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[homeschoolin momma]

Got home from todays excursion and two spitzies have arrived!

Had to take a pic with its serama sibling....

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Still have two pipped spitz eggs and the other three are silent. No pips or anything. Hoping for the best still.

 

[Faraday40]

Got home from todays excursion and two spitzies have arrived!View attachment 1804803
Had to take a pic with its serama sibling....

so cute!
Your white chick has the fuzzy shanks to go with the silkie feet!

 

[Faraday40]

@homeschoolin momma
How is the chick's crooked toe? Did it straighten out on its own? (Sometimes they fix themselves as they learn to stand/walk.) If not, the masking tape orthopedics usually work.

 

[homeschoolin momma]

How is the chick's crooked toe

Looks better today. Walking around seems to have helped so far.

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Why does hatching have to take so long? 3 are still pipped and two havent even started.

 

[homeschoolin momma]

The 3 pipped spitzies hatched overnight. The last two still havent started! I moved the first two spitzies and serama to the brooder last night. Shes so tiny!!!

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Doesnt everyone start their day snuggling with a baby chick?

 

[Molpet]

I heard a hubbub and seen a bunch of poults looking through the shade cloth into another coop. ... between the cloth and a nest box. I was thinking of a chipmunk or similar. I found this

 

[Molpet]

10' away is a turkey hen due to hatch on the 13th.... This is what happens when you let them set their own eggs.

I tried giving it to 3 different broody chickens and none would take it. Hopefully it's mom will when others hatch.