Pipd's Peeps!

[pattyhen]

This is so exciting. According to my calendar they were going to hatch tomorrow but this is great their early. Keep us updated please

Give Marge a big hug from me when you are able too. I hope she hatches all five of them.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

WE HAVE A BABY!!! e


I went to shower, and when I got done, I kept hearing a LOT of peeping over the monitor, so I went out to check just now. Baby popped out from under Marge, in the back corner of the pen behind her so I could only see it's little head, and then popped back under mama before I could get a picture! It's white with little black flecks, just like daddy Reuben! There will be pictures ASAP, but I don't want to disturb Margaret too much just yet!

 

[TheChickenQueen]

Yay!

Go mamma Marge!

 

[shadow rabbit10]

Yay!

Can't wait to see pics!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Baby number 2 is out!! I checked on Marge and noticed what looked like an egg sticking out from under her chest. Opened up her broody pen and got down in there to push the egg back under her when I realized that it was fuzzy! Baby 2 let me get a cell phone picture of it with mama before tucking itself away again!! It's a little more buff-colored in person, but it was still a little wet on its head and back, so it may be pure white once it's dry.

Notice that Margie's watching me closely. Not getting away with anything with her around!!

 

[shadow rabbit10]

So cute!

 

[TheChickenQueen]

Aw, it's so adorable!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Okay, now I'm confused! Look who peeked out from under Mama Marge just now! This doesn't look very much like a pure Silkie!

I thought I set only Margie's own eggs, and Reuben is the only rooster in the flock... Now we have a mystery!

 

[pattyhen]

Precious oh so very cute.

Check the babies legs when you can. If their orange or yellow you might have a little mixed chick. Marge I'm sure will claim them all and it will still be cute. Congrats and thanks so much for sharing the pics.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I got things figured out, I think! Okay, Baby 1, who I thought had black specks, I think I was seeing shadows on it--there are only 2 babies and they're the 2 I have gotten pictures of! Oops! So Baby 1 is the one with the dark beak, Baby 2 has the light-colored beak.

Baby 2 has a dark wash over its feet, but is light-skinned otherwise, including the bottoms of its feet. I think either Baby 2 came from an egg that wasn't Marge's, or it just happened to inherit less color from mom and dad. My suspects are one of the Barred Rocks or one of the Speckled Sussex, as they are the only ones actually laying whose eggs are remotely similar to Margie's. Either way, Marge is definitely protective, I don't think she cares if that baby is hers or not.

I took just a quick peek at the other eggs. One has pipped through the shell, and one has pipped into the air cell, not out of the shell yet. The one that's in the air cell got NOISY when I moved it! Lots of spunk in there!! I'm a little bit concerned at how quiet the other pipper is, but I'm letting things go for now. The fifth egg still appears dead like it did a few days ago, but again I left it just in case.

I got the first real pictures with my good camera of Babies 1 and 2 tonight!! Brace for the cuteness!!

Baby 1! Look at his precious widdle feet!!

Baby 1 has attitude, just like momma! Here's about the cutest little grumpy face ever!!

Baby 2, the possible mix. Something about the way he looks really makes me lean toward it not being Margie's egg!

So yellow and fluffy...

And one last one that is so adorable I can barely stand it!! Margie and Baby 1. "Um, Momma and me are trying to sleep, nosy human!!"

Such an attitude!