Guess what??? Somehow the post office was able to make up the lost day due to weather in MO and my Silkie babies arrived in our post office today!!! It appears they took a plane ride because there is an airline sticker on the box.
The post master in our post office opened the box when they arrived and gave them a drink of water, figuring they were pretty thirsty sine they were born on Tuesday. Is that thoughtful or what? I will have to post pictures later when I am at my desktop because for some reason I can't embed images anymore with my iPad...I could before so this is weird. Maybe I will try to embed a video...lets see.
Anyway, I ordered 15 and they sent 18 in case some died. All were alive. Very thirsty (they drank over an ounce of electrolyte water in the first hour) and hungry too, but so far all alive. They are so tiny! I put my newborn homegrown chick in the brooder at the same time because she is so small, the size of a 3 day old bantam silkie, lol. She blends right in with them.
I am in baby chick heaven!
Oh, I also candled my Catdance silkie eggs and two more homegrowns. I had 7 silkies that did not develop and 3 silkies that have a blood ring, the other 8 silkies and homegrowns have now all been moved to the
Brinsea where they will finish out their time until their due date on the 21st.
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Now I have big time crusty butt patrol to do, then the hubby and I are going out for a romantic dinner...today is out 10th Anniversary! Hope all your hatches go well tonight and all sick babies are feeling better
