Had to post this picture of Braxton's second hatch. He had 8 fertile white eggs. 7 made it to lockdown and he has 5 out with the other two pipped.
I thought this picture was hilarious.
I do have a question about them. Most of the come out very smutty, but feather out white. We got another...
Here's a couple of pics from Braxton's visit to a college biology class to talk about his chickens.
Waiting to go in. He seemed a bit nervous.
Taking her in.
His friend that invited him.
Cracking eggs to check for fertility.
People coming by to check her out.
My son got invited to a college biology class today to speak about his silkies. He's pretty nervous so I hope he doesn't freeze up. I have to work so I won't be there but my friend is taking him and supposed to take pictures. He decided to take his Gray, Sophia.
A couple of shots while...
No chance they were under a hen. My son faithfully gathers the eggs everyday and I go behind him to check. This is the only incubator we have. I have a brooder set up with other chicks in them but they are about two weeks old.
We woke up to hear some peeping this morning. I thought a chick must have escaped the brooder in our basement. To our surprise this little chick hatched. They're not even in lockdown yet. They're supposed to go in lockdown on Monday. I bumped the humidity up to 65% and turned off the automatic...
Thanks everybody. He really had a great time. He doesn't really meet a stranger so he made a lot of friends. He's only 6 so the conversations about how eggs get fertile have been very amusing!!
My son's very first show is today. He's so excited that he's awake before sun up! He told me last night that he didn't care if he doesn't win but he just wants to see all the chickens!
I have a little chick that looks like it becoming cross beaked. Should I keep it for breeding or give it to a family as a pet? I wasn't sure if its hereditary or an incubation problem. Thanks for any input.