Bubbles the Silver Dorking - From on deaths door to hatching her own brood *Pic heavy*

[K Spot]

Today is hatch day!

Hopefully when I get home from work and check on Bubbles, there will be a couple of cute little faces staring back at me.

 

[TheBeardie]

Good luck with the babies

 

[K Spot]

Thank you Thejperez

 

[JensChickies]

Good luck! I'm locked in now....keep us updated!

 

[K Spot]

Thanks JensChickies - I will

Work is certainly dragging out today because I want to go home badly!

 

[K Spot]

We have babies hatching! I found this little one on it's way out this afternoon


The whole clutch; a couple have small cracks where the chicks are trying to make their entrance

 

[deacons]

Can't wait to see them!

 

[K Spot]

I had a quick look under her this morning before I had to head off to work; three were out, two had only just hatched as they were still wet. I couldn't quite tell what breeds as it was a very brief look but I'm guessing at least one bantam Pencilled Rock and one Faverolles.
Another bantam Rock was in the process of hatching too.

I'm guessing it'll be another long day at work today!

 

[K Spot]

Little hatchies! Unfortunately I lost 2 bantam Rocks mid hatch. They must have just tried too hard to get out of the shells, became exhausted and died

Not very nice seeing completely formed chicks ready to enter the world and not make it.
Times like these I wish I worked from home so I could have helped them.

I also found another bantam Rock that had rolled away from the nest and it's little head was stuck inside the egg. Poor thing was cold to the touch and when I got it out, I found a nasty cut on it's face right near it's eye (thank goodness it's eye isn't compromised though). It was near on dark so I just popped it back under Bubbles and will clean it up a bit and

the little thing makes it through the night. I really hope so.

So all up I have 3 Favs - all looking Cuckoo.
2 Aras - one completely black, the other a darker colour I'm not sure what it is
2 bantam Pencilled Rocks.

 

[deacons]

Awwwww-sorry for the ones that didn't make it, but the rest are adorable!

I don't know anything about hatching-can a hen help a stuck chick get out of the shell, or are they completely on their own?