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[Slothinc]

They are darling!

 

[Mill Chick]

Any updates on Maple?

 

[horselover1999]

I got pictures of the 7 that have moved to the brooder!
I was going to wait until all 11 were out there, but I'm still waiting on Maple to hatch to take the rest out.
The brooder is in my dad's shop, which is heated to 55, so comfortable for me (and his paints and varnishes) but cold for them, so my heater hand became the perfect tool to keep them from running towards my phone.

The ones I know who they are:
Currant @HonkABC
Blue, bearded, single comb, toes mostly white, white on face, tip of beak whitish

Pineapple @Chicken_Obsesser
Splash, single comb

Lotus @Cheekychook12
Blue, bearded, pea comb, toes not as white

Violet @Chicken_Obsesser
Black, white dot on head, single comb, white wing tips, white on front, some white on toes.

Now for the other 3:
There is one that looks just like Lotus but with a smaller head spot

A black chick with some copper in it's head fluff

And this partridge/red chick

 

[horselover1999]

Any updates on Maple?

Pip is a little bigger, I can see the beak moving. Maple pipped this morning, so I bet it'll hatch later tonight.

 

[Cheekychook12]

I got pictures of the 7 that have moved to the brooder!
I was going to wait until all 11 were out there, but I'm still waiting on Maple to hatch to take the rest out.
The brooder is in my dad's shop, which is heated to 55, so comfortable for me (and his paints and varnishes) but cold for them, so my heater hand became the perfect tool to keep them from running towards my phone.

The ones I know who they are:
Currant @HonkABC
Blue, bearded, single comb, toes mostly white, white on face, tip of beak whitish
View attachment 4054733

Pineapple @Chicken_Obsesser
Splash, single comb
View attachment 4054738

Lotus @Cheekychook12
Blue, bearded, pea comb, toes not as white
View attachment 4054740

Violet @Chicken_Obsesser
Black, white dot on head, single comb, white wing tips, white on front, some white on toes.
View attachment 4054760

Now for the other 3:
There is one that looks just like Lotus but with a smaller head spot
View attachment 4054762

A black chick with some copper in it's head fluff
View attachment 4054764

And this partridge/red chick
View attachment 4054765

Awwww I wonder who is iris
Maybe pick one to name Iris?

 

[Slothinc]

I got pictures of the 7 that have moved to the brooder!
I was going to wait until all 11 were out there, but I'm still waiting on Maple to hatch to take the rest out.
The brooder is in my dad's shop, which is heated to 55, so comfortable for me (and his paints and varnishes) but cold for them, so my heater hand became the perfect tool to keep them from running towards my phone.

The ones I know who they are:
Currant @HonkABC
Blue, bearded, single comb, toes mostly white, white on face, tip of beak whitish
View attachment 4054733

Pineapple @Chicken_Obsesser
Splash, single comb
View attachment 4054738

Lotus @Cheekychook12
Blue, bearded, pea comb, toes not as white
View attachment 4054740

Violet @Chicken_Obsesser
Black, white dot on head, single comb, white wing tips, white on front, some white on toes.
View attachment 4054760

Now for the other 3:
There is one that looks just like Lotus but with a smaller head spot
View attachment 4054762

A black chick with some copper in it's head fluff
View attachment 4054764

And this partridge/red chick
View attachment 4054765

They are gorgeous!!! If one of the 3 un named ones is Walnut, I bet it is the one that looks like Lotus. Did Lotus hatch out of a brown egg? Sorry if I’m misremembering but I think you had said there were two purebred marans chicks - I would guess that Walnut is one of those marans, and the dark chick looks like a marans to me They are all sooo adorable!

 

[horselover1999]

They are gorgeous!!! If one of the 3 un named ones is Walnut, I bet it is the one that looks like Lotus. Did Lotus hatch out of a brown egg? Sorry if I’m misremembering but I think you had said there were two purebred marans chicks - I would guess that Walnut is one of those marans, and the dark chick looks like a marans to me They are all sooo adorable!

Walnut is one of the 3 that hatched this morning, so it is still in the incubator. All of the black chicks in the brooder have a head spot, which Marans don’t have.

 

[horselover1999]

Any updates on Maple?

Maple finally hatched! (with assistance)
So, while Maple was the only one to actually hatch on day 21, it did pip at the wrong end of the egg and was shrink wrapped/stuck.
I candled the remaining 4 eggs early yesterday morning, and saw that Maple’s air cell extended really far down the side of the egg, and I could see an internal pip, so Maple did have access to the air cell. It externally pipped later yesterday morning, about halfway down the egg, which was a little sus, but I let it do its thing. I woke up at 3:30 this morning to Maple zipping a little bit, but an hour later there was no further progress, so I chipped away some shell and found that Maple was in the perfect position to hatch, just backwards. With plenty of protest about the room temperature water, I got Maple out of the shell and the majority of the membrane unstuck. Maple is now happily drying off in the incubator.

 

[Mjismom]

Wow! What a great hatch!!! I don’t know why I stopped getting notifications for this thread, but what a fun update to see all your adorable chickies!!!! And yay for Maple!! So glad you were able to help.

 

[horselover1999]

Maple is the most alert freshly hatched baby I have ever met. It was READY to leave that egg!