1st attempt at hatching - April 1 hatch date...7 of 8 hatched. PIC Heavy w/ Hatching Videos!

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3rd chick out. 2nd bantam to hatch. This one is tiny!​

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3rd hatch. 2nd bantam out.​

 

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3rd chick to hatch and the second bantam getting an assist from the first bantam.
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Six eggs remaining. End of Day 20. One bantam egg pipped about 18 hours ago...still waiting....there is some movement within the last hour....One brown egg which probably will not hatch due to the candling on day 18 which revealed a less than dark mass....Four green EE eggs still to go, one has just pipped...It's hard to wait when there are three all fluffy sitting in there...​

 

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Second chick hatched all dry and fluffy.​

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4th chick hatched...3rd bantam.

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4th chick hatching with a little help from #2.
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Yikes! The green EE egg zipped and hatched while I was posting the 4th chick! I wasn't ready for that as the others took HOURS after pipping.

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8 hours into Day 21, 5 chicks hatched, 3 bantams, 1 EE and one EE mix. i brown egg and 3 green EE eggs left, one is pipped. The first two hatched have been relocated to the brooder. The watch continues...​

 

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One of our Goldens is transfixed by the chicks.

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