Survivors!

[fluffy07]

Posting pic of tiny hatchlings born this morning and abandoned in the egg by Mum. After 2 hours + against my chest and under my dressing gown they started to warm up and uncurl. Lots of cheeping and, later, struggling around. Fascinating to hold a premature chick who still had the full yolk attached to her tummy. After two hours this had been absorbed into her body and the remains were just a small sack where the yolk had been. This came off easily. Babes now sitting under Mum.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Posting pic of tiny hatchlings born this morning and abandoned in the egg by Mum. After 2 hours + against my chest and under my dressing gown they started to warm up and uncurl. Lots of cheeping and, later, struggling around. Fascinating to hold a premature chick who still had the full yolk attached to her tummy. After two hours this had been absorbed into her body and the remains were just a small sack where the yolk had been. This came off easily. Babes now sitting under Mum.

How sweet! Something similar happened to my one hens chick and it was interesting to hold a chick that had just hatched!