The 2 left looked like they were fully developed, the air sacs even expanded. I'm not sure why they didn't hatch. 😩 I didn't do an eggtopsy. We buried them (my kids are 6, 4 and 2) thanked God for their lives and said goodbye. My sweet Olive, the only I knew for a fact was a female olive egger...
This baby finally hatched! Had a huge umbilical hernia, I had to pull the 3 older chicks out, as they were pecking at this poor baby! It's finally resting and the older ones are enjoying their new set up!
Two more are hard at work. I've seen others move, so hoping they'll move along.
3rd brown egg from unknown mother (I have 22 brown egg layers) this one has a light colored beak.
And the first Cream Legbar egg! I have 4 brown and 4 blue in here.
I have 8 eggs in here, I didn't want too many inside over winter, originally set 14. One died probably around day 6 or 7. 5 were unfertilized. All 8 looked healthy on day 17 before lockdown. No more are out yet, but have seen the tiny brown one in this picture breathing. Baby desperately wants a...
My first chick started pipping last night around 8:30pm, at about 7am this morning I heard the peeping of the first baby! This is my first hatch, quite a compulsive decision. We had to cull our rooster after he tried attacking me, but I didn't want to miss trying for some olive eggers! I was...