Have some early birds

[B-Goock]

I got home this morning from work & the early birds are making an appearance.

 

[Offshoreorca]

Awesome! How cute and exciting

 

[B-Goock]

Think this may be all of them.

 

[Nabiki]

Mine go into lockdown tomorrow.
5 button eggs went into lockdown today. They're not mine! They're the roommate's. One of her hens went broody but quit after a three or four days, so we put the eggs that showed development into the incubator with my coturnix eggs. Of the six we put in, 5 show good development as of today.

 

[B-Goock]

Not a bad hatch considering I hadn't stored these eggs for hatching. We just had them on the counter in the "eat basket" and I got a wild hair to hatch some. Then my hen to roo ratio isn't at optimum for fertility. About 8:1 so the girls don't get roughed up. I set 40 and 24 hatched. 10 or 11 dud eggs. 2 hatched but died before they fluffed up. Couple didn't pip.

 

[thanai]

Awwwww what sweeties!! What breed?

 

[B-Goock]

Awwwww what sweeties!! What breed?

Courtnix. They are unbelievably active little fluff balls.

 

[thanai]

Courtnix. They are unbelievably active little fluff balls.

Awwwwwww they look so sweet. Congrats on the babies!

 

[thanai]

I can't wait 'till spring where I can do my first hatch!! So excited.... especially with all the chick pics!

 

[B-Goock]

Well the lil babies have been grown adults for a couple weeks now. They aren't all laying but its increasing steadily. What's interesting is one is laying a blueish egg. None of the parents laid anything like it.