Aw, so sorry Cochins, that's the hard part, you can't know what it is you should doI lost one yesterday, one of only two surviving Serama chicks, and I really wanted them to be born. I don't know what went wrong, just didn't make it. So far at least, the second one is still alive, I can hear it!
Awwww I am so sorry... I have been through the same situation in my hatches lately. I have one gorgeous 9 day old baby in my brooder and a 2 day old still in the incubator which I ended up hatching out completely, for the very same reasons. You can't turn back time, and please don't beat yourself up over the little guy. I would say for myself, that if I have babies that look like they're not going to give it a try, and they are still moving at day 19, 20, 21... I'm going to pip and potentially hatch them out. Some folks will say "well, they were not supposed to hatch for some reason" Yeah, maybe not, but I'd rather give them a chance and have them give up after, than for them to never have had a a chance at all.
I have a story of a lone chick. It's a long story but I only had a few eggs to start out with and the air sacs were pretty much destroyed so only one made it to lockdown. That one hatched, but I couldn't get anymore chicks. I looked around, but couldn't find them anywhere at the time. So the little guy took to me, he never heard the chirping of his siblings, or get the opputunity to see another one like him so I was the closest thing there was. He was so sweet, I would set him down and go around the kitchen with him following me everywhere. He would snuggle in my hand for hours and he loved my hair. If I ever got near the cage, he tried ever so hard to get out and come see me. If I would open the door, he would jump right into my hand. He's still my friendliest chicken hahaha, still follows me and still loves to snuggle and have his back rubbed. The only thing is that he would cry and cry at the top of his lungs when ever I wasn't there, so I carried him with me just about everywhere I went. Sleeping was also a nightmere. I had his cage right next to my bed, but that wasn't good enough, he had to be snuggled in with me, but I was afraid of crushing him or getting popped on, so he was stuck for nights with a little stuffed dog to snuggle with.I think he hatched chipmunks, no?Too cute!
Thanks cochins, I'm gonna need all the luck I can get! I really want this chick bad! But now it's going to be alone until Friday when I get some chicks in. I'm a little worried about putting such a little one in with my leghorn chicks...?
Yes you are answering your own question, hahaha. They are cochins, but not just cochins. They are silver laced cochin bantams, there are only a handful of people across the country working on them. It took me forever to find that breeder in Arkansas. I contacted everyone on the cochin's breeder directory for silver laced and almost all of them said they gave up on the silver laced and sold their birds. What a shame, they are so beautiful. I think I'm going to try and order more eggs, as I'll bet anything that I would be lucky enough for a hen and a rooster.
Wow. I had to google them and they are gorgeous. I hope you do get a hen and a roo. You could use some better luck.
