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!
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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 :)
Congratulations Leanne!:D
Looking forward to the video. Getting my awwww's ready!:lol:
here they are
Peeping out
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...1072010349.jpg
And a bigger hole
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...1072010350.jpg
And popped!
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...1072010352.jpg
Coming to join us on this earth - just click the image to see a little vid
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...1072010048.jpg
And all dried out and hopping around
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...1072010052.jpg
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
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.....:)
Thanks liz
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Originally Posted by teenybash
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 :)
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/h...2072010363.jpg
Starting to uncurl
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...2072010365.jpg
Drying off nicely
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...2072010362.jpg
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
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
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!
Please do as I've left a dozen more under the hens to hatch lol
I agree Free range is best.....!!:D