August Hatch-A-Long!

[Bantamlover124]

Aww I love the cute chicks, Lunar rain!!!!!

 

[nicole63021]

WOW!! Glad to see all the hatching!!!! Sweetapple, glad the little one with spraddle is doing fine for you, hope the little bit gets all fixed up and moving perfectly. I locked down 8 of 13 SFH eggs Thursday night, have been waiting ever since.

These shipped in cooler weather than my first set of eggs (thanks to a very mild month here in STL), and my first Aug. babies were from a local source (Thanks Roxanne!). This is my best hatch so far on chicks, lets hope they all make it out! Have been making small tweeks along the way to try to help. So happy it seems to be working! Due to hatch in the next day or so, really glad I'm doing more coop work tomorrow! In sad news, we lost our first bird to a predator. Suspect one of the neighbors cats got her

, but it was sad since it was our flock "leader", and was one of the first chicks we got that lead to the math problems. She was a favorite of the whole family, and a beautiful EE. DH had them out in a large dog kennel to get some fresh grass and bugs, and when he went out to check she had been pulled through the kennel bars/wire. Some blood and feathers missing, looked more scratched, but neck was broken from trying to pull her through. Anyway.......let's hope I hatch out these 8! We only plan on keeping 2 or 3, but a guy in mid-west MO lost most of his pullets to flash flooding not too long ago, so any extras are going to him!

 

[sweetappleacres]

WOW!! Glad to see all the hatching!!!! Sweetapple, glad the little one with spraddle is doing fine for you, hope the little bit gets all fixed up and moving perfectly. I locked down 8 of 13 SFH eggs Thursday night, have been waiting ever since.

These shipped in cooler weather than my first set of eggs (thanks to a very mild month here in STL), and my first Aug. babies were from a local source (Thanks Roxanne!). This is my best hatch so far on chicks, lets hope they all make it out! Have been making small tweeks along the way to try to help. So happy it seems to be working! Due to hatch in the next day or so, really glad I'm doing more coop work tomorrow! In sad news, we lost our first bird to a predator. Suspect one of the neighbors cats got her

, but it was sad since it was our flock "leader", and was one of the first chicks we got that lead to the math problems. She was a favorite of the whole family, and a beautiful EE. DH had them out in a large dog kennel to get some fresh grass and bugs, and when he went out to check she had been pulled through the kennel bars/wire. Some blood and feathers missing, looked more scratched, but neck was broken from trying to pull her through. Anyway.......let's hope I hatch out these 8! We only plan on keeping 2 or 3, but a guy in mid-west MO lost most of his pullets to flash flooding not too long ago, so any extras are going to him!

Such a tragedy for the EE. I'm puling for your little new ones.

 

[Kristye]

. First Rhodebar hatched and I have a cream legbar starting<3

 

[Marynash88]

Congratulations! My first two chicks hatched before I could see them...little rascals!

The 2nd made up for it. I watched her hatch Missed the 3rd though. Had to run to the store for all of 20 mins and in that time frame, chick zipped and got out of the egg.

 

[CarolinaHen]

How exciting! I miss having humorous chicks hatch, the last 2 hatches I have gotten: 0 and 1 chick. It is so exciting when they hatch!
What breeds are you hatching?

They are Polish and Polish/EE mixes. Can't wait to see how the mixes turn out!

 

[Roxannemc]

Such a tragedy for the EE. I'm puling for your little new ones.

Nicole doesnt sound like a cat..... pulling it thru the bars more like raccoon
They are wiliey ive hear and do that.
Sorry to hear it.!! Cat might paw it and scratch it don't think it could do what happened there.
Good luck on the new chicks!

 

[chickydee64]

Nicole doesnt sound like a cat..... pulling it thru the bars more like raccoon
They are wiliey ive hear and do that.
Sorry to hear it.!! Cat might paw it and scratch it don't think it could do what happened there.
Good luck on the new chicks!

x2

 

[chickydee64]

The 2nd made up for it. I watched her hatch Missed the 3rd though. Had to run to the store for all of 20 mins and in that time frame, chick zipped and got out of the egg.

Sneaky little devils aren't they...........................

 

[Gen9]

My poor eggs

*hugs*

Someone came out butt first!

How's it doing now??

I just submitted an insurance claim online with pics etc. Will see how it goes....

(y) *thumbs up*

I did the deed... at least he didn't suffer long.

*hugs*
You did the right thing
The ones that hatched are adorable!