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"OMG OMG OMG
MY BABIES ARE HATCHING!"
Is exactly what I have been saying over and over for the past three hours.
The eggs we put in the incubator, have finally started to hatch!
So far, it's midnight and 5 eggs have pips in the shell.
At 9pm the first to arrive on the scene, was a blonde baby chicky. Around 9:30, he/she (call 'em he for now), gave one final shove from his egg, and jumped out. All wet from slightly bloody, but mostly goey afterbirth.
Within the next 30 minutes to an hour, the second baby's 'pip' hole in the shell was jabbed open by about an inch. The first baby had to investigate thoroughly, with an interrogational storm of pecks and screaming.
9:30/10pm second baby is out.
Still under thorough, invasive care of the first baby.
Around 11pm, third baby has made a bigger hole from his pip.
He hasn't 'zipped' his shell yet, which they do as if unzipping the top half. This suggests that first baby ran across from the other side of the incubator to be a nosey little bastard, pecking at him and pulling apart his shell.
I'm all mother'd out for the night.
Absolutely gorgeous, all of them.
As for their breed?
Either Australian High Line/ Isa Browns
Possibly Buff Wyandotte
More likely to be Australian silver 'duckwing' Leghorns.
Some eggs were purchased as /known/ fertile eggs from show-winning parents.
Some were from a free range farm where the hens had a rooster.
This is my fourth successful hatching.
It is like nothing I have ever experienced, it truly is rewarding and beautiful <3
I love my birds <3
Incubator is:
Foam box with foam lid
clear plastic box for viewing window
wire to separate eggs from lights
two high watt lamps stuck inside
lamps hooked up to reptile thermostat set at 38ºC
internal thermometer and humidity meter
toy 'water snake' to simulate egg yolk to stick the thermostat's sensor in
Either this week or the next, there'll be ducklings!
Mumma Duck is at the stage on her nest where she won't leave it, so duckies are right around the corner~!
If you live in Australia, and would like to ask about my chooks, or any chook related topics/concerns, ask away!
Or if you live in the Perth area of Western Australia and are looking for some chooks of your own. drop me a note!
Yes all of my chooks/ducks are HAND RAISED and TAME.
They are family pets to us, and are treated like such~
MY BABIES ARE HATCHING!"
Is exactly what I have been saying over and over for the past three hours.
The eggs we put in the incubator, have finally started to hatch!
So far, it's midnight and 5 eggs have pips in the shell.
At 9pm the first to arrive on the scene, was a blonde baby chicky. Around 9:30, he/she (call 'em he for now), gave one final shove from his egg, and jumped out. All wet from slightly bloody, but mostly goey afterbirth.
Within the next 30 minutes to an hour, the second baby's 'pip' hole in the shell was jabbed open by about an inch. The first baby had to investigate thoroughly, with an interrogational storm of pecks and screaming.
9:30/10pm second baby is out.
Still under thorough, invasive care of the first baby.
Around 11pm, third baby has made a bigger hole from his pip.
He hasn't 'zipped' his shell yet, which they do as if unzipping the top half. This suggests that first baby ran across from the other side of the incubator to be a nosey little bastard, pecking at him and pulling apart his shell.
I'm all mother'd out for the night.
Absolutely gorgeous, all of them.
As for their breed?
Either Australian High Line/ Isa Browns
Possibly Buff Wyandotte
More likely to be Australian silver 'duckwing' Leghorns.
Some eggs were purchased as /known/ fertile eggs from show-winning parents.
Some were from a free range farm where the hens had a rooster.
This is my fourth successful hatching.
It is like nothing I have ever experienced, it truly is rewarding and beautiful <3
I love my birds <3
Incubator is:
Foam box with foam lid
clear plastic box for viewing window
wire to separate eggs from lights
two high watt lamps stuck inside
lamps hooked up to reptile thermostat set at 38ºC
internal thermometer and humidity meter
toy 'water snake' to simulate egg yolk to stick the thermostat's sensor in
Either this week or the next, there'll be ducklings!
Mumma Duck is at the stage on her nest where she won't leave it, so duckies are right around the corner~!
