I've got pips!! YAY!!

[BarkerChickens]

I have 7 broodies!

Two are sitting on eggs due now. The remaining 5 are sitting on eggs due next weekend.

Anyway.....I have 2 pips and both are chirping!!

I had one hen go broody and then #2 showed up the nest. Rather than starting a new batch, I split the eggs between them. 5 total made it to hatch day (others were not fertile or quiters). So far, there is 1 pip under each hen (how perfect is that!

). One of the pips is one of my EEs eggs. She the sweetest bird ever, so I am excited to see how the offspring will be. I see yellow fuzz (wet, of course) and a yellow/tan beak in the eggs, so I am sure it is the Faverolle rooster's (the other rooster was a Jersey Giant (we got rid of him about the time the eggs were set, so his offspring are still possible).

YAY!!!

 

[ChickFila]

Congrats!
Broody hens are the most reliable incubators

 

[FenDruadin]

Congrats.

I can't wait to have some silkies so I can hatch under broodies.

 

[BarkerChickens]

One hatched under the SF hen...it is an EE hen/Faverolle roo cross. The mom and dad both have great personalities, so hopefully this little one does too!

Pip #2 got smashed by my JG hen.

It was a little yellow one with clean legs...it hadn't fully zipped yet.

But...a 3rd egg is now pipped...under the SF hen thankfully! If it hatches, I will let the JG mom have it. Not sure she needs another pipped egg...I'll just slip her the fuzzy butt afterwards.