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Here are a couple of mine on the day they turned 2 weeks, a Welsummer and a Buckeye, both girls. I think the males are slower to feather out. There's a black EE hiding in there too

Wow, mine are only 2 days older and they have way more feathers and seem bigger. I can't post a pic from my kindle but I will tomorrow when I'm on my laptop. Do you know if those buckeyes are all males? (Sorry if you said any of this in the video, I had the volume off)

aww, what do you mean nothing special? They're adorable! They're not 2 weeks old in the video are they?

YES!!! My problem with them is that the feeder was getting tipped over every day so I wired it to the wall. Now they just scoop all the food out with their beaks onto the floor! I'm positive ninety percent of the food is lost in the bedding! Grrrr ....

Do they go outside at all? If not, I wouldn't even bother with medicated feed. Cocci is a parasite that lives in the soil so if they're in a coop with a concrete floor I think there's little chance they would even be exposed to it. As for the vinegar, use 1-2 tablespoons per gallon. The...

Hi smarsh! I would recommend separating the chicks and broody from the rest of the flock, unless your two broodies are your only chickens. If your broody is a good mom you shouldn't need a heat lamp, that's what she is for. As for medicated starter... that's personal preference. I personally...

Woo Hoo!! Looks like everybody is starting to get some chicks! Well my broody answered my question about the remaining eggs today... she's had the babies out off the nest all day! I cracked them open and there were no fully developed chicks in them. I am just in awe of my broody. She's got...

I'm on day 21 and at least three, if not all four of these hatched on day 20. I figure I'll wait until Sunday, or whenever she walks away from the nest. I'm just waiting to toss the eggs out, but I don't want to do that if there's a possibility they'll still hatch!

I am just loving this! I lay on the floor of the coop and just watch Mamma interacting with the chicks She's already teaching them how to eat and drink. They've taken a few bites of food but so far have just watched her drink. She's so patient with them, one was pulling on her earlobe! So far...

This one is hard to see because it blends in with mom, a little EE. I saw the Buckeye but it wouldn't keep its face out long enough to get a pic

This is the only one I've been able to see.... looks like a Welsummer?

THEY'RE HATCHING!!! Just got home from work and found three empty shells under mom, tried to peek under her and saw another one that looked like it was just coming out of a shell. Didn't see or hear the ones that have hatched already, but they must be under there somewhere! This is so...

Congrats Ruby!! That is so exciting! And thank you for the words of advice, I hope I see some chicks tomorrow. I'm planning on leaving work at noon on Friday so I can sit by the nest like an expectant grandma for the rest of the day

We're getting so close!!! This is worse than being a kid at Christmas! So I have a question... I was thinking that my hatch would potentially start on Friday afternoon since I set the eggs on a Friday afternoon, but I think I just read that you don't start counting until after the first 24...

What is a blood ring? Is it a good or bad thing?

Week 1 is in the books! How is everyone doing? I just attempted to candle and it looks to my VERY untrained eye that I have 7 out of 8 developing!

My plan is to wait until she gets off the nest for a few minutes to try candling. I really don't want to bother her too much. You are going to love having chickens. They are so much fun and addicting! I really didn't realize how attached I would get to each one of them and how different their...

Grab a seat RubyNala! It's my first time too, but I'm using a broody so she's doing all the hard work. I don't know anything about incubators, but there seem to be some pretty knowledgeable peeps on here. My due date is the 15th also!

Welcome Chickentera! Good luck with those Ameraucanas! goodb- good to hear you've got a good broody! Mine is doing great also. Other than the egg she broke within the first 24 hours, she's just been perfect! Maybe 9 eggs was just one too many for her. So exciting Pandapaws!! Congrats

I love my 'lorps! If the breeder that I got the eggs from would have had them, I would have gotten more!