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They should match ;) Both parents are Bresse.

The final survivor of 18 eggs set: One. Meet mama Abigail and her baby chick: She squashed the last egg that was just about ready to hatch. :( But this baby is very lively and 6 days old already - so hopefully she will be alright.

I poked a safety hole in that last egg, and it's ALIVE! I missed the air sac (side-saddled) and poked her in the neck I think, made a little smear of blood. Peeled a little shell to expose the beak, she's breathing and chewing, and the rest of the membrane looks like she's ready to pop! Oh my...

Progress update: Betsy lost her last chick, as in found dead under her. 😢 Abigail lost one of two that hatched so far; it was found near the coop entrance, with a bloody and swollen head. Pecked to death by one or both of the other two chickens in this space. So she has one chick left, and the...

My second broody's chicks are hatching! 2 so far, 2 to go, plus I gave her Betsy's last 2 eggs that may/may not hatch. Betsy is done, with 1 surviving chick. Fingers crossed!

Yes, it's her first. Hopefully she'll do better next time.

:hit Betsy killed two more chicks. The first one to hatch 2 days ago, looks like it suffocated. The second was an egg hatching last night, this morning squashed and dead. She has one chick left, and two eggs. Still sitting, and every time that lonely chick sticks his head out from her breast...

Yes, she should be up. Falling on her side isn't a good sign. She's weak, but all is not hopeless. But you have choices: (1) Treat her alone in a brooder, fingers crossed she makes it - then: (1a) Once she has her strength, steal one or two of the other chicks to raise in the brooder with her...

Still going on today.... Betsy has hatched 3, but squashed one. She also squashed an egg in the process of zipping. :( Still two survivors, and three eggs to go.........

I'd put her back ASAP. She needs to be back with mama within the first day, else mama might reject her.

Another of Betsy's eggs hatched overnight - two down, five to go!

I appears she's just still absorbing the last bit of yolk. That umbilical cord will dry up and separate when it's ready. As long as there are no active blood vessels in it and it's drying up, it's safe to cut it with sharp scissors. These chicks always worry me when it happens; I fear they'll...

They're hatching already!!! Two days early! :wee I went over to candle them tonight (first time) from both broodies, and Betsy already had a little wet, white chick under her! They weren't due until Wednesday. Two more have externally pipped, two have internally pipped, and two more waiting to...

Oh my goodness, how are you doing now?

Hey, I'll join in! I have two stubborn broody hens due to hatch Oct. 4th-5th, and 6-9th-ish. The girls are Bresse; one with two Bresse eggs and six mixed barnyard mutts, and the other with seven Bresse eggs. I haven't even candled them once, so I have absolutely no idea what will happen. I like...