I HAVE BABIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UPDATED WITH PICTURES

[Poison Ivy]

I have a bantam that went broody on me a month ago. So I let her set on 2 eggs as a trial run to see how it would go. Well I checked them daily and gather the extra eggs out of the nest. I came home today to gather the eggs and I saw a broken shell. My heart sank thinking the one finally broke that had the crack in it that I fixed with wax. I lifted her up to get the egg out and see a yellow chick and a black chick. Oh happy day!!!!! Both look good but the yellow one is alot smaller then the black one. I have to go to my sons baseball game but I will take a few pictures and post them later tonight. I just wanted to share my good news. Twila

The little yellow one is doing alot better since I brought them in the house I think it was to hot in the coop.
now to think up some great names.

 

[Saltiena]

thats so cool, i hope you enjoy the 2 new "bundles of joy" plz post pics i can't wait to see

one hour later

one hour later :| one hour later (waiting for pics)

last hour --hope you post pics

lol

 

[Poison Ivy]

Sorry I took so long but it was the last game for Matt's baseball season and they had a pizza party after. All I could think about was getting home to check on my babies. Oh and his team won! lol

 

[justusnak]

Tell your son CONGRATS!!! Hope they had a great pizza party too!

The babies are BEAUTIFULL! They are definately as different as day and night...hey, how about Sunny and Luna for names!? LOL

 

[Freebie]

Did you take them from Mom? I was just wondering, alot of people take them and raise them in the brooder. Mine one lonely chick hatched out May 5 and I let her stay with Mom. I just love going down and seeing them together.

 

[Poison Ivy]

No mom & chicks are in the crate in the guest room where its nice & cozy and very quite. I checked them twice this morning and they are getting around great. I was worried about the little yellow one but it must have only been hours old when I got home. Its walking around and peeping. But it is so much smaller then the black one. I guess the black one is a Black star sex link chick. Have no idea what the yellow one is. I have BR, black stars, black giant,SLW, RIR,Buff Orp. & A delaware roo. So which one has yellow chicks with strips. I know its not from my EE's because the eggs were brown eggs that hatched. Anybody care to guess???

 

[Saltiena]

the yellow one is probably a buff orpington with "interesting" 9and very pretty) markings, i may completly off on this, but couldn't it still have been an americana, if the female lays browns eggs it woulden't matter right?

 

[mudhen]

Congratulations!
I'd forgotten about the wax repair, what a great result.

Momma looks very content, too!!