CHICKENS ARE AMAZING CREATURES (and addictive). Came home tonight and found a chanteclar chick had hatched. Tomorrow we were going to call it quits on the 3 remaining eggs. Tomorrow morning this chick can join the 11 mixed chicks in the brooder.
Took the quads out today, and came home to a just hatched silkie chick, now I'm tapping my foot waiting for the ones in the bigger eggs, today is day 20
So my broody just finally came off her nest this morning, day 23.she has 3 chicks out of 6 eggs! 2 didn't hatch (I still have to candle to see if they were fertile) and one hatched but died after hatching for some reason. Im really upset, does that happen often when a chick dies under a broody? I just hope it wasn't my fault...