Wooohooooo!!! First baby chick hatched!

[Carli]

Chick #1 born this evening:

Still waiting on #'s 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9! We can hear the chicks chirping in their eggs even when we're standing several feet away from the brooder. Broody mama is doing a fine job and is quite calm, even with our prying eyes.

 

[roocrazy]

YOU LUCKY DUCK>>>or should i say chicken!!!

 

[Baralak]

Now warm that baby up..

 

[Carli]

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Yes! She was only out a few seconds and it was ADORABLE watching her and her mama together. She burrowed in a little and then her mama scooped her beneath her wings. SO CUTE!

 

[stampntam]

so cute! be sure not to open the bator until all are hatched, you can shrink wrap the others, they need really high humidity!!!!
Congrats

 

[gavinandallison]

Congratulations!!

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Did I read your post correctly, you are using a broody hen?

Congratulations

It is great when a broody does all the work.

 

[Gypsy07]

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You must have missed the earlier posts about this hatch. It's being done by a broody, not a bator!
I wish I had a broody hen. I'd love to compare hatch results. I bet the hen would win every time...

Carli - congratulations!

So happy for you after your bad experience with the first one.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

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You must have missed the earlier posts about this hatch. It's being done by a broody, not a bator!
I wish I had a broody hen. I'd love to compare hatch results. I bet the hen would win every time...

Carli - congratulations!

So happy for you after your bad experience with the first one.

My Orpington / Rhode Island Red Cross and my Silkie Hens are the best incubators I could own. Although, I got the 1588 for Christmas and it is giving them a run for their money as they are not broody right now and the incubator just hathced 90% hatch rate.

 

[Carli]

Yes, a VERY dedicated broody BO. She left the nest once for a few hours but otherwise, she's always on the eggs. She's about 11 months old and this was her second round of broodiness.

Here's the count from the original 12:

#1- Bad egg
#2- Went missing!
#3- Bloody hatch...was it me? Or the hen? Hen had blood on her beak...... I shall not allow guilt to take over!
#4 & 5 HATCHED!!!
#6- Clean hatch but just dead this morning...can't see why.
# 7, 8, 9, PIPPED, and #10, 11, 12...still waiting......