13th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[Josip]

l catch moment when he hatch

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CcZMQN_KOhS/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

[kurby22]

l catch moment when he hatch

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CcZMQN_KOhS/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I like that he had an audience too!

 

[Sally PB]

floofified

Floofify: verb. Meaning to dry out, fluff up; said of newly hatched chicks in the stage between hatch and utter cuteness.
floofifying, floofified

 

[SheaLoner]

The BEST alarm clock!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

My first one's out! The other three eggs are drawn down, so they shouldn't be far behind.

My cat, Casper, is veeery curious... These are the first babies since I adopted him so it's going to be interesting. I've already set up the brooder to be cat-proof so we're covered on that front.

 

[pinewoodacres]

Well I had a loss. This is never fun. I brood outside in a tractor with heat plates and bedding, etc. and one of the babies I put out last night was outside the heater area when I went out this morning. She was still alive so I breathed a sigh of relief, thought she just needed to get her temp up but then I turned her over and somehow her leg had gotten mangled up. There was no way it would have healed and poor thing had to be in pain so I had to cull.

Worst part of chicken keeping, hands down.

I have a dozen left now and more still pipping. I have one that looked to be starting to zip last night and only made a little progress since (looks like a big hole, like it can’t turn) and I noticed the humidity had dropped a lot. I sprayed two sprays from a water squirt bottle and humidity came back up quickly but I don’t know if now I’ll have sticky chick or what. Last time I had sticky chick didn’t turn out well. That’s the only time I have assisted and I swore I would never do it again.

 

[Florida Backyard Chickens]

When you say that it's struggling, what are you seeing in person to feel it's struggling? Is it pecking repeatedly at the same spot and making a lot of noise but not rotating? Also how far along is the rest of the hatch? Mostly finished and down to a few stragglers or just getting

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

I think I *may* have my first pip. Looks like a slight crack in the shell.

 

[Mrs J]

I think I *may* have my first pip. Looks like a slight crack in the shell.

Yaaayyyy

 

[Mrs J]

I woke up to these fluffy bums bums this morning