Name the eggs! Choose your baby to root for!

[21hens-incharge]

Looks like another lovely hatch so far! Such a great variety you have now @ElfenLied89!!

They are popping out everywhere!!

 

[ElfenLied89]

Any more naked necks?

No! Thank goodness!

 

[ElfenLied89]

Looks like another lovely hatch so far! Such a great variety you have now @ElfenLied89!!

They are popping out everywhere!!
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I need yall to come get some. Lol. I didn't expect such a big hatch. It's is already crowded.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I need yall to come get some. Lol. I didn't expect such a big hatch. It's is already crowded.

I do have an empty coop right now.

 

[ElfenLied89]

I do have an empty coop right now.

I think I need a bigger box. Idk how I am going to keep them all til they feather. Lol. If anyone knows of a solar powered heater (my outdoor plug is broken right now) for chicks I can stick them outside? Would my 8 week old babies mess with them?

 

[21hens-incharge]

I think I need a bigger box. Idk how I am going to keep them all til they feather. Lol. If anyone knows of a solar powered heater (my outdoor plug is broken right now) for chicks I can stick them outside? Would my 8 week old babies mess with them?

Definitely not safe to add them in with 8 week olds.

I don't think there's something solar available that would be adequate or reliable.

 

[ElfenLied89]

Only one I forgot to photo was Marble. Marble looks like the other black ones with yellow on its belly. I will try to figure out who is who soon. I did finally get the black yellow babies banded. Just have to sit down and compare my notes and names with bands.

 

[ElfenLied89]

Definitely not safe to add them in with 8 week olds.

I don't think there's something solar available that would be adequate or reliable.

I didnt think so. I will have to beg hubs for a bigger box

 

[tlcmurphy]

Has everyone hatched it the second batch?

 

[2ndTink]

I didnt think so. I will have to beg hubs for a bigger box

I have almost always used cardboard boxes, I can get some decent sized ones from work. Then as they grow, I'll add another box and cut doorways between them and turn it into a multi-room complex. Heat lamp in one with the food and water at the other end, a backup feeder in another room and eventually I'll add a little tub of dirt in one for them to explore and dustbath. With cardboard it's easy to take a few sticks and poke through the sides to make different height roosts too.