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    Default Chicks born today!

    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
    ¡ǝʇǝןdɯoɔ sı ǝɟıן ʎɯ - buızɐɹb sǝsɹoɥ ʎɯ sı ooן ʎɯ ɯoɹɟ ʍǝıʌ ǝɥʇ

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    Congratulations Leanne!

    Looking forward to the video. Getting my awwww's ready!

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    here they are

    Peeping out



    And a bigger hole



    And popped!

    ¡ǝʇǝןdɯoɔ sı ǝɟıן ʎɯ - buızɐɹb sǝsɹoɥ ʎɯ sı ooן ʎɯ ɯoɹɟ ʍǝıʌ ǝɥʇ

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    Coming to join us on this earth - just click the image to see a little vid



    And all dried out and hopping around

    Last edited by Leanne; 01-Jul-10 at 21:01.
    ¡ǝʇǝןdɯoɔ sı ǝɟıן ʎɯ - buızɐɹb sǝsɹoɥ ʎɯ sı ooן ʎɯ ɯoɹɟ ʍǝıʌ ǝɥʇ

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    That was great Leanne! So wonderful to see them coming into the world and how bonny they are when they are all dried out.

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    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.....

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    Thanks liz

    Quote Originally Posted by teenybash View Post
    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
    ¡ǝʇǝןdɯoɔ sı ǝɟıן ʎɯ - buızɐɹb sǝsɹoɥ ʎɯ sı ooן ʎɯ ɯoɹɟ ʍǝıʌ ǝɥʇ

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    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



    Starting to uncurl



    Drying off nicely

    ¡ǝʇǝןdɯoɔ sı ǝɟıן ʎɯ - buızɐɹb sǝsɹoɥ ʎɯ sı ooן ʎɯ ɯoɹɟ ʍǝıʌ ǝɥʇ

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    A fan already....

    ¡ǝʇǝןdɯoɔ sı ǝɟıן ʎɯ - buızɐɹb sǝsɹoɥ ʎɯ sı ooן ʎɯ ɯoɹɟ ʍǝıʌ ǝɥʇ

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    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

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    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
    ¡ǝʇǝןdɯoɔ sı ǝɟıן ʎɯ - buızɐɹb sǝsɹoɥ ʎɯ sı ooן ʎɯ ɯoɹɟ ʍǝıʌ ǝɥʇ

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    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!

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    Please do as I've left a dozen more under the hens to hatch lol
    ¡ǝʇǝןdɯoɔ sı ǝɟıן ʎɯ - buızɐɹb sǝsɹoɥ ʎɯ sı ooן ʎɯ ɯoɹɟ ʍǝıʌ ǝɥʇ

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    I agree Free range is best.....!!

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