Remember Jeffrey? She's been broody for a while. We tried REALLY HARD to break her of it, but she wasn't having any of that! We would trap her outside the coop and she would walk around it all. day. long. We finally gave in to her toddler like demands and let her sit on some eggs. The kids would get the biggest kick out of opening up the coop doors to hear her screech.
She had three eggs. One hatched in the wee hours of the morning and didn't make it :o( We saw another one hatching, but it seemed to be taking a long time so we asked Dr. Google what to do. Meet the chicken obstetrician. Joshua......
Joshua VERY patiently broke small pieces of shell off with the tweezers while keeping the membrane moist. It took several hours. Meet Colby (as in Colby Jack.)
Baby chicks are so sweet and Jeffery is such a good mother!
Oh yeah, the other egg was a dud. We candled it and there was no chick. Jeffrey doesn't seem to mind.
TTFN!
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