I decided yesterday to bring home the eggs Nancy had been sitting on for us. I was just worried they would pip and hatch before I could bring them to Lucy and she might not want them. When we got to Sarahs the Blue orpington had a massive pip. It definitely came from inside the shell but there was blood on the crack. A quick google from Trina and we learnt that all could be well. I took the 3 eggs (THANKS NANCE!) and put them under Lucy. When I checked at about 7pm Luce had 'helped' the chick out and I noticed alot of blood. I had a look and the chick hadnt made it through the hatch. could be lots of things, sad but part of the process and we've been lucky to hatch so many to this point without this happenening. Its now 12:14pm on Friday. No more pips from here but I can hear all 3 of the orps Luce sat on (#1's) cheeping very very loudly. It actually sounds like there are day old chicks in the nest! Luce is in there talking away quietly to them. Im hoping by late this afternoon we will have pips.
We are down to 9 eggs now,
2x buff orp
2x black orp
1x barred rock
1x blue orp
1x gold/blue laced wyandotte
1x blue laced wyandotte
1x barnevelder
We were so sad to hear of this wee ones story. I know it's part of the process, and with everything thats happened to date, we are so lucky. Isn't Luce amazing. Chatting away to her babies. So cool. Wendy is up here looking after hers. They seem to be getting rotated around a bit? Not sure what's going on. We now have 3 pips. Araucana, Campine and Langshan.
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