Arrows in My Quiver
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Mar. 30, 2008
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More Baby Chick Info
| A question has been posed as to why the Mama Hen abandoned the nest. Logistics, I think. The baby chicks wouldn't stay in the nest, and she had to continually get in and out and I think she just got tired. I would try to put them back in for her, but they're just too darn frisky. I think it's pretty common, though. But the heat lamp seems to be working, because I just peeked outside, and one of the eggs has what's called a "pip" in the side. A pip is the first little break made in the shell by the emerging chick. It makes it with it's egg tooth, which it loses shortly after it's born. Neato, huh! But I'm crossing my fingers that it makes it out ok, because it didn't get the continuous needed heat. I'll keep you updated. |
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• Mar. 31, 2008 - Untitled Comment
I hope the little guys make it. They are just so stinkin' cute-- after they get fluffed up, of course.