Raising baby chicks =D

Apr 13, 2013 at 7:05 AM
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Polaris said:
An incubator, huh? Do tell us when the chicks hatch!
I definitely will, and i'll post pictures too!
Update:either today or tomorrow im going to get the fertile hatching eggs and set them in the incubator.
 
Apr 13, 2013 at 7:42 PM
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Awesomesauce. Chicks are just too damn cute X3
 
May 19, 2013 at 5:33 PM
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I finally got eggs(The farm i was going to get them from took WAY WAY too long, so my parents got me a dozen hatching eggs from a farmers market), and i set them in the incubator! The incubator is supposed to have 10 but i could only fit 9.
In 3-5 days i'll have candling (putting a light near the egg in the dark to see if its developing) pictures.


I just candled, and about 3 or 4 were developing! No pictures though.


3 birds have pipped the egg! Right now all pips are just very small cracks. But in 4 hours(maybe, probably tomorrow though) i'll probably have chick pictures!
(oh and i SAW and heard a chick pip XD)


3 CHICKS HAVE HATCHED! :orangebell:
The first one hatched is called Lenny (my brother named him), and he/she is dark yellow-ish.
The 2nd and 3rd are both black (Black sex link maybe?), and i am waiting for a brown egg in the back to hatch, it has been the same since last night, except for chipping off a bit of shell earlier. Right now its not zipping, its just pushing the membrane up and down occasionally.
Photo:
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(Photo taken when only 2 were out)
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more photos soon!
 
May 19, 2013 at 6:26 PM
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Nice. After more than a month of waiting, they're finally starting to hatch :3
 
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