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Sweet! I'm trying to figure out how much longer it will be before my chicks stop hiding under mama. I'm going to order a heat lamp to supplement the heater I have running for them. Their feathers are coming in beautifully though.

@Saris they are still all happy and healthy. They have somehow learned to climb out of the nesting box and fly down to the lower level, which gives them a lot more room to play.

We lost power about that long, but luckily I did have a broody. We brought everybody inside during the storm, though, since we couldn't run their heater in the coop. The babies are all officially 2 weeks old now :)

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew what colouring my rooster is

All the babies have been born :)

All the babies have been born :)

She was pinkish and had a VERY blue back when she was just born and still wet. Almost navy. Maybe she is a splash. The andalusian and cream leg bar have tiny but obviously serrated combs and the other two don't have much at all. I'm so happy she was successful with her babies. Thank you so...

@Saris It was a brown egg that you said might be a Wyandotte or Orphington,I'm thinking Orphington. Great!

@Saris Dang. Let me know if you want eggs. I could buy enough for the both of us if you would incubate them. So this is the one that you weren't sure what it was. Any idea?

@Saris Schnell is the one on the nest. She seems fine and she's accepted the babies without trying to eat them. Did you ever hatch any Americaunas? The last chick has a tiny bit of face fluff, it's cute.

She hatched :) [@]Saris [/] happy tummy too!

New babies! A little blurry sorry, wanted to take these pics fast and get them back under mama @Saris The one chick that pipped externally before the others is still in its shell. The hole is large enough for the whole beak to fit through and then some, but when I look inside and use the...

The blue andalusian hatched at 8pm! I love her half white face. The next one looks like it might be a Buff Orphington. It's pipped a hole almost large enough to peek out of haha @Saris

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They are all nearly developed and I saw them kick today!!! I have 7 more days to find out.

@CowboysAngelI've had the absolute worst week, on top of losing her it's so stressful. Yes, she is so happy! When I check on her she's usually talking to them and she's kept all 4 100% covered since we spoke.

Seriously....? Look at the post right above the one you just posted. My first chick died.

I'd look for roo behavior like raising hackle feathers or look at their tail and wing feathers. I could mostly tell which were roos at 6 weeks because of the pointy shape of their tails and that they suddenly started growing feathers of new colours.

Saris is awesome and gave my hen blue andalusian, silver laced Wyandotte, Buff Orphington, and cream leg bar mix eggs when she lost her only hatching chick. Schnell is taking to them swimmingly so we should be done around November 16. :weee

I don't really have to worry about humidity with a broody? I could try feeding her peppers so she gets sweaty but otherwise it doesn't seem like there's much to do haha I do make sure she has a heat lamp when the temperature drops outside.