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Three chicks out of the incubator so far! No other pips yet so I'm a little concerned (because today is day 21! Hatch day, guys, come on out!) about the rest of the chicks, but we'll see. I'll give them at least another two or so days to start hatchin' and if not I'll open up the eggs and see what went wrong/if there's anybody alive in there. Seramas are a bit delicate and difficult to hatch, especially when shipped, so if that's all I get, so be it, but it would be nice to get more if the universe is so inclined. I had to help one of the chicks out of its egg because it made a big hole in its egg and then didn't zip quickly enough, so the membrane dried up by the hole and made it stuck. I made the bathroom all humid so there would be no humidity loss when I opened the incubator (humidity loss during hatching time, even for a minute or two, can cause major problems) and got out the two hatched chicks and the one I needed to help. Thankfully the one that needed help only needed a little help, a tiny bit of the membrane just got stuck to its little wing. A few seconds fixed that. :) It's doing perfectly fine!

Charming and her four chicks are doing great, too! Pictures of all seven chicks probably tomorrow, and maybe more if I'm lucky and get more chicks tonight.

I got in a juvenile wild turkey. Unfortunately it had a bad, bad compound fracture in the wing and had to be put down. The bone sticking out was literally about 1.5" out and 1" wide, eesh, and then there was a smaller bone piece sticking out a few inches away. D: Also, the entire area around the compound fracture was huge, yellow, and awful-looking--totally infected and seemed like a mess of bones in there. The lump of bone and tissue was about 2-3" wide and maybe 2" tall. I think the injury had been around for at least a few days. Also, one of the turkey's legs was unable to move, so that was the final nail in the coffin. (Would've put it down without that, too, though.) I think it may have been hit by a car. I've euthanized quite a few wild animals, easily in the dozens, but it's still a bit sad. :( I took the turkey's body to the intake center because the vet is not allowed to deal with the wildlife corpses and stuck it in the freezer there.

Ummm, that's all for now I suppose! Still watching the incubator for more pips and whatnot. I'm sooo happy about my serama chicks I have so far, they're SUPER cute!

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Three chicks out of the incubator so far! No other pips yet so I'm a little concerned (because today is day 21! Hatch day, guys, come on out!) about the rest of the chicks, but we'll see. I'll give them at least another two or so days to start hatchin' and if not I'll open up the eggs and see what went wrong/if there's anybody alive in there. Seramas are a bit delicate and difficult to hatch, especially when shipped, so if that's all I get, so be it, but it would be nice to get more if the universe is so inclined. I had to help one of the chicks out of its egg because it made a big hole in its egg and then didn't zip quickly enough, so the membrane dried up by the hole and made it stuck. I made the bathroom all humid so there would be no humidity loss when I opened the incubator (humidity loss during hatching time, even for a minute or two, can cause major problems) and got out the two hatched chicks and the one I needed to help. Thankfully the one that needed help only needed a little help, a tiny bit of the membrane just got stuck to its little wing. A few seconds fixed that. :) It's doing perfectly fine!

Charming and her four chicks are doing great, too! Pictures of all seven chicks probably tomorrow, and maybe more if I'm lucky and get more chicks tonight.

I got in a juvenile wild turkey. Unfortunately it had a bad, bad compound fracture in the wing and had to be put down. The bone sticking out was literally about 1.5" out and 1" wide, eesh, and then there was a smaller bone piece sticking out a few inches away. D: Also, the entire area around the compound fracture was huge, yellow, and awful-looking--totally infected and seemed like a mess of bones in there. The lump of bone and tissue was about 2-3" wide and maybe 2" tall. I think the injury had been around for at least a few days. Also, one of the turkey's legs was unable to move, so that was the final nail in the coffin. (Would've put it down without that, too, though.) I think it may have been hit by a car. I've euthanized quite a few wild animals, easily in the dozens, but it's still a bit sad. :( I took the turkey's body to the intake center because the vet is not allowed to deal with the wildlife corpses and stuck it in the freezer there.

Ummm, that's all for now I suppose! Still watching the incubator for more pips and whatnot. I'm sooo happy about my serama chicks I have so far, they're SUPER cute!

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Mom hit a grey fox on the highway. :( :( :( I said "Fox!" when it ran out, but apparently she didn't see it... And it was going to be fine if it kept going, but it backtracked and ran right under her tire. I thought she hadn't hit it, but she felt it thump against her tire. I feel really sad and guilty, even though obviously it was just an accident, we can't help what happened, and I wasn't even driving. Poor fox, just trying to cross the street. It was such a cute and pretty little fox, it didn't deserve that...

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On a better note, we got some fencing for the front yard. Finally, I've been waiting to get some fencing forever because our dogs sometimes run out in the street if they're excited about a person being over there (there's a bike path and the dogs want to say hi to people and dogs over there) and it's really scary. No close calls, but I can't help but worry! D: Also, I was offered a nice dog kennel for FREE from someone in Sacramento, so we're probably going to go pick it up on Sunday. Getting this dog kennel, plus the kennel I already got, means I'll have PLENTY of room for my birds! 60 sq each for the two smaller kennels, plus a 200 sq ft larger kennel, plus my chicken coop (which is 375 sq ft not including the henhouse, which adds another 100 sq ft or so). :D I'll be set! (Other than building the quail cage, I still need to get the last of the materials for that and start building.)

Kind of an up and down type of day. Chicks hatching, putting a turkey down, getting offered a free kennel, getting fence stuff, going out to dinner, hitting a fox. I dunno. I'm so sensitive about animal stuff, but I can't help it. My core belief is that animals' lives matter as much as peoples' lives and to trivialize another life would go totally against who I am. I'm simply not capable of that kind of apathy.

(Don't worry, I'm not that horribly depressed, just...feel bad for the fox. :( The turkey was a compassionate decision, but the fox...)

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Mom hit a grey fox on the highway. :( :( :( I said "Fox!" when it ran out, but apparently she didn't see it... And it was going to be fine if it kept going, but it backtracked and ran right under her tire. I thought she hadn't hit it, but she felt it thump against her tire. I feel really sad and guilty, even though obviously it was just an accident, we can't help what happened, and I wasn't even driving. Poor fox, just trying to cross the street. It was such a cute and pretty little fox, it didn't deserve that...

T____T

On a better note, we got some fencing for the front yard. Finally, I've been waiting to get some fencing forever because our dogs sometimes run out in the street if they're excited about a person being over there (there's a bike path and the dogs want to say hi to people and dogs over there) and it's really scary. No close calls, but I can't help but worry! D: Also, I was offered a nice dog kennel for FREE from someone in Sacramento, so we're probably going to go pick it up on Sunday. Getting this dog kennel, plus the kennel I already got, means I'll have PLENTY of room for my birds! 60 sq each for the two smaller kennels, plus a 200 sq ft larger kennel, plus my chicken coop (which is 375 sq ft not including the henhouse, which adds another 100 sq ft or so). :D I'll be set! (Other than building the quail cage, I still need to get the last of the materials for that and start building.)

Kind of an up and down type of day. Chicks hatching, putting a turkey down, getting offered a free kennel, getting fence stuff, going out to dinner, hitting a fox. I dunno. I'm so sensitive about animal stuff, but I can't help it. My core belief is that animals' lives matter as much as peoples' lives and to trivialize another life would go totally against who I am. I'm simply not capable of that kind of apathy.

(Don't worry, I'm not that horribly depressed, just...feel bad for the fox. :( The turkey was a compassionate decision, but the fox...)