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Final count!! So today I went in and checked on Mom. She has 4 more babies!! She kicked out the last 6 eggs and I gave them a little shake, they were "splooshy" And 2 rattled. I eggTopsied and found one that had died about 5 days from hatching and another that died at about week 2. The...

Another 2 hatched!! Im up to 14 live chicks! I have to sell some :hit There are WAY more than i expected!! I think another one pipped last night!! Final count on the eggs she has been sitting on? 22!!:th

Well i got him out very slowly but he doesnt seem to be warming up. I guess nature knows best for him. Time will tell :hmm:barnie

aww so sorry!!:hit:hugs the chick in the coop still didnt hatch so i checked it out. The membrane was dried to it. Poor thing was exhausted. Its kinda wierd too. its got tiny knobs all over its skin! Like it stared to grow some feather but ended up as bumps instead. One eye is slightly...

Another this morning and one more on the way!! :celebrate That brings the count to 12!! And more eggs under her! Ill let her keep the one thats hatching and any others that pop out in the meantime. will her chick be ok while she sits on the other eggs? When should I call it quits if no more...

Wow!! Grats!!:celebrate I just checked on my momma bird and it looks like 2 more are pipped!! That means if they hatch I will have 12 so far :eek: Ill take these 2 babies when they hatch but ill leave the other 8+ eggs for her :D

2 more babies this morning:eek::celebrate 10-12 more eggs under mommy! That's a total of 10 babies since friday morning! :ya 2 struggled yesterday morning. I had to do a minor assist. They were shrink wrapped.:hit I waited until they stopped working their beaks (smacking their lips is a...

8 babies!! Daddy is Svart Hona. All 3 hens whose eggs hatched are olive eggers. Blue wheaton americauna grandpa and wellsummer grandmothers. Moms are copper with blue rumps. Banies are mostly black 2 are blue and one seems a mix of blue black and cream. The black ones have a gunmetal blue...

Now up to 8!! I think my broody was being teased by the other girls. I could swear I only put about 10 eggs under her..... Well guess what? I just did a count, with 8 already hatched....there are now 12-14 more eggs under her still!!:eek: The other girls must have laid a few more before I...

Yay!! 6 babies so far!! Another pipped in the brood box!! :love Mom is NOT happy with me, but thats ok, I plan to let her have a couple, maybe 2. She still has about 8 eggs under her. She could be brooding for a while yet, some of the eggs are 2-3 days older that the ones that hatched. These...

Awww sorry about your baby MigraineMan. :hugs Well, Im still hearing peeping noises, but no chicks yet. Im thinking the baby is pipped but taking his time lol:fl

IT HAS BEGUN!!!!! I went out and checked the broody, I pulled out one egg, as I was going to candle it, and saw a pip! Hopefully they will all start hatching over the course of the weekend! :fl

Im removing them to tame them down. The mothers are all spooky. I got them as pullets and they didnt have much interaction with people. Im hoping that I can tame these guys a little by hand raising them. I got 5 little australorp chicks last saturday too that always come running as soon as I...

I work from 5am to 4pm every day. Will it cause problems if one hatches while Im at work? I dont have anyone at home for those hours for 2 days. im very concerned she will leave the nest after 2 or 3 hatch! :idunno

My plan is to take the babies away asap as each one hatches, thought Ive read that the mom can get stressed by this. What can I do to minimise her discomfort as I remove the babies?

Ok so I did a little math, technically I had eggs in the box on the 16th. She was in and out a bit, and when full broody on the 18th. Im hoping I might have peeping by tuesday! But there may be hatching as late as the 12th. Hard to say. I went in today and tried getting an egg from under...

OOoh, waiting is so hard!! 1 more week!! :barnie

Ok another question! Being spooky like she is, should I try to candle the eggs? And if so, when? Day time, night time? this is roughly day 13.

Shes still in the box! :clap Yesterday when my son checked on them thats when he witnessed the fighting, he said she was really poofy looking. Hopefully now she can eat and drink in peace and hatch me some babies!! :fl

Today we had to move the nest box, I hope she will stay in it. We isolated her because the other chickens were attacking her when she came out to eat. She now has her own area with feed and water just for her. She stayed in the box after I moved her, so Im hoping she wont give up! The pen is...