33 Eggs Due to Hatch Oct 25 (Hatch Complete)

[Namble]

Awesome! Great job momma Cynthia!

 

[speckledhen]

#14, 15 and 16 have hatched and #17 is zipping. Hey, I didn't do anything except be the bator jockey. These Delawares are pretty strong kids.

 

[JamesA]

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Cythia can you make a good guess how many times you have stuck your head over that bator in the last two day?

Go chickies!!!

 

[speckledhen]

Hmm, no, James, but I can tell you that my back might know, LOL.

They're slowly, but steadily, making their way into the world. It'd be nice if all 28 hatched, but I expect at least a couple of casualties. If not, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

 

[JamesA]

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Well no matter how many hatch,You have done a great job!

 

[Mahonri]

The first three look like nice, big, healthy chicks!

Ah..... how would it be to live in rural Georgia...

 

[speckledhen]

When bator conditions are what they should be, these Dels are strong hatchers. And Isaac and his ladies are in tip-top shape and really ought to produce strong chicks.

 

[kathyinmo]

I'm tellin' ya, that back labor is the most painful!

 

[speckledhen]

Well, Mahonri, you'd have lots of humidity, but up here in the mtns, the summers are less brutal than other parts of Georgia and no 115 degree temps! Nights are always much cooler than the day temps, just like the mountains anywhere.

We have 17 Delawares hatched and at least three more pips that I can see. All seem fine, no issues. Several in the brooder are eating and drinking already and being the little hoodlums they always are.

 

[DebbieLynn]

More beautiful babies! You always have pretty babies!