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    What kind of chick could this be??

    I know, I feel silly for being so surprised by it. But I reached out to the woman I got the eggs from and sent her the pictures. She said it was definitely a leghorn egg based on the pictures.
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    What kind of chick could this be??

    Very interesting! My first thought was the black one looked like a barred rock chick, but they wouldn't lay a big white egg. It's a welcome surprise, but a surprise nonetheless! I never expected a black chick to come out of a white egg.
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    What kind of chick could this be??

    I bought from a local farm. Half were lavender orpington and half were "barnyard mix". Her ad only specifically mentioned lavenders, leghorns and blue laced wyandottes. The only ones that hatched were 3 lavenders and those 3 large white eggs. All fertilized by a lavender orpington rooster.
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    What kind of chick could this be??

    I just hatched six eggs 3 of which were identical large white eggs. I thought they'd all be white Leghorns but one is black! Also the two that came out yellow have little black freckles on their backs. Any ideas? The last picture of the cuddle puddle is the only one I have where the black specks...
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    Pics of newly hatched lavender orpington chicks?

    I also got the chance to see the parent birds and both were purebred lavender orpingtons
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    Pics of newly hatched lavender orpington chicks?

    I just hatched some lavenders. They looked very dark at first. I'll attach 2 pics of the same baby. Hope this helps!
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    Baby chicks not moving in brooder!

    They all looked up at me when I tapped the glass and they just started scooting around a bit. But it almost seems like they can't stand. Maybe they're just exhausted?
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    Baby chicks not moving in brooder!

    They are conscious and responsive to touch and sound. These guys hardly slept all night, they were falling all over each other and the other eggs. Just constantly moving. They put out a few shrill peeps at first when I put them in and since they've just been like this. One tried to stand a...
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    Baby chicks not moving in brooder!

    I have 3 chicks that hatched late last night. They were super active but struggling to move around the incubator because it was crowded with other eggs. A fourth baby really struggled to get out of the shell because of these three piling on top. So I just moved them into the brooder and they...
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    Small air cells on day 20

    This is a better picture showing the crack on the bottom of the egg. It doesn't look like the other pips, it's like a big chunk of the shell has been pushed away
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    Small air cells on day 20

    Ok I'm back with more pictures... This one that's cracked on the underside, how will it get air? You can see the air cell up top. Has it actually pipped down below or did it accidentally break through the wrong side with a foot? And the second picture, is this what an internal pip looks like?
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    Small air cells on day 20

    I'm not seeing any liquid from the upside downer. I occasionally hear one loud cry and panic a bit wondering if it's in distress. I've been glued to it for days already! I thought this would be so fun to have some hatching easter eggs for my son, but I've never been so anxious in my life! 😆...
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    Small air cells on day 20

    I can't see very well through one of the questionable ones as the shell is darker brown. But also haven't been able to see the internal pips in any of the others, just the cracks in the shells. I guess I'm not sure what to look for? I also have one that has pipped on the underside. Hearing...
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    Small air cells on day 20

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    Small air cells on day 20

    I've been shining my little flashlight through the sides of the incubator. Will it disturb them if I keep doing that throughout the hatch process?
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