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Title: Every single chick dead
Post by: scabs on April 27, 2012, 15:12

Every Ko Shamo hatched yesterday is dead.

Not happy.

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: evie2 on April 27, 2012, 15:21

Oh no, any idea why?

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: scabs on April 27, 2012, 15:24

No... she sat brilliantly up to yesterday. One chick pipped yesterday and is now dead - apparently, it sounds like it didn't make it out of the shell properly. My mate has just been up to check for me (I'm at work) and he says the rest of the eggs have been scattered all over and are stone cold.

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: joyfull on April 27, 2012, 15:49

 :( :(

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: scabs on April 27, 2012, 15:54

That just leaves the Cream Legbars in the incubator, which I don't have high hopes for - mr postman was less than helpful!  :(

Didn't candle them, but am a bit pessimistic

Ah well, I'll line some more up this weekend and off we go again!

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: ANHBUC on April 27, 2012, 16:02

Jo57 had the same problem but one egg has managed to hatch.

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=92987.0

There may still be hope.

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: scabs on April 27, 2012, 16:06

Well, fingers crossed, I guess...

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: j00les on April 27, 2012, 18:37

oh no  how sad  :( sorry

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: sarah f on April 27, 2012, 19:07

awwwwwwwwww im sorry scabs  :(

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: snowdrops on April 27, 2012, 19:10

Oh that is sad Scabs.

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: scabs on April 28, 2012, 16:32

Nope. All dead and rest of the eggs stone cold.

The good news is that, despite having been lost in the post, and in an incubator that has cut out TWICE, a couple of my Cream Legbar eggs are pipping as we speak. I'm quite astonished.

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: ANHBUC on April 28, 2012, 21:11

 :D  That is good news.

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: scabs on April 30, 2012, 08:38

Amazing. Four chicks out of nine and, whilst ordinarily I'd be disappointed, I'm over the moon.

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: shetan on April 30, 2012, 10:39

as they are legbars....do you know what you have?

really, really pleased for you.

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: scabs on April 30, 2012, 10:42

I think two of each, but then again, it's a first for me!

I took a pic for Cara to look at but it's not the best... I'll see if I can upload it.

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: scabs on April 30, 2012, 10:51

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0fXyDPutNQE/T55f_DjG1jI/AAAAAAAAAWo/mW2sFvUQaqE/s1600/IMAG0267.jpg)

It's a challenge, but here you go...

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: shetan on April 30, 2012, 10:54

i'm just glad you got a happy(ish) ending :)

btw - what happened to the little porkers?

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: Spana on April 30, 2012, 10:54

By my standards 4 out of 9 is not bad for eggs sent in the post.  I've always had terrible results from posted eggs.  Shame about the others all the same. :(

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: joyfull on April 30, 2012, 10:54

possibly 3 males and 1 female.
here is a video of some day olds and how to sex them:-

mVR6EUQ0H5M

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: scabs on April 30, 2012, 10:59

Quote from: joyfull on April 30, 2012, 10:54

possibly 3 males and 1 female.
here is a video of some day olds and how to sex them:-

mVR6EUQ0H5M

Thanks Joy, I'll look at it during lunch... I was going off the eyeliner, which someone pointed me to.

Quote from: shetan on April 30, 2012, 10:54

btw - what happened to the little porkers?

I ate them. Nom nom nom.

No, sold five of them and kept one.  :)

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: shetan on April 30, 2012, 12:59

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I ate them. Nom nom nom.

for a second there....i was really jealous...could almost taste the lovely crackling on a nice piece of belly pork.......yeah, yeah..so i'm not a size 0  :blush:

i'm also thinking 3 boys and a lass...but i'm hoping i'm wrong and you're right

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: scabs on April 30, 2012, 13:53

Think the very dark one is a red herring. Of the three 'lighter' ones, one is a lot lighter yet and doesn't have such distinct goth eye make-up.

The photo is rubbish, to be honest.

I'll know soon enough and it was great for the children to have been able to watch.

Duck eggs went in yesterday.

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: ANHBUC on April 30, 2012, 18:56

Glad you managed to hatch some of your eggs, they are so cute.  Don't stay that way very long though.  My 2 1/2 week old Welsummer Bantam chicks have already started to spar with each other and are getting really good at flying.   :unsure:

Title: Re: Every single chick dead
Post by: scabs on May 01, 2012, 09:11

 :)