Hello, just a Yankee from Alabama!

[Airyaman]

Little chick should have some company soon, heard chirping from the incubator.

 

[Airyaman]

And the first Bielefelder has emerged! Now if I can keep power the rest of the day...supposed to have some nasty storms coming through but I have a generator ready in case power goes out. Right now my area appears to be on the very edge of how the storms have been moving all day.

 

[Airyaman]

The 2nd Bielefelder has hatched. It appears both are female.

 

[Debbie292d]

The 2nd Bielefelder has hatched. It appears both are female.

Congratulations on them both! If they are both pullets, wow, that's beating the odds!

 

[Airyaman]

Congratulations on them both! If they are both pullets, wow, that's beating the odds!

And...I'm no longer beating the odds, I'm at the expected 50/50! Woke up to 2 more, both males. It would be nice if all breeds were auto-sexting, the difference between the females and males is night and day.

 

[Airyaman]

And...I'm no longer beating the odds, I'm at the expected 50/50! Woke up to 2 more, both males. It would be nice if all breeds were auto-sexting, the difference between the females and males is night and day.

Doh! Another lesson: don't put two different auto-sexing breeds together in the same incubator! I thought the two males were Bielefelders, but one of them is a Cream Legbar. I just don't know which one!

 

[Airyaman]

It's going now, I can see two more Cream Legbars zipping.

 

[Airyaman]

 

[Airyaman]

Gonna get crowded soon, six hatched starting with the first yesterday. Looks to be another male and female, so 3 each now.

 

[Airyaman]

Moved the four "oldest" chicks to the brooder, then moved in the lonely chick. She (no idea if it's a she!) seems to be OK, but she does seem to like pecking at feet. I guess because she hasn't seen other chick's feet except her own.

I kinda thought she was small when she was hatched, but putting her in with the others kinda confirms it. She is hardly any bigger than the others!