BYC's 2026 Valentine's Day Hatch-Along

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I'm somehow early and late

 

[Slothinc]

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Debbie did you have chicks hatch???

 

[Slothinc]

I'm somehow early and late

Same My 8 from yesterday were only a day early though! Then I have 4 to hatch on Monday/Tuesday!

 

[Debbie292d]

Debbie did you have chicks hatch???

Yes. I checked on them a bit ago. The brooder awaits them but they are resting yet. I'll have them out in an hour or so.

 

[Debbie292d]

Here's some. I left a couple in, and there are still five eggs pipped.

 

[Slothinc]

Here's some. I left a couple in, and there are still five eggs pipped.

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They are so gorgeous

 

[redinator]

Here's some. I left a couple in, and there are still five eggs pipped.

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They are precious.

I keep thinking about adding Silkies to my medley of chickens, but I hear they tend to get bullied in a mixed flock.

 

[redinator]

No wiggles from the bantams yet . . . maybe tomorrow . . .

 

[gullinkambe]

Debbie, what a bunch of adorable floofballs!

All of mine have hatched now. Of the 5 last, I had one quitter. The rest hatched successfully. I took the last one, the malpositioned, out of the hatcher just now. It could have stayed a bit longer, but I need to get rid of the hatcher to do the laundry... Hopefully the others won't pick on him.

Here are some of the week-old and the new. (please ignore the dirty floor, I let them run around while I change towels in the brooder. I'll clean that too when the hatcher's out!)

 

[Debbie292d]

They are precious.

I keep thinking about adding Silkies to my medley of chickens, but I hear they tend to get bullied in a mixed flock.

Thank you.

They wouldn't get bullied if you had a little pack of them, like five or six. Then they'd just hang out together as their own separate little clan.

Case in point, a lady friend I gave two adult silkies to brought them back. Her RRIs kept those two cornered, and they couldn't come out to eat. If there were more of them, that wouldn't have happened. I gave her another idea to put out separate feed/water stations. She just gave up without trying.