I have a sneaking suspicion that I will only get one chick from this batch of shipped SFH eggs. I really wanted a tiny bit of diversity... Guess I should have wanted more than that. Cuz that's what I got. Tiny.
Ah well, happy Sunday! Hope it's a great one for you all!
My good candler died, so I'm stuck with a flashlight that has the candler end taped to it... It was hard to tell how well they were developing in the first place. So, I will give them another day and see if anything happens, then do a necropsy. Half of them were not in the turner that I suspect is not allowing enough O2 - half were hand-turned.
Pack up & hit the lake; take your mind off it for a while. I've already been this morning. Closest pond's all scummed over, after being 90% open yesterday. Pond down the road bank to bank pads...never seen pads there before. Lake 10-15 miles from here wide open, but all I could manage was a small Crappie, on a Crappie jig under a bobber, and a small Channel Cat on a small blue/white spinner bait.Well chit! Just went out to check around the birds and found this serama chick on its back, kicking. Picked it up, it aspirated and died in my hand. It was one of just a few dark ones I've gotten lately. Fragile chicks. I always seem to lose a few of the tiny ones.
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Oh no! I'm so sorry!Well chit! Just went out to check around the birds and found this serama chick on its back, kicking. Picked it up, it aspirated and died in my hand. It was one of just a few dark ones I've gotten lately. Fragile chicks. I always seem to lose a few of the tiny ones.
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