(NEW PICS PG 1 & 3) WOOWHOOO!!! Blue/Splash eggs are hatching!!!

[Mrs MIA]

Nice foot-feathering there, Chris!

... what a cutie!

 

[KattyKillFish]

you just HAVE to name him!

 

[speckledhen]

Congrats, Chris!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Gorgeous!

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

Thanks! It has one fault that I can see already, the 4th and 5th toe isn't as developed as I'd like on one foot, but it will definitely be an asset to my breeding program. He/she is a nice chick thus far. Nice deep DARK eyes, big and roung, DARK skin, and good foot feathering. Now the fun begins... seeing how they develop as they grow!

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

I just checked the bator and I have another pip on a second blue/splash egg! YAY!

 

[Mrs MIA]

I just got my first splash egg today... I can't wait to see if they're fertile!!

 

[cariboujaguar]

that is one beautiful little chick, love the color!

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

I've got the second blue/splash chick out, and working on the third. It pipped this afternoon. Hopefully I'll be able to take pics of all three in the morning. I think I've had my first two tragedies of the hatching season though. I fully believe that I've lost one of my only two fertile buff eggs, and one of the 7 blues to "in shell death." The buff is a day late and still no pip, and the blue is two days late and still no pip. All in a hatching day I guess...

 

[needmorechickens!]

Sorry about your other two, but the one in the pics is just amazing! I love the color.
~Rebecca