Luvmypets Journal: A New Season

[Goat Whisperer]

Congrats!

 

[luvmypets]

Here they are! At least one Correction 2 more are hatching!

 

[luvmypets]

The fourth chick has hatched, a black EE! Last chick still has not externally pipped yet but I can hear it cheeping away

 

[luvmypets]

chick #5 is taking its sweet old time . But hey hatching is hard!

Chick #4 turned out to not be black at all, it is a silkie/EE/who knows what

And here are chicks 1-4, I couldn't resist taking this picture!

 

[Latestarter]

They're pretty! Grats on a successful hatch!

 

[luvmypets]

Unfortuanatly chick #5 died while hatching. Im not really surprised as when I candled, the chick didn't appear to be attatched and just kinda flopped around.

So here is mama happy with her four babies

This is her 5th time raising chicks in 2 years! So proud of her

 

[babsbag]

They are adorable. Silkie hens are hands down the best mamas ever. I had a two hens that sat on the nest at the same time and between them hatched out 13 chicks. They shared the job of raising them too.

 

[NH homesteader]

So cute! We actually have a lone silkie hen for just that reason. My hens won't go broody, I need someone to sit on eggs!

 

[TAH]

Cute
I miss baby chicks

 

[luvmypets]

Glad you guys like them.

So I opened up chick #5's egg because I was curious what was wrong. So I think the chick was hatching too early. It was pipped on the wrong end and still had not absorbed the yolk. It was a very interesting experience. I was fascinated with the whole thing.