



I think I have 4 pullets and 2 cocks (hurrah!).. ..so fingers crossed! I am working on Compostman so I can keep one of the males and the other(S) ( if a good specimen) will be sold at Hereford Market as Silver Dorkings are apparently quite desirable.
So........... the unhatched egg. I had to make a decision..do I leave it ( it might have hatched BUT if it was a dud it could have exploded showering the chicks with rotten, bacteria laden stuff..NOT GOOD!)
So I tapped it, cheeped at it and got no reply, nor had it got any sign of cracking or pipping. At that point I made a decision and removed the egg,
I thought I had seen pipping on all of them , but I mistook a lump on this egg for a pip. :-(

So.....Compostman took it off and gently cracked it open...( just in case it WAS viable) and inside was a fully formed, but sadly dead, chick. :-( Ah well, there must have been a good reason for it not to even start to break out of the egg..so we will just sigh sadly and move on...
Sorry little chick that you didn't make it. :-((
But we *DO* have six chicks and I am SO happy!
So sorry No7 didn't make it but I am sure there would have been a good reason - and the 6 gorgeous healthy chicks are wonderful. Well done Sweetiepie.
ReplyDeleteRosie x
Awwww poor little chick. Glad the others made it though!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteAnd Sweetiepie is apparently SUCH a good mum to them! I was watching her today and she found a tasy morsel, ate a small bit the bit it into tiny pieces and clucked to the chicks to come and eat the bits from her beak...
I am continually impressed at hens ..not bird brains, they are actually CLEVER ...