That is so awesome!! Your little chickie needed company so much!
I have (5) five week old chicks, and (3) 1 week olds. This weekend it was so hot & our older group were happy exploring their new run so I thought I'd try introducing them. The older girls were so nice to the little fuzz butts! 2 of the older girls even let the tiny ones eat food out of their mouths. DH & I spent over two hours in the run with them, they were so cute together. I won't leave them alone together because of my sister's experience, but it was very encouraging to see such a warm reception from our bigger babies. I want them to have supervised time together every day now so that when it comes time to integrate it will be less stress on them.
Any others hatch out?
That chickie hatched out on day 15 and another hatched out yesterday, day 18 but I have seen no more pips yet. I did put the new baby in with it's hatch mate and the older chicks and some of the bigger older chicks eyeballed it but didn't offer to peck at it or anything so they are getting along very well. It's day 19, why are they being SO slow? My chicks usually start hatching day 18 and are done by day 21. Can't they tell I'm in a hurry to meet them?
I can't wait to see what comes out of them though! There are white, brown, green, blue and olive colored eggs. Monday should be day 7 and I cannot wait to candle them to see what we've got!!
