We have a PIP and several CHEEPS!

[BerrytangleFarm]

It's one of the 10 Silkies. The humidity has drifted down to 67% after 3 days in lockdown. Should I add water?? Without opening, of course...

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

And one more egg pipped!

 

[pdsavage]

Do you have any finger nails left?

 

[gryeyes]

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67% is my target humidity for lockdown. I wouldn't raise it!

 

[speckledhen]

I just make sure my humidity in the last three days is over 60% so you're good.

 

[Tanichca]

LET THE FUN BEGIN!!!!

and send us pics when they're done, ok?

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

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Some, but the incubator window is definitely full of nose prints!

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

We have yet another Silkie pipped!!

I'd get some pics up, but you can't really see the action yet since the pips aren't that obvious in pics........soon!!

Now...about my 12-week-olds.........I'm starting to worry about them....For the last few weeks, they've taken to staying in the coop to roost during the day, coming out to eat. Last weekend we gave one Australorp and one red to a neighbor. Since then, the other 4 have stayed in the coop quite a bit, with only 1 red coming out this morning when I opened the coop (they usually all tripped over each other to get out). The weather has stayed 40's-50's with some light showers now and then for the past couple weeks.

I'm starting to wonder about these 4. Are they mourning the loss of their pals (the 6 were together since 2 weeks old)? (Do chickens even do that?) Are they upset that there's no place to roost in the run (there's a pic of the coop/run on my BYC page, though it doesn't show the roof we recently put over the run?

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

pictures

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

First pip --

Second pip--

Third pip --