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Leanne
01-Jul-10, 19:16
My first lot of chicks have hatched today. 2 unaided with their mum and 2 with a little help from me... They are now all in the house under the heat lamp recovering from the ordeal!

Videos are playing up - will update shortly :)
Liz
01-Jul-10, 19:50
Congratulations Leanne!:D

Looking forward to the video. Getting my awwww's ready!:lol:
Leanne
01-Jul-10, 20:57
here they are

Peeping out

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/01072010349.jpg

And a bigger hole

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/01072010350.jpg

And popped!

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/01072010352.jpg
Leanne
01-Jul-10, 20:59
Coming to join us on this earth - just click the image to see a little vid

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/th_01072010048.jpg (http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/?action=view&current=01072010048.mp4)

And all dried out and hopping around

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/th_01072010052.jpg (http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/?action=view&current=01072010052.mp4)
Liz
01-Jul-10, 22:30
That was great Leanne! So wonderful to see them coming into the world and how bonny they are when they are all dried out.:D
teenybash
01-Jul-10, 22:32
Fascinating....My broody hens won't budge off their eggs till the chickies are hatched and even then like to keep them tucked away for a couple extra days before they present them to the world.....love chicks.....:)
Leanne
01-Jul-10, 22:45
Thanks liz


Fascinating....My broody hens won't budge off their eggs till the chickies are hatched and even then like to keep them tucked away for a couple extra days before they present them to the world.....love chicks.....:)



I wish I could do that - mine are truely free range and have the cockrels in with them. The last lot I left in got deaded :( It's nice having them twittering away in the lounge and it makes them lovely and tame :)
Leanne
02-Jul-10, 16:46
The final two of the batch of 6 have hatched now

Here's the latest additions in various states on newness

Just out of the shell

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/02072010363.jpg

Starting to uncurl

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/02072010365.jpg

Drying off nicely

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/02072010362.jpg
Leanne
02-Jul-10, 16:58
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/02072010368.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/02072010369.jpg

A fan already....

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/l34nn3_k4ut/July%20Chicks/02072010371.jpg
froal
02-Jul-10, 21:01
Cute !
What breed are yours ?
I did this taking pic of them hatching oot now there 2 weeks old and starting to feather out nicely...!! funny watching them grow :D
Leanne
02-Jul-10, 22:35
Froal these are just mixed breed mongrels that are for eggs and eating.

Life - nature's way of keeping the meat fresh ;)

I'd rather eat my own than one raised in a cramped 'free range' farm
Dadie
02-Jul-10, 22:47
Leanne your eggs are super!
I have taken a wee break from baking after the big party as I was soo scunnered with fairy cakes but might have to bake in the hols as when away I went to ASDA for cake decoration stuff...
OOPS!
Give you a shout for eggs on rainy days!
Leanne
02-Jul-10, 23:08
Please do as I've left a dozen more under the hens to hatch lol
froal
03-Jul-10, 18:55
I agree Free range is best.....!!:D