Your news has put a huge smile on my face this morning. I'm so happy for your hatch success!I had 2 Silkie x Cochin chicks hatch over night and they are already Jedis!
And look! See how they stay together as they traverse the dangerous planet eggshell.
(OK - that's actually a reflection of my small, red LED flashlight that I use for candling and checking in on my 'bator at night. Just a case of perfect placement and I didn't know it until I downloaded the pictures.)
When we got up this morning, one of the Dark Cornish pipped, so I called my 9-year-old over to see. As she stood there, the thing went from pip to zip to springing out of its shell in a period of about 3 minutes!
To keep my breeds separate so I can tell who is who, I put the DC in a pink and white dishwasher caddy and my Swedish Flower Hen egg is in a blue caddy. They snap shut to prevent escape.
Not a very good shot, but all the chick pics were taken at very close quarters in the closet under the stairs through the little windows on the 'bator.
Oh - and after last month's botched attempt at hatching, I should mention that tomorrow noon will be day 21 for these eggs. Those Silkie x Cochins were super early, and the DC was almost a day and a half early. All are fully developed with no extra yolk to speak of.
Still waiting on one SFH egg, 2 DC and 2 "Silcochin" eggs.
I'm most anxious about the SFH egg.
LM I can't imagine walking in on that..
You are a very nice person to still consider his survival
I like to read encylopedia articles about chickens. Their history and all that. There is a lot of interesting stuff on birds ability to smell. Most studies involved chickens at some point. I can't find the scientific PDF down load that goes into great detail but I like this article in this link. Really interesting read.
