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oh no !!!!!
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Chookiechook
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Location: Aldershot, Hants
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Re: oh no !!!!!
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Reply #15 on:
August 27, 2009, 21:46 »
Any more news
I have had 6 out of 12 quail eggs hatch today... .so will send some hatching vibes to you {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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I love Pekins, Polands and Seramas
and eggs!!!
lisa80
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Location: nr peterborough
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Reply #16 on:
August 27, 2009, 22:06 »
no just the one so far and thats no where near out yet :(it is making noises if hes not out by tomorrow morning do you think we should help?it would have been 24 hrs by then
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chickenlady
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Location: Spalding
1164
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Reply #17 on:
August 27, 2009, 22:12 »
I would! it is amazing though, they spend 24 hrs not doing much then within an hour they are out!
Debbie
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thinks her guardian angel`s gone on strike !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lisa80
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Location: nr peterborough
582
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Reply #18 on:
August 27, 2009, 22:16 »
thanks!! tis very stressful business
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chickenlady
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Location: Spalding
1164
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Reply #19 on:
August 27, 2009, 22:18 »
It is! but you should try hatching ducks
i didnt sleep for 2 nights and still had to help both out!
Debbie
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lisa80
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Location: nr peterborough
582
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Reply #20 on:
August 28, 2009, 06:29 »
ok so now we have 1 chick!!! :)but other eggs are doing nothing, plan on taking it out later tonight if no more hatch will it be ok on its own
? cant believe the others havent hatched :(if they havent done anything by tonight think we should candle them?
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chickenlady
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Location: Spalding
1164
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Reply #21 on:
August 28, 2009, 08:13 »
what day are they on now? if it 23 or you cant hear cheeping or see movenment, i would candle them now, hold them blunt end over the light and you may be able to see the chick moving in the airspace
Debbie
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lisa80
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Location: nr peterborough
582
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Reply #22 on:
August 28, 2009, 08:28 »
yes we are on day 23 will get oh to look when he gets home will post some pics once i work out how to do it !!!
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Sassy
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Location: North Yorkshire
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Reply #23 on:
August 28, 2009, 09:34 »
I don't wish to give you false hope but nature can be a wonderful thing. You've come this far just hold on another day or two. Good luck
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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted!!
lisa80
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Location: nr peterborough
582
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Reply #24 on:
August 28, 2009, 10:30 »
thanks for all your encouragement :)if we do only end up with one chick do you think it will be ok on its own???
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chickenlady
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Location: Spalding
1164
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Reply #25 on:
August 28, 2009, 10:37 »
It would need some company really!
Debbie
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lisa80
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Location: nr peterborough
582
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Reply #26 on:
August 28, 2009, 10:44 »
any body know where i can get a couple of day old chicks locally
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chickenlady
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Location: Spalding
1164
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Reply #27 on:
August 28, 2009, 10:56 »
I have a couple of boy legbar chicks free which are a few days old!? i have pm'd you
Debbie
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lisa80
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Location: nr peterborough
582
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Reply #28 on:
August 28, 2009, 14:59 »
we just managed to find someone locally who has day old welsummers (like mine) so come tomorrow either way yoko as my daughter called it today will have company
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