Countdown to Baby Chicks 2023 edition

[Party_Chicken]

My babies came the other day. They all arrived happy and healthy. I received an extra chick I’ve been trying to figure out what she is. Any ideas?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Looks like an Easter-egger, but just to double-check, where did your chicks come from?

 

[Party_Chicken]

Looks like an Easter-egger, but just to double-check, where did your chicks come from?

Mt healthy I have been hoping she is a speckled Sussex. We ordered a blue laced red Wyandotte a splash maran and an Easter egger

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Can you get a clearer picture of her comb and face? And maybe a shot of her legs as well?

 

[Party_Chicken]

Can you get a clearer picture of her comb and face? And maybe a shot of her legs as well?

She doesn’t have a straight comb like my maran.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I'm pretty sure she's an Easter-egger, then! A Speckled Sussex would have the same comb type as the Marans and should be marked just a little bit differently than this.

 

[Party_Chicken]

I'm pretty sure she's an Easter-egger, then! A Speckled Sussex would have the same comb type as the Marans and should be marked just a little bit differently than this.

Thank you for the help another colored egg layer is never a bad thing!

 

[TwoShepherds]

So...a few weeks ago I did the unthinkable. I ordered 20 chicks from Hoover's Hatchery. I only wanted 6-8 chicks, but Hoover's is very dastardly and makes you buy 5 chicks per breed and minimum order of 15....sooooo naturally I had to get 20. The breeds are bielefelder, welsummer, barnvelder, and California whites (because I'd like some more white layers). I was kind of kicking myself for not picking silver-gray Dorkings as the white layer (I have one that I love and she is getting older), but then I realized Hoover's doesn't carry them, so I feel a little better. I won't have room for 20 more hens unless I sell off most of my current flock, so I'll probably sell half the new chicks once they're off the heat lamp.

The sad part----I was planning to just buy a few chicks at the local feed stores, but I just can't get interested in the breeds that I find locally. So I was late placing an order with the hatcheries. My chicks won't ship until July 28th!!! I guess I am just grateful I was able to find any availabilities at all--lots of places were sold out.

I'm consoling myself by hatching out some Blue/Black/Splash Ameraucanas, black copper marans, and olive eggers from my current flock.

I'm late to this thread, so I'm going to have to go back and read as much as I can. I'm looking forward to following along as all of you get your chicks since it will be so long before mine come!

 

[Chickensitter2013]

First time incubator. Been reading and learning a lot. I'm in here today trying not to stare down the incubator as it is day 21 and I'm hoping for pipping. Last day we candles before lockdown there was movement. When I arrived this morning to "babysit" (my sister has cats so if they start to pip we don't want a curiosity disaster) they are very still, I hope this means they are resting (we have two eggs left out of the dozen we started with) 6 were infertile from the start 2 started then stopped almost immediately, 2 got bacteria now we just have the 2 that made it to day 21. I hope they both hatch and all goes well.

 

[TwoShepherds]

First time incubator. Been reading and learning a lot. I'm in here today trying not to stare down the incubator as it is day 21 and I'm hoping for pipping. Last day we candles before lockdown there was movement. When I arrived this morning to "babysit" (my sister has cats so if they start to pip we don't want a curiosity disaster) they are very still, I hope this means they are resting (we have two eggs left out of the dozen we started with) 6 were infertile from the start 2 started then stopped almost immediately, 2 got bacteria now we just have the 2 that made it to day 21. I hope they both hatch and all goes well.

Yay! Good luck! Hatching is so much fun! Be sure to let us know how it goes and post pictures.