April/May Grow-a-long!

[lilwanderer]

Hello to all! For those of you hatching or getting chicks in April or May and want to share with others how they grow overtime, here's the place to do it, all are welcome to follow along.
My April chicks wont show up until Saturday, April 8th, so you won't see mine yet, though any who have some that have hatched already are welcome to post!

 

[Egg Snatcher]

I bought some new chicks!!!
Partridge Silkies

Mille Fleurs. I have 5 but I missed one

My new EEs! I’ve never had colored eggs before, hopefully I’ll have 2 girls and one boy! I wish they were bantams though.

And my one and only baby that decided to hatch. It’s about 3 weeks old

More to come soon!

 

[lilwanderer]

One of my mama hens eggs externally pipped around 11:00am et, and has made some progress unzipping since 5:00pm et, chick is hatching fast I'd say. The other 5 eggs under her haven't pipped externally but are chirping.

 

[fuzzi]

I've ordered 5 Dominique bantam female chicks, delivery later this week!!


(Details on the February/March thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/february-march-grow-a-long.1563665/post-26726698)

 

[AmeliaBedelia]

 

[lilwanderer]

One of my mama hens eggs externally pipped around 11:00am et, and has made some progress unzipping since 5:00pm et, chick is hatching fast I'd say. The other 5 eggs under her haven't pipped externally but are chirping.

her babies:

 

[Henschickspups]

I have 3 chicks that hatched April 6, and 1 that hatched April 7. The black one is missing part of a toe on her right foot, but she is also the first that has been climbing onto the brooder plate. The one that hatched on April 7 (grey, with a black head) had a long, exhausting hatch, and had some difficulty with dehydration after moving to the brooder - but refused to leave the heat or drink on his own. After giving him water with electrolytes and some thinned egg yolk by syringe his first night, he's been doing great. Zooms around the brooder with the others and eating, drinking and playing. He still hangs out under the heat plate more than the others, but not by much.

 

[lilwanderer]

My other two mama's chicks all finished hatching yesterday, here they are:
mama #2's babies:

mama#3's babies:

 

[Egg Snatcher]

3/4 of my hens eggs have piped!!!

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Here they are!! I had one more jap hatch this morning.
Japanese

And my Silkie. Sadly it doesn’t have 5 toes so I’m gonna sell it