MJ's little flock

[Perris]

Should I have left the poop in the nest?

I really can't say at a distance and having no idea really what the conditions there were like. Personally I would have just picked it out, and left everything else as was. What the poor chick does show is that both you and Mary have done good; it was fully grown.

Did you get back to the breeder about the thin shells on the Welsummer eggs? I really think you should.

 

[MaryJanet]

I'm so sorry it went wrong for that one, for Mary and for you.
I am still hoping some of the three eggs will hatch .
I would also have removed the poop. I removed a poop from Léa the day before the hatch.
(I also apologise that I can't seem to use the reaction button this morning.)

I'm hoping at least one of them can pull through, maybe two. I don't have much hope for the one that rolled down the ramp and went cold early on.

Well, if Lea's eggs hatched OK, maybe Mary's will too.

 

[MaryJanet]

I really can't say at a distance and having no idea really what the conditions there were like. Personally I would have just picked it out, and left everything else as was.

She's a big hen and the poop was right under her, so it would've been tricky.

I wish I'd quickly relocated her and eggs to a holding nest in the big tub while cleaning out the mucky nest, then quickly transferred them all back again.

Once I'd seen the poop, I was in a bit of panic to remove it before eggs stated hatching and didn't stop to think it through.

What the poor chick does show is that both you and Mary have done good; it was fully grown.

Well, that's something I guess.

Did you get back to the breeder about the thin shells on the Welsummer eggs? I really think you should.

I will be. I'm waiting until I can give her good news after the hatch. To sweeten the bitter pill. If that doesn't happen, I'll just work harder to find kinder words.

 

[Perris]

Once I'd seen the poop, I was in a bit of panic to remove it before eggs stated hatching and didn't stop to think it through.

entirely understandable - they're usually huge and stinky and the last thing you want a hatching chick to roll into.
What will be will be. I try to be stoical during a hatch.

 

[MaryJanet]

I think I can hear tiny cheeps coming from the nest. Very faint.

I could be mistaken.

 

[Perris]

we're all on tenterhooks with you...

 

[BDutch]

I think I can hear tiny cheeps coming from the nest. Very faint.

I could be mistaken.

Now it's getting really exciting.

 

[MaryJanet]

Well, Mary seems to have nodded off.

Makes me think that if there was anything going on, it must've stopped for now.

 

[MaryJanet]

Eyes closed, dreaming of better days.

I'm a couple of metres away, outside the run.

 

[RoyalChick]

we're all on tenterhooks with you...

I know! I keep checking for updates!