"Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

[Lozuufy]

Even if I say please?

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

 

[Hawk12]

My babies arrived last night from Papa's Poultry

I'm so happy! I ordered a variety box of English orpingtons and they are all so beautiful. I can figure out what some of them are but not sure on others. It'll be fun to watch them feather out. Also started the new hatch in the incubator last night. I'll post the numbers later.

 

[BantyChooks]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

 

[Lozuufy]

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SIT ON HANDS

I am always late lol

Awesome!!!!

oh what LOVELY ducks and images!!!!!!!

Thats exciting!!!!! the come from far away?

Aw, thanks! We had to get the camera dangerously close to the water lol to get cute duck-level pics

Well if ya get enough of them its like popcorn chicken.

Oh your babies are so so adorable

Thanks! These are my first call babies

AWWWWW how stinkin' ADORABLE!!!! Beautiful pics, and adorable cute fuzzy webbed billed wet water birbs.

Yes, they have extremely cute webs

Oh my, soooo cute!!

Butter on babies... No good.

Chaos says it helps them slide down better

 

[Lozuufy]

Nobody eats my call babies

 

[BantyChooks]

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Aw, thanks! We had to get the camera dangerously close to the water lol to get cute duck-level pics



Thanks! These are my first call babies

Yes, they have extremely cute webs



Chaos says it helps them slide down better

Noo fair you get to have calls. My fencing is not good enough.... But I want them soooo bad...

 

[BantyChooks]

 Nobody eats my call babies

Especially not calls!

 

[rottlady]

well and here I found I am not the only human left on earth who still candles with light coming up from pointy end LOL https://www.facebook.com/FreshEggsD...382679370316/1083828328325742/?type=3&theater

Will try it the way all you guys do about midway through. After reading a bunch of these articles about how fragile shipped eggs can be now I am neurotic. I used to ship in Button quail eggs all the way from California in the 80's before my breeders were laying and it never occurred to me they were all that fragile. I had a better than 80% hatch rate on shipped eggs and 90-100% on my own eggs

 

[sasafras4u2]

Oops I just happened to stop at TSC today.........oh my goodness.

4 bantams unknown kinds. Unknown sex.
1 welsummer pullet, 1 Gold sex link pullet.

Four toes feathered legs looks like fur.

 

[weegarden]

Prime decided to bounce on seconds head so I opened up quickly and removed it added more water and shut the bator quick. saw several more pips and hope that I haven't hurt the rest. That first one is six hours older and just kept bouncing on the other. Sign of a boy? lol

I do occasionally open the bator to grab one out, and they are fine. I just make sure I close it very quickly, and at the same time I throw a very warm very wet paper towel in the incubator, so my humidity stays at about 60. I definitely don't open it far at all, just a crack, and I close it very quickly. Humidity usually drops about 2-3% and then goes right back up because of the wet towel.