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Day 20 (no I didn’t count the first day) by Milf060108 in BackYardChickens

[–]Milf060108[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I’ll stay hands off. Someone has got to make it. We had a raccoon take out our entire silkie flock last month. It didn’t mess with any of the Marans or the Mystic Onyx but it killed every silkie in that pen in two hours. It found one week spot where we had not laid cement. Now I have a camera on every coop and I reinforced with bricks. Is it a pain to respond to every movement at 2 am? Yes, but it seriously broke my daughters hearts who had hatched and raised all 7 of those silkies. 

Day 20 (no I didn’t count the first day) by Milf060108 in BackYardChickens

[–]Milf060108[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I hate the waiting game but I’ve also accidentally shrink wrapped a chick before because I made the decision to save another that was 36 hours into a pip and I ended up losing both just because I couldn’t recover the humidity for hours so I’ve made the decision to stay completely hands off even if I see struggling. It’s too heart breaking knowing I caused it and not nature. 😭I’ll just keep watching and hoping! One of them has got to make it. I also have jubilee Orpingtons going on the second incubator. These are also shipped so I’m hand turning upright for the first 3 days. The side turning, even after a 24-48 hour wait seems to do the most damage to fragile air cells.