November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

[Kylie A]

Tuesday on the left and Paris on the right

 

[MrsJenSmith2007]

Tuesday on the left and Paris on the right

Adorable!!!! Yay!!

 

[familypendragon]

Stayed up as long as I could then fell asleep.  Woke up to STILL no pips, no chicks and no movement again.  This is frustrating.  I wish I was better at candling so I could have a better clue what is going on in those eggs!!  Have 3 more set to hatch tomorrow, so may have plenty of activity in the incubator soon.  Honestly, I would rather they hatch with the others in case I only get one.  Only one survived hatch with my broody and it has been tough raising a single bird. None of the feed stores had any chicks or planned to get any before Spring. We had such an early FREEEEEZE I was afraid to leave the chick in outside with mama, so here he/she is in the house!!   I have handled this chick a lot and so have my children so this is by far the tamest we have had and that is saying something!!

Questions:  Our little 4 week hen has  pretty good size comb.  I don't remember any of my other babies having a comb this big this early (of all 15 I've raised from day old....NEVER a rooster...) do you think I have a little roo on my hands?? I actually hope so!  Our MASSIVE red rooster is getting old and ready to retire. We have more roosters, but all but one are bantam and none are red.  This little guy or girl is red!!

Sounds quite possible

 

[familypendragon]

Still no one out of the shell yet, but lots of chirping so that is good.

 

[Kylie A]

Exciting! It is all happening in my incubator. Three out and four more pipping! I am sitting here watching them through the lid like a moron ;-)

 

[MrsJenSmith2007]

Exciting! It is all happening in my incubator. Three out and four more pipping! I am sitting here watching them through the lid like a moron ;-)

exciting!! I am hoping that my eggs due to hatch tomorrow go more like your hatch has than these two stubborn eggs I'm dealing with now! LOL Congrats again and have fun!!

 

[LoveToFarm]

Wheaten and Blue Wheaten Ameraucana chicks

Aww good breeds!

 

[LoveToFarm]

First baby (ever) has hatched. Meet Tuesday

Aww yay I'm so happy for u I'm glad they hatched were they the one that werw wiggling?

 

[LoveToFarm]

I ordered a coop on Ebay. Max and I have been painting it all night. Max supervised and tasted the paint and I painted. Max had so much fun running around, in and out of the doors and windows. Max's beak is covered in paint and I have little Max foot prints on the rug and dog pillow.

Max is way to cute! Yay for the eggs laying!

 

[LoveToFarm]

Woo, I have my first silkie pip! Looks like I may have early birds e

Yay!