Early February 2016 Hatch - Who's In?

[shahtir101]

We've graduated to shavings:

Awe!

 

[cupofJoelene]

Lots of fuzzy little yellow faces! With one oddball that's pretty darn cute him/herself.

 

[CoopDeDoo]

Lots of fuzzy little yellow faces! With one oddball that's pretty darn cute him/herself.

What breed is the little "oddball"? The other is a Fav I am guessing

 

[shahtir101]

I have some internal pips!!

 

[shahtir101]

Lots of fuzzy little yellow faces! With one oddball that's pretty darn cute him/herself.

Awe!

 

[cupofJoelene]

What breed is the little "oddball"? The other is a Fav I am guessing

They were wheaten/blue wheaten Ameraucana eggs from @MrsBachbach
The oddball is a product of a mix of colors from what I understood and will be considered an EE.

 

[CoopDeDoo]

I have some internal pips!!

Is today day 21?

 

[shahtir101]

Is today day 21?

Well yesterday I realized I never opened the vents! So I panicked and candled and saw some internal pips. Today is day 20

 

[MrsBachbach]

Lots of fuzzy little yellow faces! With one oddball that's pretty darn cute him/herself.

Aww...cute. Well that yellow one does look like a wheaten/blue wheaten and will know more later when they go through color changes. You can see the influence of the wheaten cross on the blue one. The reddish brown color on top of it's head. Yes that one will be considered an EE. Btw, it might be a good idea to put some vit/min poultry mix in their water because hock sitting like the yellow one is doing is a sign of weakness and it is likely missing some key vit/minerals, B, E, maganese and biotin most likely. If it spends alot of it's time on it's hocks, I would make sure you bring him to the water often and it has an additive in it. At least for the first several days. Oh, you may already know, but one thing I do for the first week for the chicks is I further crush the chick crumbles for them. Some chick crumbles are still too large for one week old chicks, so I get the rolling pin and a plastic bag and further crush them. Some feeds are already powder like or very small, but some aren't.

 

[TJordan]

I'm getting chick antsy. I want my babies cheaping and squeaking now!!! But I'll be calm and wait. Today I'm setting up my brooder. I'll post pictures but let's just say it's 3'wide... 4' long and 18" high. That should get me through until they feather out.