Nabiki's SSC hatch

[Kiki]

I hear ya! Mine are eating like there's no tomorrow! They're going outside tomorrow to a 2'x3' pen that I got ready for them today. They should have a ton more room. There's 59 of the little buggers! There are some really gorgeous ones from the pansy hatch. Ignore the poop.
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Oh my. This is too many in a bin.

 

[Pennys Mama]

Oh my. This is too many in a bin.

Yeah, there were 25 in that tote. I knew you'd see the crowding there. They're outside in the quail coop now. They weren't even in that tote a week, they grow so fast. Hard to see the buggers for the cardboard I put up to eliminate drafts. I'm moving the Sexlink & FS outside too, as soon as I get the pen winterized.

 

[Kiki]

Yeah, there were 25 in that tote. I knew you'd see the crowding there. They're outside in the quail coop now. They weren't even in that tote a week, they grow so fast. Hard to see the buggers for the cardboard I put up to eliminate drafts. I'm moving the Sexlink & FS outside too, as soon as I get the pen winterized.
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[Pennys Mama]

I weighed one of my chicks just to see how it compared to the egg I just brought in. The egg is 19 grams. The 5 day old chick is 22 grams.
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This is from my 6 week old wild-type hen today. Crazy, right?

 

[Nabiki]

This is from my 6 week old wild-type hen today. Crazy, right?View attachment 1971431

Mine had two yolks. Yours probably does too.

 

[Pennys Mama]

Mine had two yolks. Yours probably does too.

Are any of yours fertile? I don't think mine are yet.

 

[Nabiki]

Are any of yours fertile? I don't think mine are yet.

None that I've set have been. My silver boy has not been doing his job. I'm going to have to replace him with a younger model, but I'm not 100% sure which of my younger birds are roos yet.

 

[Pennys Mama]

None that I've set have been. My silver boy has not been doing his job. I'm going to have to replace him with a younger model, but I'm not 100% sure which of my younger birds are roos yet.

Gotcha, I've seen all but one of my roos making efforts. I don't know if they're ever successful bc it's not like a neon light flashes "YES" or a bell sounds "DING-DING-DING" when a successful attempt is made!

 

[Nabiki]

The tiny yellow chicks (that are about half the size of the rest of them) are able to eat out of the feeder. They do it by climbing inside of it, which is insanely cute (if messy), but they do it. This morning I pulled the feeder out to refill it, and had a chick that wouldn't get out until I pulled it completely out of the brooder.

 

[Nabiki]

Took some new pictures this morning. There are just too many to do individual pics of them all, so here is a group shot with a few individual pics. You can see how small the yellows are compared to the other chicks.