If you live in Australia, and would like to ask about my chooks, or any chook related topics/concerns, ask away!
Or if you live in the Perth area of Western Australia and are looking for some chooks of your own. drop me a note!
Yes all of my chooks/ducks are HAND RAISED and TAME.
They are family pets to us, and are treated like such~
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Avian (Other)
Size 640 x 480px
File Size 141 kB
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Oh it is amazing!
Never gets old <3
Seeing them kick around, forcing air into their brand new lungs for the very first time <3
Knowing you can't help them out of their shell, because that struggle helps their new bodies start up, is a bit nerve wrecking; but with faith and patience the wait is over within a few minutes <3
It's glorious, it really is <3
Never gets old <3
Seeing them kick around, forcing air into their brand new lungs for the very first time <3
Knowing you can't help them out of their shell, because that struggle helps their new bodies start up, is a bit nerve wrecking; but with faith and patience the wait is over within a few minutes <3
It's glorious, it really is <3
I can't have a rooster due to shitty neighbors, so I can't have them, but I mainly buy my own eggs at country farmers' markets/auctions. Sometimes I buy a dozen or two as food eggs, and stick one dozen in the incubator. Hatch rate is quite high, only losing one baby per 5-6 that hatch. Raising them is the hard part, having said that, I have ONLY ever lost babies and young pullets to the cold, never to the heat.
How long has she been broody? It's best to monitor them, and within the first week of them religiously being on the nest, is probably the best time. Some of our girls give up after a day or three, so it pays to have a hen of a Bantam breed. They make great mothers.
If in doubt? Hatch them yourself with an incubator. If she's still broody, I advise putting a barrier around her nest (don't move it, she'll freak out) and feed the other chooks on the other side of it. The method is so when you take away the barrier, she'll run from her nest to eat, and you can sneak already hatched babies into her nest, replacing one egg. It's best to watch to see if she accepts it or not. With luck, you can do this too with the rest of them~
It's best done at night so then they don't die in the cold of the night in case she doesn't take to them~
If she won't, that's okay <3
They raise quite well without a mother hen, as they will have their nest siblings to teach them chooky behaviours~
If you'd like to know about anything more, please, I am here to help!~
I love my babies and it has been a lot of fun raising them <3
How long has she been broody? It's best to monitor them, and within the first week of them religiously being on the nest, is probably the best time. Some of our girls give up after a day or three, so it pays to have a hen of a Bantam breed. They make great mothers.
If in doubt? Hatch them yourself with an incubator. If she's still broody, I advise putting a barrier around her nest (don't move it, she'll freak out) and feed the other chooks on the other side of it. The method is so when you take away the barrier, she'll run from her nest to eat, and you can sneak already hatched babies into her nest, replacing one egg. It's best to watch to see if she accepts it or not. With luck, you can do this too with the rest of them~
It's best done at night so then they don't die in the cold of the night in case she doesn't take to them~
If she won't, that's okay <3
They raise quite well without a mother hen, as they will have their nest siblings to teach them chooky behaviours~
If you'd like to know about anything more, please, I am here to help!~
I love my babies and it has been a lot of fun raising them <3
We don't have a rooster. Someone near us does (just far enough away to be charming, not near enough to be bloody annoying ), so maybe we could ask to borrow their rooster. But I checked on Gumtree, and someone not too far from us is selling fertilized eggs.
She's been brooding for about a week now. We tried putting her in a brooder cage for 48 hours, but she just went straight back to the nesting box. Now another one's joined her. It's all the new hens we got earlier in the year. This is their first lay (we've just come out of winter in Australia, remember). They're a Leghorn/something cross, and we've just been told are prone to brooding. Our old hens, who are Isa Browns, we've never had brood in three years.
She's been brooding for about a week now. We tried putting her in a brooder cage for 48 hours, but she just went straight back to the nesting box. Now another one's joined her. It's all the new hens we got earlier in the year. This is their first lay (we've just come out of winter in Australia, remember). They're a Leghorn/something cross, and we've just been told are prone to brooding. Our old hens, who are Isa Browns, we've never had brood in three years.
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