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Silkie hatching her first eggs

post #1 of 5
2/29/12 at 6:01pm
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My little silkie started hatching her first eggs today. She has been patiently sitting on five eggs through all kinds of bad weather, and today I raised her wings and was greeted by two little heads peeking at me! I hope she hatches the other 3.wee.gif

100 chickens give or take 20 at any given time, 2 pigs, 3 miniature donkeys, 7 cows, 1 bull, 4 dogs, 3 kids

Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, All colors Bantam Cochins, Silkies, Gold Laced Wyandottes and Buff orpingtons

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100 chickens give or take 20 at any given time, 2 pigs, 3 miniature donkeys, 7 cows, 1 bull, 4 dogs, 3 kids

Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, All colors Bantam Cochins, Silkies, Gold Laced Wyandottes and Buff orpingtons

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post #2 of 5
2/29/12 at 7:21pm

Isn't that a great moment?

I'm an ol' lady and I cried when my Silkie hatched out 6 eggs this past summer.

 

I've had chickens for years but never a rooster and thus no newborn chicks.

I bought fertile eggs for her and she was just the best Mama possible.

 

You can hear about the miracle of birth but nothing can touch actually seeing.

I was awestruck.

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"... everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Viktor Frankl, concentration camp survivor
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post #3 of 5
3/1/12 at 6:32pm
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It is a miracle. I was raised with chickens and little diddles we called them. Now we are back to raising our children like we were. I have the first calf of the season due in a week, more little miracles for the children to see!

100 chickens give or take 20 at any given time, 2 pigs, 3 miniature donkeys, 7 cows, 1 bull, 4 dogs, 3 kids

Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, All colors Bantam Cochins, Silkies, Gold Laced Wyandottes and Buff orpingtons

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100 chickens give or take 20 at any given time, 2 pigs, 3 miniature donkeys, 7 cows, 1 bull, 4 dogs, 3 kids

Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, All colors Bantam Cochins, Silkies, Gold Laced Wyandottes and Buff orpingtons

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post #4 of 5
3/1/12 at 7:51pm
That is awesome! Our little silkie in my avatar hatched out 8 full size eggs and they all hatched last Easter morning. Me and my kids cried too:D!
1 boy, 1 girl,1 hubby, 1 weiner dog,1 cat, 1 lovebird, 1 cockatiel,turtle, hampster, 14 new zealand rabbits,2 holland lops, hermit crabs and fish. 38 chickens- newly hatched baby silkies!!!!!!!!!, blrw,glw, slw, ancona, barred rock, red sex link, cochins and bantam cochins, d' uccles, splash marans, salmon faverolles,austrolorpe, buff orphington, black star,buff and light brahmas.
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1 boy, 1 girl,1 hubby, 1 weiner dog,1 cat, 1 lovebird, 1 cockatiel,turtle, hampster, 14 new zealand rabbits,2 holland lops, hermit crabs and fish. 38 chickens- newly hatched baby silkies!!!!!!!!!, blrw,glw, slw, ancona, barred rock, red sex link, cochins and bantam cochins, d' uccles, splash marans, salmon faverolles,austrolorpe, buff orphington, black star,buff and light brahmas.
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post #5 of 5
3/2/12 at 5:54pm
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She is cute! Wow, I didn't know they could cover that many! I may try more eggs as the weather warms. Oh, I forgot to mention she hatched out all 5 eggs! Four Silkies,.... and an accidental RIR.idunno.gif

100 chickens give or take 20 at any given time, 2 pigs, 3 miniature donkeys, 7 cows, 1 bull, 4 dogs, 3 kids

Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, All colors Bantam Cochins, Silkies, Gold Laced Wyandottes and Buff orpingtons

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100 chickens give or take 20 at any given time, 2 pigs, 3 miniature donkeys, 7 cows, 1 bull, 4 dogs, 3 kids

Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, All colors Bantam Cochins, Silkies, Gold Laced Wyandottes and Buff orpingtons

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