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    9.5 week old EE sexing

    Thanks! I figured as much. Any thoughts on these three? I'm pretty sure on 2, but that cuckoo one I go back and forth on. All 9.5 weeks old.
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    9.5 week old EE sexing

    I'm leaning cockerel on them but want to make sure. They are EE/polish/ brahma.
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    Looks like I'll be potentially getting more chicks, one of my hens is sleeping on a nest away from the coop. I believe she's an australorpe, she was supposed to be a jersey giant but she's not big enough.
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    Hope you have pips and chicks!
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    My total was 23 out of 30 that developed. 6 did nothing, they were eggs I collected during a cold spell so they were likely damaged from that. One pipped and died. Not too bad for a winter hatch.
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    Any progress?
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    I think I'm at 18 chicks with 3 more pips. I'm surprised I've only got two booted chicks, my main rooster is half Brahma.
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    10 in the brooder, 3 in the incubator and three more on the way. Apparently my silkies lay brown eggs, I've got a little jet black silkie mutt chick.
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    6, with 7 on the way out.
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    So far I believe there's 5 out. 25 more to go. The 5 are EE mutts.
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    Those don't look fertile, Sorry.
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    I have a pip.
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    I'm down 10 eggs, a couple duds and a few early DIS. I know cold may have been a factor for some of them. I still have 30 something going. I'm going to set up my brooder this week so it'll be ready.
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    The first few days you likely won't see anything. By now the only development would be enlargement of the blastoderm. Blood first appears around day 3-4. By day 5 you should see the vascular system including the heart beating. By day 9 the heart will likely no longer be visible but the embryo...
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    Valentine's day hatch -a-long

    My last hatch out of 18 eggs, only 7 were pullets. I'm hoping for better odds this time.
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