April 2023 Hatch-A-Long

[Waterfaery]

Well I had two get stuck zipping in the middle of the night. I did an assisted hatch for them this morning but I think I was too late. One of them had the membrane all stuck to her & I had to peel it off. They are in the incubator but I don’t think they will make it. Of course they are both blue which was the color I wanted but I will try again next time.
Fortunately I have 14 healthy chicks in the brooder who are doing great.

Sorry about your two little blue ones but you never know. Things have turned around for you so far with this hatch so don't give up hope. Hopefully they will pull through.

To go from thinking you would have 0 to now having 14 (or even hopefully 16) is great news. Congratulations!

 

[Honora]

Sorry about your two little blue ones but you never know. Things have turned around for you so far with this hatch so don't give up hope. Hopefully they will pull through.

To go from thinking you would have 0 to now having 14 (or even hopefully 16) is great news. Congratulations!

I know, I have been expecting the worst this entire hatch but everything has turned out great I did one more assisted hatch this morning and the three assists are still alive and resting in the incubator. They just might make it! But the bad news is that I was wrong about the color; they are brown. (Not complaining!)

 

[Canadian Wind]

Look what I found in the incubator this morning!

 

[Honora]

Look what I found in the incubator this morning!

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So tiny!

 

[kurby22]

Look what I found in the incubator this morning!

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Yay!!

 

[Canadian Wind]

So tiny!

Especially next to the duck eggs!

 

[CastielH]

OMG they are so cute! What breed are they again?

They're Belgian Watermaal!

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

First hatch in the books. 21 fluffy floofy Easter eggers hatched about a week ago. Incubators reloaded for round 2.

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How cute!

 

[kurby22]

9 chicks made their way into the brooder, 7 white and 2 black! Three eggs left in the incubator (two pipped) but I'm not super hopeful for them. Still 9/12 isn't bad at all for shipped eggs! They're such friendly little things, crawling all over my hands when I was adjusting their food and water.
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I ended up hatching two black watermaals and one white! I am super excited about them You will have to update as they feather out! My white watermaal looks sort of like yours, I thought it was cuckoo but has been feathering out all white! Congrats!

 

[CastielH]

I ended up hatching two black watermaals and one white! I am super excited about them You will have to update as they feather out! My white watermaal looks sort of like yours, I thought it was cuckoo but has been feathering out all white! Congrats!

I will! You'll have to update too! I know the breeder you got yours from is working on cuckoo so that wouldn't be too out of the question, I'm not sure if they have it in all their pens or not though.