Diary of Mommy Satin’s First Hatch

[yakitori]

Paint, my satin hen just hatched her first clutch! 21 days and all 6 eggs made it to hatch (whew). It was an eye opening and nerve wracking experience, but at the end of it she brought six adorable chicks to the world!

Momma Paint

Pre-chicks



They won’t have names until I decide to keep one (or six), so for now they will go by their egg number. This is not some kind of dystopian chicken keeping practice, I promise

Here they are!

Chickie Three, One and Five (from left to right)(all delawares)



Chickie number 4 (SLW x delaware)


And...poor chickie number 2 who took a long time hatching. She hatched 12 hours ago with a swollen looking belly, and is still not quite fluffy. She has a lot of fight in her though, so I hope she makes it
(delaware)



last but not least.. chickie number 6! She was the largest egg in the clutch, and pipped the wrong end, but thankfully came out none the worse for wear
(delaware)

 

[cherrynberry]

Paint, my satin hen just hatched her first clutch! 21 days and all 6 eggs made it to hatch (whew). It was an eye opening and nerve wracking experience, but at the end of it she brought six adorable chicks to the world!

Momma Paint
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They won’t have names until I decide to keep one (or six), so for now they will go by their egg number. This is not some kind of dystopian chicken keeping practice, I promise

Here they are!

Chickie Three, One and Five (from left to right)(all delawares)

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Chickie number 4 (SLW x delaware)
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And...poor chickie number 2 who took a long time hatching. She hatched 12 hours ago with a swollen looking belly, and is still not quite fluffy. She has a lot of fight in her though, so I hope she makes it
(delaware)

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last but not least.. chickie number 6! She was the largest egg in the clutch, and pipped the wrong end, but thankfully came out none the worse for wear
(delaware)
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Cute! My chicks are due to hatch in 4 days! And my broody hen is sitting on five eggs hatching on the 26th. I hope they all make it. They are so cute!

 

[cherrynberry]

Paint, my satin hen just hatched her first clutch! 21 days and all 6 eggs made it to hatch (whew). It was an eye opening and nerve wracking experience, but at the end of it she brought six adorable chicks to the world!

Momma Paint
View attachment 2718297
Pre-chicks View attachment 2718298

They won’t have names until I decide to keep one (or six), so for now they will go by their egg number. This is not some kind of dystopian chicken keeping practice, I promise

Here they are!

Chickie Three, One and Five (from left to right)(all delawares)

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Chickie number 4 (SLW x delaware)
View attachment 2718293

And...poor chickie number 2 who took a long time hatching. She hatched 12 hours ago with a swollen looking belly, and is still not quite fluffy. She has a lot of fight in her though, so I hope she makes it
(delaware)

View attachment 2718295

last but not least.. chickie number 6! She was the largest egg in the clutch, and pipped the wrong end, but thankfully came out none the worse for wear
(delaware)
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Good luck number 2!

 

[yakitori]

2 days old - First outing

Momma was excited to finally be able to poop. Whew was it stinky! I’m glad that will be the last broody poop for a good long while

Chickie two was too young to keep up, so I held her while mommy tried to teach (without much success) the rest to eat clover. Curious kitten watched from a respectable distance.

 

[yakitori]

Cute! My chicks are due to hatch in 4 days! And my broody hen is sitting on five eggs hatching on the 26th. I hope they all make it. They are so cute!

What, you get the double the fun, haha. Now I’m envious


fingers and toes crossed for successful hatches!

 

[cherrynberry]

What, you get the double the fun, haha. Now I’m envious


fingers and toes crossed for successful hatches!

Well...I guess so! Thanks, I do hope all hatch! Sadly one egg broke a few days into the hatch....and it was fertile, I don’t even think my broody hen realized. Hope you get mostly pullets!

 

[yakitori]

Well...I guess so! Thanks, I do hope all hatch! Sadly one egg broke a few days into the hatch....and it was fertile, I don’t even think my broody hen realized. Hope you get mostly pullets!

I hope so too! A friend of mine has agreed to take all of them, pullets or otherwise, so at least I have a back up plan.

I was so scared of dropping eggs, I still candled everyday anyway

 

[yakitori]

 

[yakitori]

Added a touch of green to the nursery

 

[yakitori]

It’s amazing how fast they learn. They can already differentiate food from bedding and pick it out efficiently.

I had fun mixing some quick oats with the pine shavings so momma could “discover” them for the chickies.

So many excited good chow clucks!



I love the little “pot plant” grass I planted in the bedding, i even watered it. lol!

Here is Two, the runt. She’s doing better, slowly getting more energy. Definitely looks much more ragged compared to the others. I’ve been giving her a little bit of electrolyte via a dropper every 2 hours or so. Aside from the feedings, she’s been sleeping under momma the entire time. For the final feeding tonight, I gave her some yolk from one of my orloff’s eggs. I fried the rest for myself, sunny side up, it was delicious