JUNE 1st Hatch: Were locked and hatching!!!!!!!!!!

[sgtmck1]

I got three pips. Had to take the kids fishing so I would quit looking in there.

 

[sgtmck1]

Lots of pips this morning but no chicks. hows yalls babies doing?

 

[Fuffy]

Candled my last remaining 7 eggs, as nothing was happening
NOT good!!!!
Had to chuck them all

So 10 eggs:
Of which 5 cream legbar
5 buff sussex

Of which 1 of each hatched (1 female CL,1 unknown BS)

Of the rest 1 had an air sack that you had to chase around the shell (Chucked on Day 18)
7 Were runny and showing very little development on Day 22

Not the greatest stats, really

BUT
I have learned an awlul lot, and feel much more confident about trying again. So thank you all for your support!

Questions:
When shipped eggs arrive should they be rattling loose in the styrofoam shipping box? Or should they be snug?

And How long should I expect it to take for Momma to decide that there is no point sitting and to take her babies out for the first time?

And is there a danger to the chicks from eating corn or layers pellets?

Also, Kathy: Are those marbles in your water? To stop the chickies falling in? Any what is in your water to make it that colour?

 

[Vanessabuffsnsilkies]

Last Sunday was day 18, lockdown. I went down again this morning expecting the eggs that had zipped and stopped to be dead. One had hatched!!! I couldn't believe it! Another one I thought for sure was a gonner is breaking more of the shell. So today is day 24 and they are still hatching...

 

[Fuffy]

YAY That's GREAT news Vanessa!!!

 

[Fuffy]

'Bonus' the Buffy with Hermione 36hrs

 

[Vanessabuffsnsilkies]

Too cute!

 

[Morag]

Hermione is gorgeous and so is her baby! My shipped eggs were all packed with bubble wrap inside the poly boxes.

Here are my 5 week olds - first day out today, can't believe how fast they've grown

This is Honey, my big hen, with her 3 babies nearly 2 weeks old

These are the newbies and legless!

 

[sgtmck1]

12 babies and there still coming

 

[sgtmck1]

my little fuzzy butts