Aw, I’m sorry to hear that. Was the baby deformed or anything? Or just random DIE?
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The one in the leaky egg seemed to have some hydrocephaly … maybe. No massive kinking. Unclear what happene, truthfully. I’m not sure if it got some type of infection or what the leak signified. Going to have to put this down to fate.
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Welllll… the little snip I put in the remaining egg yesterday had sealed. I just candled it and tried pushing the occupant around to no avail. However, when I expanded the cut, there was define movement inside the egg. It’s absolutely alive right now.
So I enlarged the cut enough for a baby’s head to easily fit through, but the egg back in the moss and put the whole thing back into the peace and quiet of the incubation area. I’m sure it’s freaked out. If the baby isn’t healthy enough to emerge now, well, it isn’t healthy enough to survive.
I’ll leave it alone until bed time and then take a peek.
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No change, which I am taking as a discouraging sign. Been a long day, gotta turn in.
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I just got back from a concert, sad to hear the other egg seems discouraging. Just give it time and maybe it’ll still come on out.
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Still not feeling too positive but the baby in the egg repositioned a bit and blew a very few, very tiny bubbles. I’m guessing it’s kinked but on the remote chance that it’s just shy, I’ll leave it alone and check this evening. Can’t hurt to wait at this point.
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Incubate until there’s no debate! I had a few take several days to leave the egg.
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Yep. Me too. The bubbles are bigger, so the baby is alive.
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Alive is good, bubbles are good, here’s to hoping that little one will realize the outside world is waiting and come say hello.
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Any changes?
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Nothing happy. The bubbles had … stiffened. I removed them and didn’t feel any movement. Haven’t had time to cut into it but I believe the baby died. 
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I am so sorry to hear that. I was hoping for a much happier outcome, at least for one.
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Awwww im sorry to hear this news, i really do feel bad about the news. I know your babies are more than just a business, so it hurts more when there is loss, where maybe some breeders cull the unwanted without even a thought. Of course ya can text me later if you want to talk about it. I know nature can be tough and cruel and death happens but that doesn’t really make one feel better about that sentiment. I know some out there would only see it as losing profit or meh its just an animal and some only care about the welfare of the animal as it affects their profit line. Anyways im always a text away if ya ever just feel like getting the feelings out.
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Thank you for the kind words, my friends. It helps. They’re my passion, and I care about each individual. Loses always hurt. When I cut away the eggshell, it was obvious why this one didn’t make it. The poor little thing was fused into something like a Z, almost in an egg-shape, no possible way it could survive. I don’t even want to post a blurred pic, though I took some for the purpose of my records. I guess nature meant this one to feed somebody else. It’s an unhappy thing, but nothing I could fix.
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At least you know there was nothing you could have done to change the outcomes for these two little ones. It was for the best that they passed naturally, versus hatching with such issues. Sending you and your noodle family all of the love. 
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I agree, nothing you did was incorrect. I think in the case of that you can have some comfort in knowing it wasn’t something you may have inadvertently done. I know for me if i didn’t see obvious signs id likely be in my head “was there something i did wrong?”
I remember a story about a baby bird i found as a child, it had apparently fallen from the nest but i couldn’t find it anywhere. Now this was in the 70s and we didn’t have access to the wealth of information that we have now. I kept the baby warm and fed it, but i passed away when i was at school. My momma told me “you did the best you could” still it was like i was nagged in my head with “what ifs”
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Oh no, I’m so sorry to hear that. What a bummer.
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Thanks. Nature can be harsh and it was. It is not the way I hoped to close out the year but i have no complaints about the season. I’ve had many happy endings, many blessings.
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