Illinois...

[chickendreams24]

Yep. She's REALLY, REALLY BROODY!

Hahahaha "Fear me if you dare"

 

[Faraday40]

Tomorrow is hatch day & right now I see 3 pips in the incubator!


I also have 2 (unproven) broody hens each sitting on 1 egg so they may experience the sensation of hatching beneath them. If all goes well, I'll split the chicks between them.

Yesterday afternoon, the neighbor girl dropped by & gave me a bunch of eggs that she collected for me. Yep, she grabbed Jewel's only fertile egg, carried all the eggs inside, and rolled them around on the kitchen counter. I was upstairs in the bathroom at the time, so she found Grace & told her. Grace then told me. I yelled through the door for someone to run the marked egg back outside to Jewel because it had a chick inside it! So, next the egg got shaken as the girl literally "ran" it back outside. Not sure if it will still hatch, but two things I've learned is that chicks are tough & those broody hens are full of surprises. Once I had some eggs get very cold because the hen walked back to the wrong nest and I didn't notice for several hours. All the eggs hatched - just a day late.

 

[Faraday40]

6:30am
The 1st 2 lav orps hatched!
3 pips!

 

[cavemanrich]

My measly flock. I know I'm weak in the pro picture department. and here is a cross section of the eggs.

From left to right. Rosies' the Red SL. Mary Janes' RIR. One of my Polish Gals. And last but not least though smallest from one of my OEGH. (Silver Duckwing)
Currently due to molting and going on strike, only Rosie and Mary Jane are laying.
I am having serious thoughts of building a new coop. It would be slightly larger than what I have. Right now its just thoughts.

 

[cavemanrich]

I would like to get a sign like this for outside of coop.

 

[Faraday40]

@cavemanrich
I think another coop sounds like a great idea, and I could see you with one like that.
DH always tells the flock that they better feed him one way or another.

Of course if I were able to get another coop, I'd get one like this:

 

[Faraday40]

2pm hatch update:
6 lav orp chicks!
3 pips!

 

[Faraday40]

Still have 6 chicks, but now 5 pips. Here are some pics of today's progress:

The CCL egg under Jewel died. (hopefully not because of the neighbor girl) It was strange because when I went to candle it last night, the shell was partially removed & I could feel the chick moving. I saw no blood & quickly put it back under her. This morning it was dead. I put one of the chicks under her & we'll see how Jewel does. Hopefully it was just a random accident & not because of Jewel or the neighbor girl.

I checked on the silkie's "mix-orp egg" last night & it looked a bit small for day 20-21. She also got a lav orp chick today. If they take care of their one chick, then they'll be given some more pretty soon.

 

[Faraday40]

The chicks have hatched & are adorable!
I had 4 of Jewel's egg which hatched a splash (I think), blue, lav, & choc cuckoo (my last chick from Brick). The lavender chick proved that Jewel carries the recessive lav gene. OR ..... The "splash" may be a lav but it got a dose of whatever caused Oopsie to feather in white. (a lav or blue "sport") T

Below: Does the one out of the basket look like a splash? It's so much lighter than any of my lavs. The 2 in the basket are a lav & a blue.

All summer I only got a handful of lav orps in each hatch & this one is they're taking over! A line-up of lavs:

Below: I'm guessing the one on the left is female & the other a male.

I have both broody hens in the brooder.

 

[Junibutt]

The chicks have hatched & are adorable!
I had 4 of Jewel's egg which hatched a splash (I think), blue, lav, & choc cuckoo (my last chick from Brick). The lavender chick proved that Jewel carries the recessive lav gene. OR ..... The "splash" may be a lav but it got a dose of whatever caused Oopsie to feather in white. (a lav or blue "sport") T

Below: Does the one out of the basket look like a splash? It's so much lighter than any of my lavs. The 2 in the basket are a lav & a blue.
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All summer I only got a handful of lav orps in each hatch & this one is they're taking over! A line-up of lavs:View attachment 1144504


Below: I'm guessing the one on the left is female & the other a male.View attachment 1144505

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Sorry, been away for sometime. Work and health are keeping me away.
Beautiful chicks @Faraday40 . About the splash looking chick, I am not sure where would it get the 2nd blue gene from. Therefore I think its a recessive white (1 gene from Brick and 1 from Jewel (transferred by Oopsie). Lets see!

And agree with you that she must have been split to lavender as well. You have another treasure in Jewel. She will give you all colors depending on the rooster. Black, Blue, Lavender and even Mauve if you ever have a chocolate rooster.

BTW my scalped pullet completely recovered in about 3 weeks (with the help of turmeric and olive oil). The gap in her skin (about 1.5 inch) completely went away, however still had about 1 cm patch that was featherless. However, when she was 11 weeks old, just over a period of 3 days she grew wattles and became a cockerel instead. I was so disappointed. My kids had already named her Amber Rose and now we had to change it to Mike Tyson. Anyways Mr. Tyson was dropped off at Belmont Feed and Seed 10 days ago.