Hey everyone!!! I've been trying to keep up with reading. I'm loving seeing all the lovely babies!!
My biggest news would be that my main rooster "Big Red" died this week, leaving a big hole to fill as far as breeding EEs. I have a couple other EE roosters that "may" be suitable but haven't...
Cutie, fluffy chicks!! I love the black one!
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The third keet egg hatched late this afternoon.
I just happened to look in and it was in front of her, wet and getting cold ...so I swooped it up and put it under the first broody with the first two keets.
I was a surprised when I checked back later because it wasn't a normal colored keet like I...
I had to put down two chicks from the 16th hatch. One had a damaged hip and one was a failure to thrive.
Poor little guys. I have one more that's a failure to thrive, I keep hoping he'll catch on...
In happier news, here's what was waiting for me this morning...
I got a white keet...
I'm interested to hear as well. I think other have incubated refrigerated eggs and done ok.
I think fridges are about 4 C (39 F)?
The big thing is to let them warm to room temp first and then add them to the incubator.
You don't want condensation on the eggs.
I have a theory that the type...
Just a quick update:
The last egg I was waiting on died. Opened it the next day.
The keets are pipping today.
Then the one broody hopped off the nest to go eat!
And she was gone for a while.
Meanwhile her eggs are sitting there with big cracks in them out in the open...
I didn't...