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It is horribly stressful, hatching chicks! I didn't think I would want to do it again after my first hatch. I think my bator stayed empty 5 days? Ditto leaving it alone, and don't worry about the other one yet either. One of mine pipped way early, and there was NOTHING out of the second...

I have decided that I need a bigger bator!!!!

My favorite little peep turned out to be a roo too. I hadn't planned on keeping his color, but there is no way I can part with the little guy now. If I have to get him more lady friends later on, so be it! Here is a pic of my cochin babies at 5 weeks, 3 days: Cockeral Pullet

I am on the opposite end of the country from you or I would take them. No one gives away any free anything around here. I would even pay for your boys, they are beautiful!

I'm gonna take a wild stab and say cockeral. Because it has a single comb and my cochins are 12 weeks and the pullets STILL have no red in thier combs. I could see the difference between pullets and cockerals in my cochins by 5 weeks. Hopefully I'm wrong!

So far I only have 2 that I see development on, but I'm only on day 5. Of course one of them is in an egg that has a busted air cell. So now I'm super worried about it.

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WOW! That's scary! So sorry someone stole your birds! That's craziness! The microchip idea seems like a good one.......where do they put them in chickens?

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No clue on breed, but I'm leaning towards hen.

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The start of day 4 will be tomorrow! I candled last time at day 3 and couldn't see anything, but I'm going to try again tonight. So far number 8 DEFINITELY has a busted air cell, so I"m contemplating just removing it now since I have one too many eggs in there to use the auto turner and I'm...