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Ah, interesting. It sure is going to be fun to watch it grow up and see if it changes or remains a brat!

We only have one hen and incubated one egg a day from her (all the chicks come from the same gene pool). Chick #3 is smaller and stands more upright than the others BUT is by far the most aggressive and active. It pecks everyone and took off running as soon as we put it in the brooder with the...

#3 is in the brooder! We are 3 for 3 so far.

Good luck! Those are SO pretty! (Ours are Barred Rocks)

Thanks! This is stressful but fun. We bought our chicks at the feed store last time, but are excited to hatch our own this year!

#2 is still thriving and #3 hatched this morning too! 3 for 3!!

Yes! Very good. The look on my 17 and 13yo daughters' faces when they saw #1 pop out was worth it all. Even though they've seen it before, this one is theirs!

Chick #2's shell actually ended up shattering on one side (weak shell?) at 2pm (it pipped at 4am) but the chick did not come out. We were scared to intervene and researched tons of great info here. About four hours after the shell shattered, we noticed the chick seemed weaker and the membrane...

Thank you! #2 is in the brooder and #3 pipped sometime around 4am. I don't think I've ever done anything so equally stressful and exciting.

After our horrid chicken disaster last summer (dog killed 5 of 6) we rescued a rooster for our lonely hen. Suffice it to say, she was lonely no more. We put three consecutive eggs in the incubator, waited three days and added three more. All appear to be fertile and growing right along...

I'm on Whidbey Island, in Coupeville. LOTS of chicken people here - we have an annual Coop Tour! ~Susan

Good morning, chicken friends! My Barred Rock hen started laying six days ago. The first two were in the dirt, the third on the floor in the middle of the coop, and the last three in her nest - not in the nice nest box, but in a bale of hay. This morning, she is snuggled down in her nest (I...