Letting Nature take it's course

[BigBlueHen53]

We moved our broodies and eggs when they started pipping, the mamas stayed with them no problem. I, on the other hand, was a complete basket case, lol!

 

[aquabum]

Two chicks are out and I got to peek at them. Momma was not happy at me. I picked her up to get a look at the one I thought was out and another fell out of her wing!

She's being a good Momma and being protective and two more chicks are almost out of their shells as well.

Can you see the chick's face in the one picture?

 

[Perris]

 

[Nats Chickens]

I love baby chicks!

 

[wamtazlady]

I had a buff laced polish rooster mate with a brown barnyard mix hen. Had 10 chicks that were white with varying amounts of black markings. All the chicks ended up having a crest but none were even close to the size of the rooster's crest.

 

[aquabum]

A third and fourth are now out and FLUFFY! Another one is working on getting out of the shell! Little dark one in the middle of the picture is only a handful of hours old.

 

[aquabum]

5th chick hatched last night.

 

[aquabum]

Mother hen brought the chicks out into the run. I checked the last two eggs and I missed a non fertilized one apparently and the other had only developed about half the egg and was not going to hatch! So momma knew and is now focused on raising the hatched ones.

She's being a great mom to the little ones.