Lavender Orpington chick Pics are here ! Saint Patrick's day hatch-a-long EGGS ARE HERE!

[Zallix]

Well we have our first escapee!! So it begins…

 

[Zallix]

My suspicions were correct and a mallard definitely laid eggs in my runners nest, 4&5 were the eggs I started getting suspicious of and sure enough they are from that mallard mix that looks like a Swedish.

Should be nothing but up and running now though!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I love Swedish ducks!

 

[gimmie birdies]

Just starting day 19 for me, nothing yet, I have not cooed to the eggs this morning because my husband had a rough night, (coughing) I am letting him sleep, so IDK if the eggs are peeping yet. (Plus the 3 baby chicks from a different batch in the same room make it so I cannot hear the eggs peeping. Hopefully the eggs hear the happy chirps of the 3 chicks and get excited to hatch.) Almost there.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Oddry Heapsburn, first pip, #15 it is on the top of the pic white line, and peeping.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Another angle.

 

[Zallix]

Excited to see the progress on all of your chicks pipping!!

We just had our first runner baby come sliding out after we finished dinner! All the others have now externally pipped with a couple of them looking about ready to start zipping. Just gotta sit on my hands and let them do their thing

 

[Zallix]

Here’s the runner from earlier! The mallards needed to be moved to the brooder, they were starting to trample the eggs a bit with their playing around now that they’ve had almost a day’s head start about 10 min after that picture of the runner we had this little one come sliding out.

Got 2 more that look like they might be zipping shortly and one that looked to be taking its time compared to the others but overall everything is going smoothly! Sending the chicks some love!!

 

[gimmie birdies]

Cute

 

[gimmie birdies]

Still egg 15 working on it.