shrink wrap
shrink wrap at Alektorophobia is a file of 2 stories. The newest of them: “Two keets met grim ends: what went wrong with this batch of eggs” and “One Chick's Journey, Another's Goodbye: Egg-citing News from the Coop”. Two keets, two days old, two grim endings, and I'm left wondering if I missed something or if the eggs were doomed from the start. Well, Franky pulled off the ultimate magic trick: making a nest disappear while sitting on it. Chickens. Everything there is to know about chickens and the fear of them. The list below is every shrink wrap story on Alektorophobia, newest first.
Two keets met grim ends: what went wrong with this batch of eggs
Two keets, two days old, two grim endings, and I'm left wondering if I missed something or if the eggs were doomed from the start. One couldn't poop without help, its vent stuck open like a gaping hole no amount of soaking could fix. The other couldn't walk, rolling onto its side until it ran out of steam. I had to put them both down because watching them suffer felt worse than making the call. I'm betting the real culprit was how long those eggs sat outside, forgotten on the counter and past their prime. Low hatch rates and weird deformities in the rest of the batch seem to back that up.
One Chick's Journey, Another's Goodbye: Egg-citing News from the Coop
Well, Franky pulled off the ultimate magic trick: making a nest disappear while sitting on it. I am genuinely impressed, and honestly, a little jealous of her chill. Between the cold snap claiming one little one and the chaos of trying to move a protective mama, this update had my heart doing the chicken dance. The image of sliding her nest like a cake out of an oven is pure genius, even if it was a sick, sleep-deprived idea. It's a relief she settled right in with her baby once they were reunited. This is exactly the kind of happy, slightly chaotic news I needed.