- Mar 26, 2015
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Well, my first egg laid has hatched! Day 19. I expect #2 will hatch today or tomorrow. I get only one chance to look at the eggs per day, and it is first thing in the morning when I open the loft door and the hen gets off them and stretches and wants peanuts. Any other time her or the cock bird are sitting on them and WILL NOT move. Anyways, I get in there this morning, she gets up, and I see an egg that is partially cracked in half, and a few seconds after she gets off of it the squab sort of pops out of it lol. The hen getting off the egg must have sort of triggered the squab to get out! I went in there about an hour later and the squab was sitting just under the hen's neck and the hen was feeding it! The squab is squeaking and looks very healthy! I was not able to get any pictures yet.
Very exciting! Especially since most of the incubation period it was 10-20 degrees here. People aren't kidding when they say homers are excellent parents! This clutch is these two birds' first eggs, they are only 8 month old birds.
Very exciting! Especially since most of the incubation period it was 10-20 degrees here. People aren't kidding when they say homers are excellent parents! This clutch is these two birds' first eggs, they are only 8 month old birds.