March 2017! Hatch with us!

[WVduckchick]

I did awake to peeping and flapping!!
No one was out by 2:00am (yes, I was checking), but by dawn... I have a Jubilee Orpington and an Easter Egger! The humidity was sky high in the incubator, so I pulled these two out and held them over a warm heater before putting them in the brooder. The Orpington was yelling the whole time s/he was hatching, and is so full of zip! I think the EE is exhausted and just needs to sleep and dry off.

The Marans egg had pipped down low, and there's a splash Orpington (first to pip) who has finally started unzipping, 15 hours later.
So excited for chicks!!

 

[Jessimom]

I did awake to peeping and flapping!!
No one was out by 2:00am (yes, I was checking), but by dawn... I have a Jubilee Orpington and an Easter Egger! The humidity was sky high in the incubator, so I pulled these two out and held them over a warm heater before putting them in the brooder. The Orpington was yelling the whole time s/he was hatching, and is so full of zip! I think the EE is exhausted and just needs to sleep and dry off.

The Marans egg had pipped down low, and there's a splash Orpington (first to pip) who has finally started unzipping, 15 hours later.
So excited for chicks!!

Adorable babies!! You are hatching a great mix of chicks!!!! Go chickies go!

 

[Cerise1924]

Adorable babies!! You are hatching a great mix of chicks!!!! Go chickies go!

Thank you!!

I am so happy with Papa's Poultry's mix-and-match hatching eggs.
UPDATE: My daughter and I got to see a hatch as it happened. Emily (Splash Orpington), first to pip and then nothing... unzipped very quickly in front of our eyes this morning. I think it wanted an audience.

I like the face paint! Will be curious to see what this chick looks like when it dries off.

 

[Jessimom]

I notice that everyone else takes the new baby chicks and places them in a pretty pose and snaps BEAUTIFUL photos. I throw them into a box and snap a quick photo - don't check to see if it's clear, then I put them away.

Well, here is a photo of last nights transfer:




And this is from this morning....



The Olive Eggers are twice the size of the little bantams.



And now they are ALL under the heat plate....

 

[lilwildrabbit]

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Most likely you are seeing head and butt, but anything is possible.
I still get up every couple of hours too!

C'mon chickies!!

Every couple hours?? I just stay up checking every 5 minutes!!

 

[Cerise1924]

I notice that everyone else takes the new baby chicks and places them in a pretty pose and snaps BEAUTIFUL photos. I throw them into a box and snap a quick photo - don't check to see if it's clear, then I put them away.

Well, here is a photo of last nights transfer:




And this is from this morning....



The Olive Eggers are twice the size of the little bantams.



And now they are ALL under the heat plate....

 

[WVduckchick]

A box of chicks ranks right up there with a box of chocolates!

 

[Cerise1924]

A box of chicks ranks right up there with a box of chocolates!

Agreed!!

 

[Jessimom]

Beautiful chicks!!!

They are probably happier not to be posed.

What are the silvery ones in the second pic?

What are the orangey-red ones on the left, in the bottom pic?

I still can't tell chick breeds very well, and I love learning.

-Cerise

First picture was 4 bantam EE, 1 Serama and 1 F1 Olive Egger
Second photo, as far as i could tell at quick look is Bantam EE, Serama and 1 or 2 more Olive Eggers. I have NO idea which chick is which in the photo. I know the bigger one is an Olive Egger.


Orange chickens on the left, in the bottom photo are Rhode Island Reds. I had 9 of those hatch, and they are bigger than anything else in the brooder. I put 4 under the broody hens, they killed 1, but the other 3 seem to be ok..

As far as telling hens or chicks apart - I have NO ABILITY whats so ever on most of my birds. I make the mistake of hatching multiple breeds at once, and I have no clue which one is which. That's what I did with my last hatch. I can tell the silkies but the Silver Laced Wyandotte and the Speckled Sussex will have to get real feathers before I can tell them apart.

The good thing about this hatch is the Seramas are TINY, the bantam EEs are really small and the Olive Eggers are monsters compared to the rest. They should be easy to track. Unfortunately, I just threw them in with the SS, SLW, RIR And Silkies.....

I had to go to work, and the poor egg I accidentally pulled, then put back, is quieter but hasn't externally pipped. I am MOSTLY a - do not help kind of person. So, I just came to the office and left them on their own.....

 

[Norlund568]

I went to check on my chickens this morning before work and found that Noname Legbar's eggs had begun to hatch. I am so excited! They are all mixes, but feathery butts make me nuts!