Hold my hand through first hatch?

[beckylein15]

How exciting! Good for you for rescuing those poor hens!

Thanks! I was pretty surprised by the state of them from a 'free run organic farm', to be honest. But I admit that my knowledge of factory farming of eggs and what all the designations mean was pretty (shamefully) limited I am happy they are here and will get to live out the rest of their lives being spoiled!

 

[beckylein15]

2 babies are out!! One from the hard shell - she burst out and ran across the incubator. It's been a bit since I've been up at 2am for a birth (I am midwife but am on a leave). So delightful to watch that unfold! Off to snooze until my human babies wake me up. I'll be back with photos when the sun rises!

 

[Isaac 0]

 

[beckylein15]

We are up to 4 out so far and #5 is zipping! One is quite a bit bigger than the others (he also got a bit stuck while zipping).

 

[Isaac 0]

Are those KC?

 

[beckylein15]

Are those KC?

They are

 

[beckylein15]

We are 9 for 9 hatched I can't believe all of them made it. This is clearly how chicken/duck math works, eh? We had hoped for 4-5 of them guess we will be building an addition to the coop!

These are the oldest 5. Everybody else is chilling (warming?) in the mama heat nest and one left to dry out in the incubator. We went from 0 to 12 birds between Monday and today loving it.

 

[Isaac 0]