I got 5, 3 week old chicks from someone who ordered a bunch from a hatchery. These are all supposed to be sexed female. I was told she gave me a White Plymouth Rock, a Blue Maran, and 3 mystery chicks. She gave me a list of what the could potentially be. So here are some pics and the list. I...
It's not too big. It's about the size of a medium store bought egg. (I just have really little hands haha). I hope she keeps her wonky spray booth! I guess the eggs shell is blue and she's only coating half of it. Still pretty cool and pretty unique!
All 5 of my girls started laying a few weeks ago. I have Easter eggers, and they all lay different colored eggs. One of my girls lays an egg that is half green\half blue. I thought it was a fluke at first and that it would eventually 'choose' a color, but 3 weeks in and she still lays half...
If the 2 that piped hatch I'm at a 90% hatch rate on these guys! The eggs were even in the mail for 4 days because the post office "lost" the package. Then, they crammed it in my mailbox instead of delivering it to my door or calling me.
Needless to say that I am extremely impressed with Reno...
Woke up to 10 or 11 new chicks running around in the incubator! So there's my 31
32 babies! Once they're dry, I'll move them over and check the remaining eggs!
20 I had to put in the in the brooder because it's the only chance I'll have in the next 24 hours or so without a 3 year old helper, 3 cats, and a dog lol. 4 wet ones still drying off in the incubator, 14 eggs (6 pipped) to go.
Hopefully the humidity didn't take to big of a hit when I moved them.