Stella's Social Club

[mlm Mike]

 

[Happy Chooks]

@1muttsfan

I candled the eggs today. 3 clears and 2 blood rings. The one I waxed actually did develop quite a bit, but then died.

I have tucked 13 (all Arkansas Blues) under my broody since she is staying put on the nest. She very happy wiggled down on all of them. They should hatch next Friday evening/Saturday morning.

for lots of pretty pullets! Thank you so much for the eggs! I'll let you know how many hatch.

 

[1muttsfan]

Ron did well with his, actually better than I did here - humidity issues I think. Thanks for the update

 

[ronott1]

@1muttsfan

I candled the eggs today. 3 clears and 2 blood rings. The one I waxed actually did develop quite a bit, but then died.

I have tucked 13 (all Arkansas Blues) under my broody since she is staying put on the nest. She very happy wiggled down on all of them. They should hatch next Friday evening/Saturday morning.

for lots of pretty pullets! Thank you so much for the eggs! I'll let you know how many hatch.

Ron did well with his, actually better than I did here - humidity issues I think. Thanks for the update

They are still doing well!
I will get some new pictures this weekend. This is the first day just before moving them to the brooder picture:

 

[Happy Chooks]

Splash babies! I miss my splash birds!

 

[ronott1]

Splash babies! I miss my splash birds!

I know!
Splash that lay very blue eggs.

 

[mlm Mike]

They are still doing well!
I will get some new pictures this weekend. This is the first day just before moving them to the brooder picture:

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Congratulations!

@1muttsfan

I candled the eggs today. 3 clears and 2 blood rings. The one I waxed actually did develop quite a bit, but then died.

I have tucked 13 (all Arkansas Blues) under my broody since she is staying put on the nest. She very happy wiggled down on all of them. They should hatch next Friday evening/Saturday morning.

for lots of pretty pullets! Thank you so much for the eggs! I'll let you know how many hatch.

Good luck!

 

[Happy Chooks]

I came home and my broody was off the nest. The early hatchers bailed out of the upper nest box, so my broody left the nest to take care of them. 1 egg had a large pip, but the membrane was dried out so I helped it out.

7 hatched, including the helped one, but it died sometime during the night. So I have 6 babies......1 splash, 1 blue and 4 black. (1 is possibly a dark blue, but not sure). I moved the broody and her chicks to private quarters and she is doing quite well with them. I acquired another broody while I was gone, so I stuck the remaining eggs under her to warm them back up. I candled them last night and several were late quitters. A couple may have died due to my broody abandoning the nest, or really late quitters......hard to tell. None were internally pipped.

Thanks again @1muttsfan for the eggs. I was a bit worried about the splash, it was really gunky and not really active yesterday, but is moving around with the others quite well this morning.

 

[ronott1]

I came home and my broody was off the nest. The early hatchers bailed out of the upper nest box, so my broody left the nest to take care of them. 1 egg had a large pip, but the membrane was dried out so I helped it out.

7 hatched, including the helped one, but it died sometime during the night. So I have 6 babies......1 splash, 1 blue and 4 black. (1 is possibly a dark blue, but not sure). I moved the broody and her chicks to private quarters and she is doing quite well with them. I acquired another broody while I was gone, so I stuck the remaining eggs under her to warm them back up. I candled them last night and several were late quitters. A couple may have died due to my broody abandoning the nest, or really late quitters......hard to tell. None were internally pipped.

Thanks again @1muttsfan for the eggs. I was a bit worried about the splash, it was really gunky and not really active yesterday, but is moving around with the others quite well this morning.

Congratulations!

 

[1muttsfan]

That's great! My broody was a little unreliable to, so I put most of the eggs in the incubator and gave her chicks, which she handed like a champ.