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Poor little green ⭐ has passed. I cleaned the brooder today and all the chicks are still doing well. They sure do drink more what than I thought they would. Before long I think I will tape two of the 2ftX2ft boxes together and adding some enrichment, like a clump of grassy dirt from the hard...

Green ⭐ isn't doing too well, I think it will pass over night. I decided to chip away at the remaining eggs only to find 2 fully formed dead chicks and 1 mostly formed dead chick that hadn't absorbed the yolk sac. Plus the other 4 eggs were quitters about halfway through and has small chicks...

Some photos of the chicks. So far only the two light ones have hatched from the O batch. Grey one is red ❤️, yellow is red ⭐. Then there's the two that I assumed would be chipmunk striped but as they dried it's clear they are not. Darker one is green 🔷 and has feathered feet, the red one is...

2 more hatched #6 Green 🔷 - chipmunk color, darker than Green ⬇️ #7 Green 🟢- Black with yellow wing tips, more yellow on face than others. And Green ⭐ has pipped at the right end. Here's some pics of the process, last is what I found this morning. Moved the 6 fluffs into the brooder and left...

They're hatching! So far in order: Green 🔺 - black with white throat, black feet Green ⬆️ - black with yellow wing tips and throat, eye ticks, black feet, some fuzz on feet Red ❤️- Light yellow with grey back, white feet Green ⬇️ - black/brown/chipmunk, black feet, bled while hatching Red...

#7- green ⬆️- just pipped, right end

2 look to be internally pipped, red ❤️ still talking, I worry a bit for this one as the air/chick ratio in the egg was ~1/3 so I expect it to be a tiny chick. I may add a safety hole tomorrow if there is still no progress and the chick is less talkative. 4 have external pips Red ⭐ -wrong end...

It's currently 12:20am and I'm seeing some action, so glad I checked as the first egg to pip (red ⭐) did so on the wrong end and was sitting in the egg carton, it is now sitting side ways so it can hopefully zip easier. The detached air cell egg (red ❤️) has internally pipped and it made the...

Keeping a close eye on the humidity, have an alarm set halfway through the night to top up the water. Two, maybe even all 3 of the green ones are rocking like crazy, the speckled one in particular. I also labeled them to help keep track. Numbers would of been easier but symbols seem more fun...

Just finished setting them up for lockdown. I may be a day early if you really have to go by the first day as day 0, but I don't think it will make much difference, or at least I hope not. Humidity is 70%, I'm trying to keep it stable but once the tray runs out of water it drops so fast. Would...

Well I'm ~5-6 days away from welcoming new chicks to the world for the first time. I've always wanted to hatch eggs and finally after slowly getting the family warmed up to the idea of keeping chicken for two years it's happening! I think the main trigger was when some trashy person dumped a...