Norma is 7 for 8 and the 8th is pipped and chirping! I thought I gave her mostly CA Grey eggs but I obviously gave her more Dorking egg than I thought. She has hatched 3. They are beautiful little sex links; red and yellow chipmunks with 5 toes. I think the red are the little girls. Got 4 black sex link babies too. two girls who are very gorgeous mottled black and red and the boys are black with a head spot. Not sure about the little guy in the shell though. The bantams also appear to be sex linked...4 are silver and 4 are gold all are totally adorable!!! I am going to ask on the sex link thread who would be what. Jamie Lee was apparently so devoted to Petunia and her eggs that when I put the little family in a dog crate for safety and bonding time, Jamie Lee left her nest to go hang out on the ground next to the crate. I caught her and locked her in the coop. After she had settled in on the nest again I gave her 8 Delaware eggs.

that her little foray was a sign that she wanted chicks and that she will stick to these eggs so she can get her own. It has been a few hours and she is still sitting tight. I really like that right now we are hatching our own eggs. I can not get over the cuteness. I will try to get pics soon but am having Easter lunch here tomorrow after Mass so probably it will be after that. They are seriously darling and robust little things. Happy Easter!!