Oh B'Gosh...First Hatch!! Pic Heavy..

[hatchaholic]

Kelley - those fuzzy butts are soooo cute! Arianna (my 5 year old) wants to come to your house and see them b/c they are so pretty!!

Think about me when you are overrun with eggs in the spring. I can use some of those!!!!

 

[steffpeck]

They are sooooo cute!!!! Congratulations on such a fabulous hatch!! I have 3 of Jodie's babies that are 2 weeks old, and they are so fun and so cute!! They have amazing coloring!! Nothing compared to Hatchery birds.

 

[Southernbelle]

So sweet!

Mine are incubating under a broody, so I'm going to miss the front row seats! Thanks for sharing yours!

 

[Bandana]

That first pic of Pippen is just too cool. Looks like he's lying back giving us a sort of drunken wave.

 

[island.girlie]

Awesome job! Which Hova-Bator is that you have there. It's worked so well with you. What a great first hatch.

I offically have my eggs in the bator as of this afternoon. Hope I have a hatch as great as yours. CONGRATS ON YOUR FIRST CHICKIE BABIES!

 

[UrbanMama]

Kim...my 11 yo dd is named Arianna! If we only lived closer.... If I can convince my hubby to allow me to keep a roo, I'll definitely hook you up

(I think I can convince him..especially if his favorite "Nugget" is a roo!)

steffpeck...I couldn't agree more! I'll definitely be buying from Jody again!

Southernbelle...Thank you!

on your hatch and I can't wait to see your fuzzy butt pics too

Bandana...That has to be one of my favorite pics! The ironic thing is that that is Pippens temperament. He is so chill!

island.girlie...

for a good first hatch for you! I start mine in a Genesis 1588 and I use a 1602 for a hatcher. It's a still air and after taking a bit of tweaking to get the setting just right, it held beautifully!




Okay, now for some sad news. When I took out the last two chicks this morning, I decided to candle the last egg. The baby had died. I opened it (which was heartbreaking) and it was fully formed, and it had not absorbed the yolk sac. This is the egg with the sideways airsac. We'll be burying him in the backyard this afternoon.


As for a hatch rate, we were so blessed.

16 eggs received from Jody (not one cracked!)
-4 scrambled by the PO taken out around day 10
-2 that my 2yo son Adam broke

-1 that quit in the first week

Left 9 that went into the hatcher. I have 8 beautiful, healthy fuzzy butts! I'm truly blessed

 

[hinkjc]

Great job Kelley with your first hatch...I knew you could do it!

Thanks so much for sharing pics of my fuzzy grandbabies. You're going to love these orpies..they have such wonderful temperaments. Have fun!

Jody

 

[Hooterville]

Congrats Kelley--you did a wonderful job and your babies are too cute!

Becky