Thanks y'all. I still don't feel 'good' about it but I feel better knowing it was just a freak hatch accident. 😣
On the good news at least these guys have made it. My mom is in love with the little chipmunk chick. I told her, "that one's probably a boy"
I've hatched eggs a few times and I've never had this happen before. Baby developed, was fine, pipped the egg, zipped the egg... I went to lie down for a while (I have covid and being up too long makes me weak), and when I came back, zipped chick hadn't made any progress on getting out further...
My girls laid these before the winter storm. Surprisingly they laid 8 eggs today after only getting 2 yesterday. Little devils.
I wish Winter didn't hit all at once like this. It's been 60F for weeks here in Oklahoma. 😩
This is an old post but he's a handsome lad now.
He's short and kind of squat. The other male I have in the flock is tall and kind of imposing. I love his temperament though. He really got the Marans and Brahma docility from his mixed heritage.
With biscuits, you get your flour (we use self rising, but I'm assuming GF means gluten free) and add your fat. My mom uses lard in hers but some use cold butter. Anyway - when you add that solid fat, crumble your flour and that fat together so your dough makes little beads, like the size of...