than a bit of dried blood which turned the membrane to glue. Which I discovered was due to that chick pipping a small vein as I could clearly see it. Thankfully it was very minor. So minor we didn't see it at all earlier before the assist.
Fingers crossed for the chick. For all of them. The brooder will be brought into the porch for them in the morning set up and prewarmed. They will be moved after I'm sure little number 7 (or 5 whatever you want to call it) is okay.
Hoping for some pure OEGB and a little Mickey chick. Regardless it will be fun to see what everyone turns out like.
Thank you all again for the kindness and support. Today has been a roller coaster of emotions and I'm still rather shocked. I feel joy for the new life agony over the loss and both fear and hope for the new babies.
Now I must try to turn off my mind and sleep. If I can.
Hope I didn't forget to say anything.
Oh hello Cupcake
is she a cream legbar mix? She's beautiful.
.....and the only one without an Icelandic name.
