We incubated 7 eggs from our Barred Rock hens and all but one hatched yesterday!! Actually, we knew that one wasn't fertile when we candled at the end of week one.
We read that 60% usually hatch. Beginner luck, maybe?
So now we have 6 black fuz balls
they're so darn cute!
This is our first little one that hatched!
4 hatched, just patiently waiting on 2 more......
Momma just blow drying us to make us fluffy
(Poor little birdies wouldn't dry at all because the humidity was 99%!!! I did my research and found that using a hair dryer would do the trick.)
Hanging with my peeps, all warm and cozy!
(My husband decided to use the indoor/outdoor thermometer in the brooder as well. He put the outdoor temp sensor under the light to know how hot it got and the indoor part on the other side away from the light to know how cool it was.)
Just had to post this and share our first time ever hatching chicks.
So far so good
We read that 60% usually hatch. Beginner luck, maybe?
So now we have 6 black fuz balls
they're so darn cute!This is our first little one that hatched!
4 hatched, just patiently waiting on 2 more......
Momma just blow drying us to make us fluffy
(Poor little birdies wouldn't dry at all because the humidity was 99%!!! I did my research and found that using a hair dryer would do the trick.)
Hanging with my peeps, all warm and cozy!
(My husband decided to use the indoor/outdoor thermometer in the brooder as well. He put the outdoor temp sensor under the light to know how hot it got and the indoor part on the other side away from the light to know how cool it was.)
Just had to post this and share our first time ever hatching chicks.
So far so good
and Welcome To BYC! What cute chicks! Really nice hatch percentage you had, hope you wind up with lots of girls!
Welcome to the site and enjoy those cuties!
