Setting my eggs 12.3.10...Christmas Chickies who's with me? UPDATE****

[dwegg]

I set mine on Friday 3 Dec at 4pm... So they are due today in the afternoon but already have seven now.

All are Cochins and none of the BLRW eggs have even moved?

 

[shabbyfarm]

I so hope i get some chicks, my son and his girlfriend just arrived from florida for a week !! When or did you hear them peeping before they hatched?? Pictures ?? I am headed to bed, hopefully will join you with hatches tomorrow or the next day !!!!!!

 

[dwegg]

I hope you wake up to some fluffy butts...good luck...here are mine this morning... I think there are 8 babies now????? out of 12 cochin eggs shipped..the BLRW eggs have done nothing?

 

[dwegg]

Wait one of the BLRW eggs has pipped...yay! I didn't think they would...

 

[shabbyfarm]

Great Chicks !!! and Great pictures !!! Still quiet here

 

[shabbyfarm]

Last night around 9 one of my eggs hatched 2 hours early, (eleven pm being 21 days), which was perfect as we were having Christmas dinner for my DW's side of the family and there were several kids here

: weee !!!!! And two more have hatched now, but look a little feeble

!?? Some more were pipped, but have not made much progress since 2 am

?? trying to leave the lid on, but may have to try and help a few of the Christmas chicks unwrap ??

Merry Christmas !!!

 

[Scoop]

How exciting for you all! What a great way to spend Christmas! Congratulations!

 

[dwegg]

Here they are (again!) and I have 9 Lemon Blue Cochins and 1 BLRW...she is so cute and colorful. Here she is...

Here they all are...all 10 of them...lots of colors...

and now we are tired....ssshhhh!

 

[shabbyfarm]

I have 6 total Christmas chicks !!!!!!!!!!!! One is awful week so far, the other 5 seem to be running around Merrily !!!!!!!!!

 

[jsmonasmith]

So sad, my broody was 2 days past hatch day with no chicks yet, so I pulled the eggs and gave them the smell test. Every one of them stank, so I did the float test and all floated, so finally I started cracking them open inside a ziplock. Only one was viable and looked very developed but shrink wrapped. The day before hatch day my broody got confused and sat on the wrong nest. I had hoped that it wasn't long enough to cause any problems but apparently it did. Using a broody has been so stressful. I am going to buy an incubator next time and start breaking up any hen that goes broody. They're supposed to know what to do but I found myself having to baby sit her way to much. She would leave the nest for 15 min which was fine, but then she'd be on for 5 min and leave the nest again. From now on I'm going to rely on science and use incubators.