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Your babies are beautiful, congrats!

Bed time! 13 total babies born, 42 eggs to start with. Theres always a chance with shipped eggs I know. Only 2 lav oprs and 2 blue marans. The rest are black marans.

So far I've got 7 FBCMs and 2 Lav Orpingtons. There are 4 more eggs with pip holes. I checked before dinner tonight and one had just hatched. I got up to clear my plate and looked again and 2 more had hatched! Hopefully this is the start to a whole bunch as I put in a total of 42 eggs but they...

Still only one hatched, 3 more eggs with pips. I actually didn't candle the dark eggs as I couldn't see through them! I should have some lav opringtons hatching soon as well but only candled them once at 11 days and eliminated two lav eggs that hadn't started. Its a total suprise how many I'll...

Its started! and they're very LOUD! 1 FBCM so far.......

Thanks for responding. I was counting it as Thursday evening being day one as well. Even though I know they shouldn't be piping until tomorrow at the earliest I keep looking in the window and looking, lol, anxious mommy!

I started a couple of days after everyone and they just went into lock down last night. Should be here sometime on Wed I think. Quick question though. If I set on a Wed evening does this count as 1 or does Thursday evening count as day 1? I've been counting as Thrusday evening counts as 1 as its...

I had good luck with some of silkie eggs from Catdance on this site. 13 of 24. Not bad for my very first batch, the fbcm only one, but her silkies above 50% and beautiful chicks!

French Black Copper Marans. I have a multi coop set up for various birds that I've put in together and free range together. I also buy hatchery stock pullets, raise them for a few weeks and offer them at chick swaps. They do very well at the swaps. Helps pay for the feed, coop construction costs...

43 set just now. FBCM and Lavender Orpingtons. Only one of my last shipped batch of FBCMs hatched and thats with a brand new 1588 bator. I would love a good hatch this time!