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Sounds awesome!! : ) I think this is last Easter hatch-a-long though. I'm sure you can find an August HAL on the forum though, and you can join there. I've got some chicks hatching right now actually! Best of luck!

Thanks. : ) She's half Silver Duckwing OEGB and half Golden Sebright, so I have no idea where the patterning came from. I love her coloring too. This is her brother. A very handsome dude with cool spangling on his chest.

Today was beautiful out and I got some nice pictures of Eve and her son, X. They didn't hold still for very long, especially when treats came out and they tried to hide from other chickens in order to swallow them down. Poor X had trouble keeping up with his overly excitable mother. Here is...

Yeah, we have silkies at our store and they almost looked larger then the standard sized chicks in the other bins, certainly at least three times the size of a silkie chick at that age. That's hatchery quality for you. Some of my momma hens have argued in the past, even killing each others'...

Just thought I'd post an update on my hatch. It didn't go so well, I only got two chicks out of it and one of them passed after hours of helping it get stronger when it got separated from its adoptive mother. Anyways, X is the chick that survived and he is doing well. You can see where he got...

Sorry that it took me so long to respond. I spent the last few days catching up on all the posts. I don't have the best news anyways. Out of the twenty something eggs I put in the incubator only two hatched and only one survived. Dash, the little chick I assisted, ended up passing while under...

I'm sorry about the chick that died. I hope the rest of your little guys do well. I want to see pictures of little Spitzhaubens. I love the sussex, especially the speckled version. They are so cool as teens when the white starts leaking among the brown. Congrats! Some chicks are just so...

It can be so hard to decide when to toss and when not to. However, the more quitters you get rid of the more you can focus on the ones that are still alive and give them the attention they need. I leave them until I can be sure, since you never know. Some chicks can be quite sneaky about...

Thanks. I love the spotted chickens. I'm sorry to hear about the chicks you lost. Incubating certainly isn't as easy as it sometimes sounds. I hope you get your d'Uccles one of these days. Thanks! That actually sounds like a great idea. I'm glad everyone was okay. Sounds like the dogs...

Here are some updated pictures of my chicks. They're all so cute and lively now. Susie with her four: Buttercream, Denali, Rory and Agent Our little assisted chick, Jean. She is such a pretty silver color. Goldie (Susie's sister) with her two chicks. You can only see Rip. She...

I hope to see you around. I'm sorry to hear that. That's a real bummer. I'm glad you gave the kids some chicks in the incubator to enjoy though. I'm glad its going well. I hope the rest continue to do well. Awesome!

Awesome! Keep us updated! Welcome to the Hatch-a-long! I love Buckeyes! Its so amazing to see them when they first enter the world. They may be a little wet and floppy, but they are still so precious. Awesome! Congratulations on the great hatch! Thanks. I was the last in my...

I love the name Nocturnal! That's awesome! If you want her hatching for the HAL too then you can give her a few eggs from the incubator. She won't mind them hatching early on her. Best of luck with your remaining eggs! I'm sorry to hear that.

Thanks so much for the advice! Yeah, I'm thinking turning up until the last few days makes sense, because a broody hen will at least kick them around a little up until the last day or two. I want to give them time to position themselves but I also don't want anymore chicks dying in my hands...

As an update on my eggs and chicks: The four eggs in the incubator were all alive and due to hatch, but again, two were backwards in their shells and drowned even though I did my best to help them out and clean their mouth and noses. It was really sad. The one that was upright I assisted some...

She's beautiful! I love orloffs. I hope they all hatch. That's so awesome! I'm glad she is doing well! I have three momma hens and a broody also! Lots of broody pens being set up for the mom's and their chicks so the chicks don't drown with all the spring rain coming in. Broodies love to...

I'm sorry to hear that. Yeah, I got a lot of clears from my shipped eggs too. It might depend on the time of year. I hear that fertility is lower in early spring and late autumn. That's always a pain. My hens do the same thing sometimes. I've had eggs that went cold hatch, but generally only...

I've got four eggs hatching/getting ready to hatch. They're in the incubator and I opened up the tops because they are past their hatch-date according to the calendar, but I don't want to rush them, I just want to make sure they have enough air and to make it so I can more easily see their...

It's awesome!!!!!! Best of luck! Beautiful chicks! I love their colors! They'll do that won't they. Always on their own time. Keep following along. We'd love to hear her progress. Well, I'm glad the egg is okay. Sometimes you can check something ten times and realize on the...

Sure you can join. Welcome to the Hatch-a-long!