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This is great, thanks so much! I'd always read that Marek's Disease doesn't pass through to the chicks in egg, but was always frustrated that there was NO information on how to clean the eggs. I mean, it'll obviously be on the outside of the eggs, so...

Thanks! I thought for sure she'd end up being a rooster because that is usually how it goes with a favorite. :D

They hatched out when I wasn't here. :D

Got a pip today. :)

Meet Q.T.Pie. :D Her line is: Roo: EE Bantam hen x Cochin Bantam Roo, crossed with: Hen: Buff laced polish Roo x Black Tailed Buff Japanese Bantam D'Uccles are awesome, both roosters I'd had were very sweet, and so very cute. :) The hen I had was kind of crazy, named her Sugar Spaz.

Hmmm... maybe cross with some d'Uccle....? Or cochin, or brahma...d'Uccle have cute beards too, though. :)

Cool! :D I'm looking forward to it, hopefully it'll be a pullet. :)

Locked down my official hatch today, since there are bantam eggs. Did the last candle and they are still going strong. I hope they make it so that my Sicilian Buttercup (from feed store) will have buddies about her age. I got two buttercups, but there was an unforseen tragedy, and lost one. :(...

Lavender Mille: One can but dream! :D Photo: Sure, here is the little Pipsqueak:

!!! Those are adorable! Lavender Mille fleur, I've never heard of them, but I must look them up now. Your fawn OEGB looks a lot like one I'd picked up from CAL ranch. I researched the two hatcheries the stores around here get them from and thought it'd be a male Crele OEGB, but I wonder if it is...

Here is the best one of them all together, I routinely get pecked/attacked by Momma when I switch out dirty newspaper. Moms: four chicks Belgian d'Anver, two are Isbar/Seabright, and two are 1/2 Dutch. Daddy of all these is bantam: gold laced Cochin/d'Uccle/Dutch. Really interested to see...

Those are them. :) When I went to the feed store they were sold out in about 7 minutes, I think it was about 25 chicks. 4 went with me. They are great birds, inquisitive.

The broody hatch went from Sunday the 16th to Thursday the 21rst. That was so stressful. Lots of shenanigans to be had because I had to work. I put the eggs to hatch up on the egg turner struts (?), so that my Easter hatch could continue to turn. Then cut the bottom of a small paper bag to put...

Having a hatch this weekend, those eggs are in the incubator ( two pips right now! A day early , and their Broody Momma Nutmeg is sitting on the eggs that are for the Easter hatch. Easter hatch has a dismal viability rate, absolutely dismal. Either the roosters are not doing their job, or the...