Eggs damaged in transit - patched up and fingers crossed! *Photos p5*

[Highlander]

lol @ chickens in the mist. Someone should totally make that movie!

Congrats on the buff! How many more are in there? Looking forward to pics when they are all fluffy and cute!

 

[Gypsy07]

I have two Buff Daisies, three Brown ones, and two of the home bred crosses.
So far I have one Buff hatched and one pipped and resting, and one of the crosses vigorously zipping right now.

I don't know if it's a breeding thing or a shipping thing, but the Buffs were slow to hatch after pipping compared with my own crosses, who always pip and zip in just a couple of hours...

EDIT: This morning I have the two Buffs and a Brown out, and one of the crosses. And two more pipped, a Brown and a cross.

 

[Gypsy07]

Okay, I couldn't resist taking some pics. Here's the second crossbreed just about hatched:

Man, they're ugly looking before they fluff up! And here are the four I've already put in the brooder:

Yes, yes. I know you can't see anything. I can't either. When is Brinsea going to make a see-thru Ecoglow?
But please allow me to point out the poop in the middle of the shot as evidence that they ARE actually in there!

 

[Highlander]

 

[bikerchic]

 

[Gypsy07]

Final count is six chicks. I still have one egg left in the bator, a Brown MD, but I'm fairly certain at this point that it's a dud.
It looked a bit iffy at lockdown, kind of murky and indistinct, but my candling light isn't very bright and so I left it in just in case.

Out of the seven that I locked down with, on day 18 I honestly thought that all but one were goners. The weird slowdown in moisture loss over days 12-18, the runny liquid visible round the edges of the aircell, the traumatic shipping they'd endured, and the excessive moisture loss of my own two eggs, all conspired to make me think my chicks were very unlikely to hatch. I guess that just shows how much I know, doesn't it! All six of them hatched without assistance, and look and act perfectly healthy.

So I have my two precious Buff Daisies - the first Buff ones I've ever had!

I also have two more Brown Daisies to add to my small flock, and two more Daisy/Leghorn crosses to add to the three I hatched out a few months ago.

Everybody's been tagged and checked over and weighed and noted down, so I can finally relax now...

 

[Highlander]

they can't STILL be hiding under the ecoglow, can they?

 

[pete55]

Great news about your Buffs hatching - many congratulations

Pete

 

[Gypsy07]

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Sorry, sorry, most remiss of me...

Here they are at two days old. The Buffs are the one on the far right and the one at the top taking a drink:

And here they are at 9 days old. The Buffs are the one on the left of the feeder, and the one on the left on the ground:

The two Brown ones still spend most of their time hiding under the Ecoglow, they're a pair of tiny little runts really. The size difference is quite astonishing. One of the Buffs is an absolute monster who basically doubled in weight from hatch to day 8. That's the one beside the feeder in the photo, of course.

 

[Gypsy07]

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Thanks Pete, I'm still really chuffed. The Buffs already look like they're shaping up to be a good size so I'm extra pleased with them...