Eggs Day 21...18 of 23 Hatched/ Pics post 76 (Superglued a Chick!)

[speckledhen]

All three remaining chicks are alive, but whether they'll get out or not is anybody's guess. Probably, the blood vessels are slow to retract, so we'll wait awhile longer.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

 

[joletabey]

Hey James,
If nothing else, we can start a Delaware swap or cull sale next spring!!!! There seems to be a lot of Delaware people in this general area.

Cyn, I am so sorry about the little ones not making it, but I am VERY content with my count. The brooder is ready and waiting!!!!
By the way, was Isaac's father's name Abraham by any chance? Should I be planning on calling the roo I keep Jacob?
I do hope the last orp makes it, too!!!

 

[speckledhen]

LOL, no Isaac's father's name was George! I had planned to name Isaac "Israel" instead, so one day, I may give a son of his that name. (note: Jacob, maybe, but no Jake, however! I culled my first Del cockerel, Jake. Bad boy. Then, someone else who got a BR cockerel from my flock named him Jake and he turned nasty. The name Jake must have a dark cloud hanging over it, LOL)


One of the two Dels pipped! Have heard cheeping from all three, so they're still viable.

 

[joletabey]

Good heavens! I will remember that! And actually, my DH is a Jacob and so is his oldest son, so maybe I need to rethink this. . .Essau? Would that be bad karma? I always figured he must have been a big handsome studly type, just not too brainy!

YAY LITTLE DEL BABIES!!! BREAK OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Sorry you lost some of them.

on the 3 slow pokes.

 

[speckledhen]

I keep thinking that there is a definite cold spot in that bator. There seems to be no reason for losing those eggs, other than perhaps the Orp egg, since Smoky is still in molt, poor girl. The others are cheeping.

 

[kathyinmo]

YAY! There's still hope! Here's hopin' we see them soon!
ETA:
BTW: My great grandfather was named George. Grandpas were: Ivan, Elmer, Roy.
I'm gonna use these names.

 

[speckledhen]

The Orp is LOUD! She/he is having a bit of trouble. Smoky's eggs are always so long and narrow, as Kathy has seen. And the way they clunk in the turner, it's a wonder they ever hatch. This baby looks blue or splash, but can't see into the egg well enough to tell-big pip, but boy, it really sounds like it's saying, "Somebody, get me out of here!".

 

[kathyinmo]

OOOhhhhh, I'm excited now! I want to see her. No, actually, I want her! LOL
How far has she left to go?