Making Lemonade [Selective Culling Project - very long term]

[NanaK]

Awww, look at the cuties!

 

[U_Stormcrow]

One more hatch overnight. Pic later. Coffee first. Coffee before all.

 

[Sally PB]

Pic later. Coffee first. Coffee before all.

Yessssss!

What kind of coffee, and how do you take it?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Black. and usually drip. We have an espresso machine for special occasions, but best I not hit it all day long while at work, or I'd have it in my office.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Good mix of hatchling colors and patterns. I like having options, though the "chipmunk" tend to be the best looking birds as adults. Curious about the one with the dark spot on his head like a chipmunk, but no obvious stripes on the back. The other two chipmunks, one has a crisp set of markings, the other is a bit "blurred". Oh, and two more pips. Leaving just one more to do something this hatch.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

8 of 9 have now hatched. No pips at last look, Haven't candled in the last couple days. On 72 hour watch now..

 

[Sally PB]

I like 8. It's a cube, and the shape has nice symmetry. 9 is great too; it's a square, and Beethoven's 9th is my favorite piece of music.

Yeah, I'm a weirdo.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I like math. Works for me.

 

[Sally PB]

Any news on #9?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Any news on #9?

Yes. I've had 2 cups of coffee, and #9 hatched. Another chipmunk, but darker. No black per se, but the whole chick looks blacker, if that makes any sense. My eyes were having trouble processing. Suspect it will be one of my birds that shows less and less red over time/more cover than pattern.

But I am often wrong about such things.

Need to talk with my better half about whether or no we are going to start another hatch immediately.