Broody Hen's Eggs on Day 9 *HATCH COMPLETE* w/ PICS ~post #21~

[speckledhen]

Dusty, one of my blue Orp ladies, is broody after raising chicks three months ago. She is on Day 9 and we candled this morning. All the eggs are developing perfectly. She has three BBS Orps, three Barred Rocks, and one test Delaware egg from my very young cockerel with my year old Del hen.
At day five, Dusty somehow crushed a Barred Rock egg, which was also fertile. Had to quickly make up a new nest for her while she was on break and was forced to wipe off a couple of the eggs with a warm damp cloth because they had some yolk on them. In the three BBS Orp eggs is one of my older blue hen's, which have not been fertile for months. I'm very pleased that it shows wonderful veining, too. So, we are settled in to wait till about July 20.

 

[speckledhen]

I have a Day 19 pip! My Delaware egg under Dusty is pipped already. This is my first Delaware baby from my own flock, too, a fertility test for Isaac with my year-old Del hen, Kira.

 

[insiderart]

Oooo can't wait to see the pics!

 

[speckledhen]

My DH found a very chilly Delaware baby running around chirping while mama sat on the remaining six eggs. It's 52 degrees this morning! Brrr! He tucked it back under her and we see zipping and pipping under there, but she is one mean mama, unlike my sweetie Glenda, who lets us do anything at all with her and her babies, or we'd know how many were pipped. Today is Day 20.

 

[speckledhen]

A Barred Rock is out and a couple more are pipped under there. Here is the first baby, the Delaware.

 

[insiderart]

Aww look how cute he is next to his blue mama! He doesn't want to hang out with those eggs! Not cool!

 

[speckledhen]

Now, the Del baby has a Barred Rock and a Blue Orpington sibling keeping it company.

 

[JenEric Farms]

So sweet!

More pictures please.

 

[speckledhen]

I'll certainly get some pics when they come out from under mama, but so far, only the Delaware has posed for photos today. That's three of seven hatched, that I know of, anyway.

 

[Chickens in Elmwood]

YAY!!! ITA, more pics!