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[Skyle]

Thank you all for the replies! I will definitely try if they keep going. As you already said, I can always put the chicks with the others in the brooder. I already given eggs which were on day 18 to a broody, but it was with an older broody, she did awesome and kept the chicks for 5 weeks. Anyways I learned a lot on this site and I read a lot on how to give hatched chicks to broodies, too.
I have two Borotto incubators, with this hatch I'm testing for the first time one of them. I bought the first one one year ago and I like a lot how they work and the egg trays. I don't like so much the last year's humidifier (it does its work correctly though), but they improved it this year and now it's much better.
My chickens can roam freely in the whole yard, which is fenced. They have lots of bushes where to scratch the dry leaves and rest during the hot days, then there is the lawn with some trees, so they can eat the fruits that fall, too.

The hatch ended (actually a few days ago but I've been a bit busy these days, sorry).
I usually hatch only purebeeds, but this time I wanted to try few mixes, just for fun.
We got 2 Brahma x Red Sexlink, 1 bantam cochin (I'm guessing it's a mix between millefleur and black, it's black but not as black as the purebred chicks I've seen) and 3 silver chinese quails.
Unfortunately both the broodies refused the chicks, the bantam cochin actually broke her broodiness on her own few hours later discovering the chick.
Today here it's raining and thundering, some thunders were so strong that they scared the chicks, poor little ones.

 

[abpatchy]

oh how cute is that!!!!

 

[Silkie Princess]

The hatch ended (actually a few days ago but I've been a bit busy these days, sorry).
I usually hatch only purebeeds, but this time I wanted to try few mixes, just for fun.
We got 2 Brahma x Red Sexlink, 1 bantam cochin (I'm guessing it's a mix between millefleur and black, it's black but not as black as the purebred chicks I've seen) and 3 silver chinese quails.
Unfortunately both the broodies refused the chicks, the bantam cochin actually broke her broodiness on her own few hours later discovering the chick.
Today here it's raining and thundering, some thunders were so strong that they scared the chicks, poor little ones.
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Omg! I love the black and white baby!

 

[PippinTheChicken]

The hatch ended (actually a few days ago but I've been a bit busy these days, sorry).
I usually hatch only purebeeds, but this time I wanted to try few mixes, just for fun.
We got 2 Brahma x Red Sexlink, 1 bantam cochin (I'm guessing it's a mix between millefleur and black, it's black but not as black as the purebred chicks I've seen) and 3 silver chinese quails.
Unfortunately both the broodies refused the chicks, the bantam cochin actually broke her broodiness on her own few hours later discovering the chick.
Today here it's raining and thundering, some thunders were so strong that they scared the chicks, poor little ones.
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Awww looks like the big one's pooping out the little one lol!
They're adorable!

 

[Skyle]

oh how cute is that!!!!

Thank you!

Omg! I love the black and white baby!

I can't wait to see it grown up

Awww looks like the big one's pooping out the little one lol!
They're adorable!

Thank you! Yeah, the little ones love to hide under the bigger onesMaybe they think they are their mum, since the quails hatched about 24 hours after the first chicken-chick, it was already drinking and eating when they were transferred to the brooder. So the quails just copied the big brother.

 

[BDutch]

Awww looks like the big one's pooping out the little one lol!
They're adorable!

I love the pictures. Especially that one really made me laugh .

 

[Silkie Princess]

What breed is the black and white one?

 

[Skyle]

I love the pictures. Especially that one really made me laugh ?.

Thank you!

What breed is the black and white one?

It's a bantam cochin. But I'm not sure if it's a pure black or a cross between black and millefleur.

 

[Silkie Princess]

It's a bantam cochin. But I'm not sure if it's a pure black or a cross between black and millefleur.

I love bantam Cochins! This makes me want to get them even more!

 

[Skyle]

I love bantam Cochins! This makes me want to get them even more!

They have a wonderful temperament. When the weather was good the pullets sometimes enjoyed having breakfast outside with us in our balcony, in my lap.

In this photo they enjoyed the scratchies so much that they fell asleep lol

This is my first bantam chick, it's so sweet. I can't wait to hatch more