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Ok this is good....the black and white ones are the BR's (Barred Rocks). Do you know what kind of rooster the daddy is?
If the hen it came from is a Barred Rock....then I betcha your black mystery chick is a GIRL!
Everyone in the pen the Mystery Egg came from looked alike black and...
Nothing looked dry, but she pipped through a vessel and there was blood.
Now up to 7 RiR, 1 mystery black baby with a whitish rump
5 more RiR are pipping and zipping, 1 left not doing anything yet
2 silkie chicks on their way 1 pipped and 1 pipped and trying to zip.
Hopefully we have new...
He she past away, poor baby. I got it out and everything looked good except it pipped the side of the egg not the top.
I now have 5 babies out, and about nine more in various stages of pipping, zipping. Going to be a busy day for sure.
OK, I was woke up to happy chirps of some freshly hatch fuzz butts!
Currently have:
3 RiR
1- black mystery peep (this is the local egg)
another RiR zipping, and multiple pips 2 of which are silkie
The poor baby from last night was not moving today at all, the hole was larger and I was able...
Ok so we came home from soccer practice to 6 PIPS! however one appears to either be bleeding or had bled pretty badly. Poor thing, I can see the beak, it seems to be breathing hard, but does chirp some when I shine the light on it to check in.
So far only the RiR's are pipping, still waiting...