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Quote: With Alabama, you can never tell if they're going to do something stupid. Like, continue to allow movement as long as it's private sales and not, say, shows or swaps. As much as it would negatively impact me for the state to do a total ban, I still feel that it would be best to put a hold on all sales, including private, to prevent the spread of AI. Eggs are likely the only thing safe to sell right now.
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YAY!!!I HAVE A PIP!!!!!!!!!e So at least one egg survived the high temperatures
I also have a persistent broody I am moving to the broody pen tonight. I'll wait a couple days and see if she handles the move well, then I'll stick some eggs under her. Too early for the HAL, I know, but having a broody is just so much easier than dealing with incubators! I've only ever had 1 other broody, and she was a superb mom. Easiest chicken raising ever!
It is doubtful that you would be able to see movement until they internally pip, and then you will see the little beak stick up and may hear some cheeping. Though you really shouldn't be candling at this point, you may see movement if you lightly tap on the shell with your fingernail. This imitates a hen pecking at the egg and may get the chick to move. Once when I was candling an internally pipped egg, at about the same stage as yours, I put it up to my ear to see if I could hear it peep and it pipped in my ear!
It is doubtful that you would be able to see movement until they internally pip, and then you will see the little beak stick up and may hear some cheeping. Though you really shouldn't be candling at this point, you may see movement if you lightly tap on the shell with your fingernail. This imitates a hen pecking at the egg and may get the chick to move. Once when I was candling an internally pipped egg, at about the same stage as yours, I put it up to my ear to see if I could hear it peep and it pipped in my ear!
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