These are my latest to hatch. I was having difficulty loading pictures, but have figured out how to successfully upload them...at the library. Not enough signal at home to do it.
I'm really happy with them.
Silver Appleyard ducklings "Daffy and Daisy" - one with proper color pattern and one with throwback pattern to Mallard heritage. They are absolutely adorable the way they waggle their tails like puppies. But boy do they make a mess, and the keet as well.
Gwennie the lonely Guinea. Was only lucky enough to have one keet hatch. She/he is significantly quicker to mature and quicker moving than either the ducks or any chicks I've hatched. She's like a rubber ball that bounces off the walls of their brooder.
These last ones are my first "Grandchicks." They are a cross between my Golden Buff and Tetra Tint laying hens and my Partridge Silkie Rooster. They look like identical twins except one has a tiny black stripe on its head. It would be neat to find the sex-linked pattern carried through with these crosses, but I won't know until I can hatch out more and identify sex with growth. Definitely the silkie is there because they both have five toes. And they seem softer/fluffier than any of my other newborns, but that could be because "they're from my own hens."
I'm really happy with them.
Silver Appleyard ducklings "Daffy and Daisy" - one with proper color pattern and one with throwback pattern to Mallard heritage. They are absolutely adorable the way they waggle their tails like puppies. But boy do they make a mess, and the keet as well.
Gwennie the lonely Guinea. Was only lucky enough to have one keet hatch. She/he is significantly quicker to mature and quicker moving than either the ducks or any chicks I've hatched. She's like a rubber ball that bounces off the walls of their brooder.
These last ones are my first "Grandchicks." They are a cross between my Golden Buff and Tetra Tint laying hens and my Partridge Silkie Rooster. They look like identical twins except one has a tiny black stripe on its head. It would be neat to find the sex-linked pattern carried through with these crosses, but I won't know until I can hatch out more and identify sex with growth. Definitely the silkie is there because they both have five toes. And they seem softer/fluffier than any of my other newborns, but that could be because "they're from my own hens."
nothing. Slowly opened egg from air sack end, to find a baby with all veins shrivelled, a tiny pip in the membrane and a little sleeping chicken 
what's the chipmunk one?
