Chicken bald back

[Electricbarbarella]

because of course you will sleep like a log tonight.

[Griffin]

How did you guess? I've moved the incy into the bedroom from the landing because it's easier to view hatching chicks from the comfort of my room plus I love hearing them peeping to one another. The incubator is noisy, so is the peeping, and I'm excited so I've started on a bottle of wine in the hope it knocks me out

[Cooks]

[Chickvic]

That is gorgeous - keep the pics coming!

[Griffin]

I would if they'd hurry up and get on with it

[The Dogmother]

I'm excited so I've started on a bottle of wine in the hope it knocks me out

 

you can't be midwife if you're plastered!

[Griffin]

Another Dorking hatched a few minutes ago

 

Off to bed now!

[HENthusiastic]

brilliant pictures. Hope you get more hatches soon.

[Griffin]

No more hatched overnight but another Dorking is on it's way out, as are two of the Orps. No sign of the Houdans yet.

[Griffin]

The grand total so far is 3 Dorkings and 1 black Orp who has the cutest black eyes

 

The oldest 2 Dorkings are now in the brooder.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Congratulations . I think we need updated photos .

[Griffin]

First baby on the left, last nights one on the right.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Thanks . They are SOOO cute .

[Griffin]

Another Orpington!

 

Our first Aracauna and our first Poland are almost out too!

[Electricbarbarella]

very very cute, any movement on the tohers?

[feemcg]

Cute dorking pic.... 1 girl, 1 boy??

[Griffin]

Cute dorking pic.... 1 girl, 1 boy??

I don't know. I thought it'd be easy to tell, maybe it will be when they've all dried off. I thought girls had black stripes on their heads, boys brown, but they both seem to have equal amounts of black and brown

 

Total so far is:

 

4 Dorkings (3 now in the brooder)

2 Black Orpingtons

1 Lavender Aracauna

1 Poland and it looks to be a blue one, tis quite dark. Dad is blue, Mum is Splash so we'll get some of each.

 

A few others pipped but no movement so far from the Houdans which is disappointing. Nothing from the two Wyandottes either but considering their air sacs are on their sides I wasn't expecting miracles.

[Cooks]

awwww I just love Orps, any latest pictures gratefully received.

[Griffin]

Especially for CookieMonster

 

Our first black Orp:

[Cooks]

oh my goodnesss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how cute!!! me want me want me want!!!! it's smiling!!!!!!!!

[Chickvic]

What fab pics - makes me very

[Griffin]

One more Aracauna has hatched but the remaining one died in it's shell. It had pipped this morning and didn't make any further progress. I checked on the remaining eggs tonight and it had gone

 

There are a few more pippers in there and I've left the latest Aracauna and a very weak Dorking lad in for the night. The rest are in the brooder beating each other up One of the Orps looks as if it might have spraddle legs. If it's still the same in the morning it'll be sporting a plaster on it's legs.

 

Four Dorkings so far and I think I've got two of each

[Redwing]

Congratulations

[Griffin]

A splash Poland just arrived

[Electricbarbarella]

this is so exciting, I think we might be due some more photos.