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I had 9 chicks left from the April chicks, 2 were male. I just processed them. They were a good size for the age. 7 females left.

I had chicks from April, and I moved them to a different pen. I had sold all my chicks from one group, but one and put her in with those babies. (she is a few weeks older.) She has taken a shine to the younger April chicks, and they also like her.

If you do stagger, try and have a couple incubators, to trade them out, and hatching juices don't get on eggs. It is also easier to stager where you have eggs that are 4-5 days apart, then you can tell who needs to stay in longer, and who is closer to hatch. Also if you stagger never put cold...

I think I had 4-5 clears but I had set 42 eggs so that is fine.

Someone came for a rooster today! below are my 10 I have left, one is hiding under a blanket. (upper right corner) The little blue chick has a wonky foot. I am not going to hobble it, She can stand on it, and it seems not as bad. I am going to name her "Hippy chick" look at her legs! She is a...

One of the reasons I was going to quit hatching was I was afraid it might get in the way of travel, but we are not going to travel for a while, so I have eggs in again... The little chick did die. :hit Good news though. I had a guy that wanted a rooster. He got one of my 3 month old...

I have her on my chest, still giving yolk. If she is going to die, at least she will know she was loved.

my one chick that was limp and I got it feeling better with egg yolk, is failing again. boo.

I am done! yeah! I have been hatching since Dec. need a break. Here are the last of my chicks... Group shot... Black chick out of speckled egg. Below yellow chick out of blue egg. I think this black chick was from a blue egg, I don't remember... Below yellow chick out of white egg...

I had to help the very last egg hatch, the dark brown. It may be a blue maran.

2 last blue eggs hatched black chicks, the last egg a dark brown egg has pipped. I am sure it will hatch, but it was a wrong end pip, I help a little, but I am keeping him in the egg until he comes out on his own, I don't want to have a chick with curled toes and weird bellybutton. My last 2...

My girlfriend came and got 3 chicks, yeah!, She also bought some from a feed store, one was already "gasping" it would open it's mouth and make a gasping motion, but not a peep. It's eyes were still open. I told her give it egg yolk, and it could have been the result of shipping. I also think...

Separate egg yolk, then mix with warm water, give sips 4 at a time every 20 min or so. Don't keep yolk water around more than 12 hrs or so. It will go sour.

Today is the last day of hatch, one yellow out of a blue egg, 3 pips. and a few more eggs not doing anything. I have a friend coming today for 2-3 of the day old chicks, (she is getting some from a feed store, plus these.) One was droopy last night, but I gave it yolk water. I didn't expect it...

I have more eggs due on the 22nd. Below, are my current chicks, I still have one more hiding behind the black one, and it is also black. , Below is blow ups of the pic above.

2 black chicks from a brown egg, (fat) and speckled egg. From the white egg, a blonde chick.

2 eggs hatched last night, a speckle and a brown. I have a white egg zipping.

A first pip on the speckled egg. I have some due the 20th, 21, and the 22nd.

Chicks in shell peeping.

My eggs are due the 20th or so. I do have some others due on the 22nd. I put the ones due at a later date in hatching cups. Plastic ones, and also cardboard egg ones, I took a hole puncher to the cardboard egg cartons, and put a hole in the bottom. Just so they don't get rolled around.