Our 1st hatch under a broody *updated* new pics 6/25

[froggie71]

We've had a broody buff orp doing her best to hatch out eggs. She currently is in her nest box that we moved into a dog kennel inside the coop. We heard peeping last night and this morning we saw this....

Way to go mommy Sahara!

 

[TurkeyMountainChickens]

So cute!!

Nice job mama hen!

 

[froggie71]

Looks like the bio mom of this chick is 1 of our light brahmas as I can see some feathering on the legs.

 

[LeBlackbird]

 

[froggie71]

I went to check on the broody and her babies. I saw a 2nd little chick that is black and clean legged, a third that is brown and clean legged. Then I saw 1 not moving under her.

Looks like it was crushed, as it wasn't fully fluffed out. Also 1 died and seems crushed that didn't make it all the way out of shell. Just glad I found them before the kids came home. Momma hen won't leave the nesting box, so she was eating out of my hand. I did get her to drink when I brought the water to her as well. Almost as stressful as when the eggs are in the bator.

 

[mayapooh]

Awww, I'm so sorry for your lost chickies.

 

[froggie71]

Thank you. On the bright side there was another adorable chickie under momma hen this morning and she is sitting tight. Hopefully there will be a few more by the end of the day.

 

[froggie71]

So far 5 were running around at 6:30am this morning. Went out about 9 and 1 and drowned

The little black one looked cold. It was 51 degrees in the coop. Pretty chilly today. We took the 4 remaining chicks and brought them inside to put under the heat lamp. Marbles in their waterer. 3 more eggs are pipping under mamma, so I'm hoping when she has finished hatching we will be able to return these babies to her.

 

[froggie71]

Here are some pics of the babies we brought inside.
This one 1 think is and EE/Red Star cross

I think this one is a Light Brahma/red star cross

Another EE/Red Star cross (this one look just like our EE Poofy when she was a chick except the leg color)

Finally the one we are totally not sure of. Think this one came from a white egg which would be a GL polish or a Lakenvelder. Out of the 4 roos, could be red star, BBR OEGB (don't think it is this one), mixed D'uccle (don't think it's this one) or a mixed birchen game bantam (maybe this one) it is smaller than the others.

 

[acid_chipmunk]

Such cuties!!!