Just hatched out my very first chick!

[tnlorprazer]

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WE want pics!!!

 

[Fenrirwulf]

On Sunday we had our first chickens hatch, 6 of them.

On Monday, we had another 5. That only leaves 2 unhatched eggs, since one broke with no sign of a chick.

We lost one chick this morning, which is a very sad thing.

As for pics, I am not trying to advertise our blog, it is the just the easiest way to provide pics since my wife has already made a post about it. All but one is a cross of hatchery EE hen and Barred Rock rooster. One is full BR, but kinda hard to tell which one.

http://chandlersgrovefarm.blogspot.com/2009/07/chicks.html

They are currently in the brooder in the kitchen. I can't decide whether I should let the hen raise them, or raise them by hand. Since they are our first batch I would feel bad if anything happened to them. Being a control freak, I think they would do better under my care. I would also be interested in seeing how the hen raise them. I can always hand brood another batch once I get an incubator.

As I said, I am still undecided.

 

[beefy]

ive got 6 and a half hatched so far.

 

[beefy]

 

[morninggloryhatchery]

CONGRATS ON YOUR FIRST HATCH! Im borrowing a incubator soon so i will have an extra for more eggs lol. Hatching eggs is my hobby and im addicted to it!

Joy

 

[AkTomboy]

I just got my first bator and cant wait till next spring to try and hatch out some lil ones. Congrats!!

 

[beefy]

its not as hard as everyone led me to believe. (although i didnt have a great hatch rate either)

 

[astylishgirl]

Congrats... your chicks are adorable!

 

[beefy]

well 8 chicks have hatched so far. today is day 21 for the first eggs i put in and i put more in two days later so those are on day 19. all the ones that have pipped have hatched already so who knows if any of the others will hatch or not.

today the people came by cutting limbs from around the powerlines and cut the electricity off for a while so that helps... temp dropped to 93 and the humidity went up to 75 during that time. nice timing.