Yay! congrats on the new babies!
first 3 to hatch 2 Swedish Flower Hens and one Easter Egger! I have more hatching now!
Me too Brooks- can't wait till these guys get big enough to start laying! I am really thinking that hand turning as well as having them in the auto turner is working out w/ my eggs- AND the temp humidity being right! These are the 1st eggs that got the bennifit of the new thero/hygrometer thing
So happy for you. When I first started hatching I got chicks but had issues with some of them. It took a few hatches before I finally found what worked for me. Now my own eggs have a 100% hatch rate (only 2 batches so far) and it's a great feeling. I can't wait until my other birds come of age so I can start setting their eggs.
This was the first time I ever bought chicks from TSC, but I will NOT buy more from them! The chicks were super cute, but out of the 6 I bought Wed 2 have died! Another is looking weak too. Plus I went there yesterday to pick up feed and there was a box with several very weak chicks in it. I told the lady mine had died, all she said was 'oh sorry'. The old feed & seed where I have shopped for yrs, I bought 5 from him a few wks ago- they are all going strong. Plus I know that IF they had gotten sick or died he would have replaced the chicks or refunded the money.I'm sad my TSC doesn't have chicks yetoh well I guess that's a sign I don't need more lol
LOL Peach, me too- love that show!
Stealth Mode!
Baby White Marans! They're camo'ed against the bedding! There are actually 5 in the brooder, and others are pipped (at least 6 if memory serves me right). Got BCM's too, but they're slower to zip.
My choc orp chicks that hatched last night is doing great! Toddling all around the bator. #2 is still hanging in there, but instead of doing a 'zip' it's just made kind of a big hole. I see the beak poking out, breathing ok, but has not made further progress since last night. Seems to be content to just hang out in the shell???
#3 however is moving right along with her zip- so we'll see
