2018 Newbie Chat!

[PNW_Peepers]

2/3 chicks have hatched
One still has to zip. I woke up to find two of them chirping away. There was quite a bit of blood in the incubator so one of the chicks wasn’t quite ready, but it seems to be doing okay now. One is black and one is blue so far. The black one is a cockerel for sure. Such big legs.
I’ll post pictures when the sun comes up.

 

[PNW_Peepers]

& like that all three are out.
2 blues 1 black

 

[No More Empty Nest]

& like that all three are out.
2 blues 1 black
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So sweet! I follow quite a few of the hatching threads because it's so wonderful to see them! It's just amazing that they fit inside the eggs. Wish I could hatch some but alas, not to be. Unless we move, lol.

 

[Anna Ranieri]

& like that all three are out.
2 blues 1 black
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Fantastic, they are beautiful

 

[No More Empty Nest]

I have high hopes for an egg soon! Pearl goes into a squat when I just get near her. Plus I saw her eating some oyster shell! Go Pearl Go!

 

[Anna Ranieri]

I have high hopes for an egg soon! Pearl goes into a squat when I just get near her. Plus I saw her eating some oyster shell! Go Pearl Go!

 

[CannedMonster]

& like that all three are out.
2 blues 1 black
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Oh so beautiful!
I love new babies.

 

[CannedMonster]

Okay so I decided not to get the Bresse due to reviews regarding the hatchery they sourced the breeder birds from.

But I did get 4 more babies today!

Two barred Rocks and two EE.

I put them with the other chicks.
Everyone seems to be okay except the bantams keep pecking at the barred Rocks faces and toes.
They seem fascinated by them because there weren’t any black chicks in the brooder with them at the TSC.

Tonight after dark I took Bootsie out of the coop and put her in the rabbit hutch in the garage.
I’m hoping she’ll adopt the LF chicks and hopefully Mitzi will take the bantams.
I’m not sure if it will work at all.
I haven’t tried to see if one of these broody girls will adopt chicks before.
Usually they say the chicks should be only a couple of days old.
And of course my surviving Buff Orpington is almost two weeks old now.
But she’s not that much bigger than the two EEs. The barred Rocks are smaller and still have their “egg tooth”.
I hope it works!

 

[PNW_Peepers]

Here are my three Littles all dried off. They are doing wonderfully. They imprinted on me(which has never happened before). Now all of them come to me when I call them.

 

[No More Empty Nest]

Here are my three Littles all dried off. They are doing wonderfully. They imprinted on me(which has never happened before). Now all of them come to me when I call them. View attachment 1697060View attachment 1697062 View attachment 1697063

So cute!!!!! I hope Mitzi and Bootsie accept the chicks.
That's so cute that they imprinted on you!