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bitsy, they are soo cute! I am loving those colors! And yes! Fluffy! Nice fluffy cheeks! I can't wait. I am hoping to see pips in my blue eggs by tomorrow night.
 
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Yes..it won't be long. :)
 
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Yes..it won't be long. :)
I'm kind of sad... it was pipping, and it had some blood on the shell and membrane. After a while (3 + hours of no progress, even though it was trying (hard to explain)but I did give it adequate at of time) It was having a tough time, so I helped it a bit (the membrane was getting super tough already) it finished getting out, and I had put it back inside of the incubator so it could dry off. After it got all the way out of the shell, I realized it has a really large/swollen adomen. It's actively chirping and trying to move now...but I worry that there is a good chance it may not make it. :(
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Anyone down near Alpine that would have some free fertile hatching eggs? My brother's hen has gone broody and he is looking for some. I told him to look on KSL but thought I might ask here as well.
 
Anyone going from Tooele to the Bountiful area before Monday? :D Still scamming on a chicken train for a chick in Tooele....Amanda in Bountiful is coming toward Ogden where I could pick up If I could find a way to get it from Tooele to Bountiful :{D
 
I'm kind of sad... it was pipping, and it had some blood on the shell and membrane. After a while (3 + hours of no progress, even though it was trying (hard to explain)but I did give it adequate at of time) It was having a tough time, so I helped it a bit (the membrane was getting super tough already) it finished getting out, and I had put it back inside of the incubator so it could dry off. After it got all the way out of the shell, I realized it has a really large/swollen adomen. It's actively chirping and trying to move now...but I worry that there is a good chance it may not make it. :(
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Large swollen abdomen can be quite normal...absorbing nutrients still...is the umbilical area herniated (is stuff popping out when it chirps?) The faster that little area can get dried up the better... if it stays moist it is more elastic and things can go south. When it dries up the fat little abdomen has a better chance of staying closed up until things can absorb. Sometimes if it is starting to herniate, I will hold it a little closer to the heat lamp, laying belly up to help get it dried faster.
 
cal ranch in west jordan had a ton of older chicks that were feathering in. you know they are anxious to sell them. mostly the common egg layers like br, bo, leghorn, sexlink etc. the good thing is them being older you can be better sure of their sex.
 

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