- Feb 22, 2012
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Well i went to pick up my peeps & they ended up hatching late , not sure why.....
anyhow so i said i'll come back in 48 hours once they are all dry & ready to go.
out of the 36 they had only 9 hatched out.
come to find out "little fingers" got into the room & cranked up the heat & a bunch of the eggs just got over heated & didn't make it. anyhow i wanted 12 so i'll go back next week & get the remaining chicks out of the next batch they have. what i got was buff Orpingtons which don't mind the new hampshire cold once they are freathered out, also they are said to be great at forageing so in warm weather my feed bill should be low.
i have them all eating & drinking at this point so everything looks good so far
i am also checking that their bottom is not got poop stuck to it
all the chicks look alike but 1
it is all blond , i hope they didn't add some other kind of chick to my batch : (
i guess i'll know in a few weeks
thanks for looking
piglett