Our new chicks

smudgley · 07-06-2009, 05:19 PM

First we bought these

Then we put them in this

Then we sat & waited

Then they started hatching

But Twerpy got a bit dry & stuck to his shell

Soon looked like this

MrsH · 07-06-2009, 05:30 PM

What a lovely sequence of photos! takes me right back to when my grandpa hatched chicks out (I've got a good memory 'cos that was 55 years or more ago!)

Did everyone just sit there for days and days in their pjs, just to make sure they didn't miss the great event?

smudgley · 07-06-2009, 05:44 PM

well, from the first sign of pipping the shells they sat there for hours & hours

dinahsmum · 07-06-2009, 05:47 PM

Is that the original eggs which you were going to give up on because you didn't have a broody?

smudgley · 07-06-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dinahsmum

Is that the original eggs which you were going to give up on because you didn't have a broody?

Yes, if you remember my friends gave me a broody hen and I went and brought some fertile eggs for her, but because we moved her she wasn't broody anymore, so we were stuck with the eggs... We borrowed an incubator and enjoyed it so much we got more eggs & more eggs & even more eggs!

alexgirl73 · 07-06-2009, 05:56 PM

Oh wow!! I so want to do that now lol! Wonder if OH could build me an incubator.

Great pics Smudgley

smudgley · 07-06-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by alexgirl73

Oh wow!! I so want to do that now lol! Wonder if OH could build me an incubator.

Great pics Smudgley

.... we are loving it and now have actually got 2 incubators here and have hatched loads of chicks.

One of our own hens went broody, so she is sitting a goose egg

alexgirl73 · 07-06-2009, 05:59 PM

well, if you ever feel that you could lend one out, and are passing Telford

Bet your girls are loving all the little chicks.

pinklizzy · 07-06-2009, 06:14 PM

Great photos! I just love the little fluffy chicks

Wonder if I could hatch any in our practice incubator

smudgley · 07-06-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by alexgirl73

well, if you ever feel that you could lend one out, and are passing Telford

Bet your girls are loving all the little chicks.

They are both ones I have borrowed, one was playing up so managed to borrow another. Am considering buying one - but they are expensive - even 2nd hand.

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