Silkie and project egg Hatch-A-Long

[BackroadGirl57]

The unnamed ones are S15, S17, S19, and S21.

can I name S15 Thalia? I always liked her

 

[Cloverr39]

can I name S15 Thalia? I always liked her

Yeah, sure.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Okay, I have officially lost track of which chick came from which egg. I think we have 17 chicks now, but counting them is really hard with how much they move around. 17 is what I have noted based on egg shells though.

Dionysus (6), Zeus (7), Annabeth (13), 21, Azaelean/Azaelon (23), Iris (10), and Alouette (26) have hatched.

I'm not going to pretend I know what color which chick is .

In general it looks like we may have 2 lavender chipmunk striped chicks (one of them is likely 23), more black silkies, more white silkies and it also looks like 2 or 3 of the older white silkies are showing some small paint spots now that they're drying off.

@KathiQuacks @HappyHippyChick @Chicken poppy @BackroadGirl57 @NagemTX @Nero70002

Yay! How exciting

 

[ChickaChicka1]

Yayy! Happy birthday Calypso!! We share a bday!

 

[KathiQuacks]

Okay, I have officially lost track of which chick came from which egg. I think we have 17 chicks now, but counting them is really hard with how much they move around. 17 is what I have noted based on egg shells though.

Dionysus (6), Zeus (7), Annabeth (13), 21, Azaelean/Azaelon (23), Iris (10), and Alouette (26) have hatched.

I'm not going to pretend I know what color which chick is .

In general it looks like we may have 2 lavender chipmunk striped chicks (one of them is likely 23), more black silkies, more white silkies and it also looks like 2 or 3 of the older white silkies are showing some small paint spots now that they're drying off.

@KathiQuacks @HappyHippyChick @Chicken poppy @BackroadGirl57 @NagemTX @Nero70002

Oh, how amazing!! Great job Dionysus! As well as the other 16 chicks! Who else is left to hatch? Also, please do show us more chick pictures when you can!

 

[Cloverr39]

Who else is left to hatch?

The ones left are Hermes (2), Grover (11), Thalia (15), Abigail (25), and Aredia (32). Thalia has pipped. Still waiting on the rest.

Also, please do show us more chick pictures when you can!

I'd love to but most the pictures end up blurry because of how much they move around plus having to take photos through the plastic. I can't wait for them to be out in the brooder. That's when the real photoshoots will begin.
Every year I try to take weekly pictures of each individual chick until they're about 3-4 months old (R.I.P. my phone storage). But it's always interesting to look back on at the end of the year and compare pullets to cockerels or compare parents to their chicks when they were the same age.

Here are some better pictures:

Artemis or Ares in the middle there. I can tell them apart by their combs but I don't remember which of the two is in the picture.

Amelia checking out what's going on.

Everyone laying down.

 

[BackroadGirl57]

Yeah, sure.

I wasnt meaning to be greedy or anything, I just didn't want any chick left without a name..

 

[Cloverr39]

I wasnt meaning to be greedy or anything, I just didn't want any chick left without a name..

Of corse, I understand! I absolutely support the idea of naming the ones without names. Sorry if you got the impression I was annoyed or something, that was not my intention.

 

[BackroadGirl57]

Of corse, I understand! I absolutely support the idea of naming the ones without names. Sorry if you got the impression I was annoyed or something, that was not my intention.

I know what you meant! I just wanted to explain.

 

[Cloverr39]

The 5 older chicks have been moved to the brooder. Pretty much the only chicks I can still tell apart with confidence. That's Ares, Artemis, Amelia, Aphrodite, and Demeter/Chiron. They all look so different from one another. Soon a few other older, dried off chicks will join them.

Amelia is on the bottom right, above is Artemis, eating is Ares, Demeter/Chiron is behind Ares and Aphrodite is in the top left.

Demeter/Chiron with Ares.

Aphrodite. This one has me questioning everything I thought I knew about the parents . First the single comb, then it's somehow white but it's not white because the pin feathers look like a dark grey. And then there's that brownish color on its lower back. This one's gonna be interesting to watch feather out.

Demeter/Chiron's little face
This one has a tendency to be a bit dramatic.

Amelia has two little dots on the head. It's so cute.