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Offline newchick

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #685 on: May 31, 2013, 17:41 »
TPC, were you concerned that the newly hatched chick seemed to be lying down so much.
Could s/he have been not strong right from hatching?
Who knows BCBird, but, I wonder, it is indeed sad news that we've lost the poor little guy, :o, ::) the weather as Tracey was saying in an earlier post hasn't been favorable, rain, pouring rain, miserable cold and very windy.  Just hope the rest of the brood will be o.k.   :'(

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #684 on: May 31, 2013, 17:36 »
TPC, were you concerned that the newly hatched chick seemed to be lying down so much.
Could s/he have been not strong right from hatching?

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #683 on: May 31, 2013, 17:36 »
I am so sorry to hear about the chick. My the eggs and other chicks be ok.. :(

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #682 on: May 31, 2013, 17:34 »
CBC Radio News just announced the passing of our dear little chick. :'(

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #681 on: May 31, 2013, 17:32 »
I am so sorry this has happened. who knows for sure.

let us hope the other eggs hatch out . at least one of them anyway

 :-* to all of you

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #680 on: May 31, 2013, 17:32 »
2 things:  Ballywing saw a second hatch?  And is that Ivy still on the eggs?

Yes, Ivy still on eggs.  No to the second hatch - there is a very pale egg that can look like a chick during the brief moments we get to see the eggs/chick.  I think if we do get more hatches, we will only get two.  I think the egg I saw that "pip" on a couple of days ago may not be viable, I think during Ivy's last re-positioning, I saw the egg and could see the pip just the way I saw it then.  Hope I'm wrong, but I do have a sneaking suspicion ...

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #679 on: May 31, 2013, 17:27 »
What do you think about any of the other eggs, TPC? Do you think it's past the time that we can expect them to hatch? ???

No way for me to say for sure what might happen I'm afraid Kinderchick.  That Princess and Ivy are still on them is a very hopeful sign and with the cooler weather that could have slowed things down.  Only time will tell ... the next three days are forecasted to be warm and sunny, good days for a hatch ...

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #678 on: May 31, 2013, 17:26 »
2 things:  Ballywing saw a second hatch?  And is that Ivy still on the eggs?

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #677 on: May 31, 2013, 17:23 »
It is likely our first chick of the year was just too weak to make it through the storm today folks.  It was almost 12 hours between feedings today and yesterday was a bit better but this would have been tough for any day-old chick to tolerate.  Thinking back to 2011, I suspect the same kind of thing might have happened or could have contributed to the deaths of one or both of the McKenzie Seeds chicks during that horrendous week of rain.  Because Hurricane is not a big female keeping her chicks dry did mean fewer meals and that could have played a part in their deaths.  No way to know for sure of course, but Hurricane hadn't nested through horrible weather like that before so even with a nestbox it was hard for her, good parent though she is.  Princess has (unfortunately) been through storms - ice, hail, snow and rain - but even she could only do one or the other - keep her kid dry or fed.  She made the right choice but it was still a gamble and the weather wasn't playing fair by lasting so long.

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #676 on: May 31, 2013, 17:21 »
What do you think about any of the other eggs, TPC? Do you think it's past the time that we can expect them to hatch? ???

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #675 on: May 31, 2013, 17:18 »
So very sorry to hear this sad news . . . Princess did the best she could.  Heartbreaking.

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #674 on: May 31, 2013, 17:15 »
I cried watching Ivy nudge the baby, I could tell there was no life in it, this is so very sad. :'(

Yes, after watching Princess's valiant efforts these last two days and seeing Ivy now, my heart is breaking too.

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #673 on: May 31, 2013, 17:12 »
I'm so very sorry to read this news  :'( :'(

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #672 on: May 31, 2013, 17:12 »
TPC tweeting (see the lower right hand side of main cam page) at 5pm that it looks like we lost the chick.
Yup. That's exactly what I thought.  I have been away from home all day. Just walked in and saw the poor little chick and knew immediately he was gone. :'(  :'( :'(
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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #671 on: May 31, 2013, 17:11 »
I cried watching Ivy nudge the baby, I could tell there was no life in it, this is so very sad. :'(