Re: another question

Thanks for the reply. Om
I need to invest in an incubator.
Regena


"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <Omelet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <3THdg.33683$fG3.20172@dukeread09>,
"Rhea" <rheag/nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My hen has stopped sitting only after 4 chicks hatched.
She is more interested in teaching the 4 chicks how to be chickens.
2 of the eggs are starting to hatch and the others are only days away.
Is there any way I could help the one that need a few more days?
I hope she sits on them tonight.
I am in Texas and the temps are high of 91 today low of 70 tonight.
Will they finish developing if she abandon them?
Thanks,
.·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·.Regena .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·.


You would have needed to take the chicks away and give them back later.
Unless you have some way to keep those that are still hatching at 100
degrees, those chicks are toast. :-(

Been there, done that.
I learned after the first time to keep an incubator up and handy.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson


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