this little chickys mom left the nest when his siblings were born (staggered hatch). when i found the eggs they were all cold and his had a little hole in it where hed started to hatch. i picked around the hole a bit and poked him but he seemed pretty dead. put him under the heat lamp anyway with the other eggs, came back and he was chirping! i ended up doing all the work for him cause he was stuck to the the inside of the egg (not enough humidity) and he hatched right into my hand all wet and very weak that brown spot is a blood stain from me trying to pull the shell off before he was ready. and few more hours and it came off fine.
all fluffy and dry he thinks im his mommy i wasnt very hopeful about the other eggs, but when i checked on them this morning, i had another baby! once these guys are a bit stronger, they will go out with their mom and other siblings. these are probably buff orpington crossed with black australorp. more pics soon
Awww! Oh my goodness, between the pictures and the story of how you rescued them, I've got tears in my eyes. :& How beautiful, thankyou for posting this! I'm going to show my kids the pictures when they wake up, I know they'll love them!
we just had a hatch of 32 babies.. one of ours came 2 days late n dry as well...i had turned the incubation station off.... unfortunately it didnt make it .. butthe rest shall be headed out to the coop here in next day or two
thank for the comments guys hippychickmommy, i hope your kids like them. i was so fascinated with chicks when i was little. these two were so cute, i kept them in a basket with a light for a few days before putting them outside. they were the best little garden companions. id just plop them in the bed i was working in and theyd run around eating bugs and scratching but never straying far and running back cheeping if a moved too far away lol. theyre outside with momma now though- thats the new house i made for them. its rat proof so i wont lose any babies. theres momma hen, shes very protective. shes always finding bugs and things and when she does, she clucks for her babies who all trip over each other to get to her, then she drops it on the ground for them to fight over lol. and there they are trying to get inside. i need to put some tar paper or wire on that ramp, they keep slipping off lol. i hope everyone enjoyed these, especially if you live in the city dilligaf- what kind of chicks do you have?
they are the mutts of the chicken kingdom ... we have aracaunas, redstars and a few varieties of the polish hippie type ... needless to say we have some really funny lookin babies,,, they will all be heading outside hopefully today.... sweet little house you have for them wanderin blues... remember those old bathtub stickies you can put to not slip n fall ... they work pretty well for ramps n such too..
hey, good idea thanks! i love random mutts, its so interesting to see how they will turn out when they grow up. i only have pure breeds right now except for one rooster, so its still pretty boring. i think the little black ones will be cool looking though, they are silver laced cochin crosses (i think).
My kids loved the pictures. I explained to them what you did, how you rescued the chicks. They were thoroughly impressed and kept saying how cute the little chick was.
