I am just so THRILLED! New baby chick just hatched!

[kaybats]

So cute! Looks like she's going to be an excellent mama

She is a fantastic mama! She comes out of the nest box even less than she did when she was just setting eggs. And when she does, she goes back in almost immediately because the baby stands outside the box cheeping as loud as you please for Mama to come back! It is precious!

I'm gonna post some pics here in a minute...

 

[kaybats]

Here are some more pics...





Here is baby hollering for MOM!!!



Mom is back ASAP...and none too thrilled about me "exploiting" her little one!



Maxine rushed baby back to safety toot sweet!




Back home! Now take your camera and leave us alone...LOL

 

[kaybats]

How adorable!! Congrats!!! I hope more hatch for you!!

Oh I hope so....I really think I may be getting some Mother's day chicks! What a gift that will be!!!

 

[kaybats]

I have some eggs in an incubator right now. I keep hoping one of my hens will go broody so that I can slip some under her. I would love to see a mother with chicks. All my chickens have come from breeders.

I was not expecting this to happen at all. I was thinking of MAYBE hatching out some of my own NEXT spring...when my "chicken legs" are a little stronger and I would be more confident (and, honestly, more prepared if I failed). And when Maxine went broody, I was hopeful, but un-expecting. What an absolute thrill to have experienced this!

 

[willowbranchfarm]

Awww there so cute.

 

[samuel]

So cute i wish i had a rooster so my hens could be able to hatch an egg

THAT GREAT!! She look like a good mother I'm so exited for you

 

[kaybats]

She is a great mom! I could just watch them all day. They are amazing!
And guess what? Brand new baby came today from second broody, Juliet!
I am beside myself! Will start new thread with pics if I can figure out how to do it from this phone! LOL
if not it wily l be later from PC and camera.