fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[Wyorp Rock]

Babies!

 

[fuzzi]

Third egg hatching video:

What a struggle it went through, and its siblings were not helpful at all!

 

[1muttsfan]

Chick Hatch Football

 

[fuzzi]

Chick Hatch Football

More like rugby!

 

[fuzzi]

I took the three chicks that had hatched outside to the coop. I checked the pipped egg I'd placed under Rahab earlier, but nothing had progressed. As I reached underneath Rahab she gave me a strong peck, not painful, just firm. I took one chick in my hand, reached under Rahab using the back of my hand to lift her slightly, then placed the chick underneath her body. I repeated the manoeuver two more times, so that all three chicks were covered. As I placed the second chick underneath she bent over and gave it a gentle peck. After the third was placed underneath Rahab seemed to settle down, relax, and looked glassy-eyed.

I think she, and they, will be fine.

 

[fuzzi]

I just realized...I currently have FIFTEEN chickens! Chicken Math is REAL!!

 

[fuzzi]

Sixteen...

Just hatched!

Rahab looks happy...

 

[fuzzi]

Oh, and there's an egg unzipping under Tamar!

 

[fuzzi]

Now I am thinking about housing a second brood. I have the A-frame brooder refreshed with clean straw, ready for Rahab and her brood... but what about Tamar? Her nest is in a wheelbarrow in the back, near the roost.

I could use my dog crate brooder with a cover added to keep the flock from through the top. Here it is with my first brood.

 

[1muttsfan]

Looks fine.
So happy you had a decent hatch from shipped eggs.
I also had one that pipped that did not progress, died in the egg.