July 2023 Hatch-A-Long

[junior67]

Congrats! it looks super cute!

I woke up to 3 external pips (#4 and #6 joined the club) and the others have all pipped internally as far as I can tell. I can hear them chirping through the shells once in a while.

Can't wait to see you babies!!!!

 

[gimmie birdies]

Doing art while I wait for chicks to hatch. This is exact size.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Final count is 6 babies!
That's a 100% hatch rate for the eggs that were actually fertile!
I don't have photos of all of them yet so here's a few random ones.

 

[gimmie birdies]

All for today.

 

[Canadian Wind]

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All for today.

Very nice! What medium are you using?

 

[gimmie birdies]

acrylics.

 

[Canadian Wind]

acrylics.

It's giving me ideas for stuff to make for sale. I'm going to work on some herbal salves but was thinking of doing some art, too.

Okay, we now return you to our regularly scheduled program!

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Congrats on the 6 babies!
The paintings are really nice! How long did they take you to paint? They look very detailed, with lots of nuance/shades in each color

I'm at 6 external pips, and I expect the last one to poke through any time now, it sounds very active. No zips yet. #2 made a second whole and I can see its little beak "chewing" through the little gap so it doesn't look quite ready to come out yet.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Here's the chicks. As far as I can tell I have 1 Sussex X Barnevelder and what appears to be 5 (4 Gold, 1 Silver) purebred Barnevelders.

 

[tranquiliti]

Heard egg-chewing sounds from one or two in my incubator tonight, so I went to crank the brooder temp back up to 93F.

My latest hatchling had started in the brooder at 95°, and I’m worried that her close contact with the heating panel led to her FTT and eventual demise. So maybe 93 will be good enough in summertime…