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

[mom29]

I am very very jeliouse of you guys..... I still have no pips and now have only noticed one egg moving once in a while. Dose that mean that the others are dead?

Oh don't count on it I thought the same thing cause mine hatched on day 24 talk about nail biting give them time...

Good Luck we are in lock down and my patience is wearing thin and hatch day is not til tomorrow bbbuuuuutttt I keep getting told Bantys are usually early and I know for sure there are 3 alive can't tell with the others but no internal pips or peeps

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[hondo58]

You can tell from this thread that our bantams showed up early. Good luck!!!​

Oh don't count on it I thought the same thing cause mine hatched on day 24 talk about nail biting give them time...

Good Luck we are in lock down and my patience is wearing thin and hatch day is not til tomorrow bbbuuuuutttt I keep getting told Bantys are usually early and I know for sure there are 3 alive can't tell with the others but no internal pips or peeps

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[mom29]

Thanks everyone. It has been a real long weekend with # 7 hatching just about an hour ago. We have one EE egg left and I will give it a couple of days before I give up on it. When the chicks dry out it is amazing to see the colors. Louie certainly is throwing his color genes in a big way. I'll be curious to see what they look like when mature. Elkie certainly was the epitome of the "ugly duckling" who blossomed into a beautiful swan but I'm getting any of the ugly in her chicks. All chicks seem healthy. I have a ramp in the brooder to get up to the food and water that sits on a shelf. They can go under to get some cover and get away from the heat lamp if they desire and once they discovered the ramp it was like 3rd graders at recess. I may video that scene as it is too funny to watch them go up down and hop off the shelf over and over.

Here is #5. An EE mix.


Here is #7. Another EE mix just hatched.

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Missed the pics last time they are great!!!

I am still waiting and ever so impatient,lol

Not even a wiggle from them I am convinced they bwill wait til I am not looking to hatch

.... Love your colors what kind of Bantam do you have?? Ours are White Cochin my son shows them.

 

[hondo58]

Elkie is the mystery bantam...



...who looked like this as a chick...


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.... Love your colors what kind of Bantam do you have?? Ours are White Cochin my son shows them.

 

[Cattitude]

Here are the last few new babies!

Wow those are great percentages! Did the 15 arrive early? Did you post photos?
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[hondo58]

Here are the last few new babies!

What type is the one in the back? Very nice! Congrats!!!​

 

[laura877]

If they are hatching today, I think you wanted your humidity up to 65%.

 

[Cattitude]

Thank you! He (I'm actually hoping it is a roo) is a bantam BBS Ameraucana. I believe he's going to be blue; I had two other bantam Ameraucana hatch, one looked like this one except black where this one is blue, and the other chick is going to be a splash cause it is mostly yellow with funky lavender patches. The two yellow chicks are EEs, where both parents are half Ameraucana & half Leghorn; the roo is white with red patches and the hen is white. The earlier hatchees in this batch were mostly my Project Silkie O chicks, and I am well pleased with them!

 

[hondo58]

If they are hatching today, I think you wanted your humidity up to 65%.

Was this meant for me?

 

[hondo58]

Thank you! He (I'm actually hoping it is a roo) is a bantam BBS Ameraucana. I believe he's going to be blue; I had two other bantam Ameraucana hatch, one looked like this one except black where this one is blue, and the other chick is going to be a splash cause it is mostly yellow with funky lavender patches. The two yellow chicks are EEs, where both parents are half Ameraucana & half Leghorn; the roo is white with red patches and the hen is white. The earlier hatchees in this batch were mostly my Project Silkie O chicks, and I am well pleased with them!

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One of the new bantams we have is blue like yours. That's exciting! Although Elkie changed so much from a chick I don't know what to expect as she ended up white! You have some very nice mixes!​