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[grracee]

I have one lav orp egg pipping and the others are wobbling quite abit so hopefully they will be pipping soon too, soo exciting!

Edited April 20, 2010 by Guest

[Lewis]

Good luck!!

[half dozen]

Good luck!!!!!

[Janty]

[Griffin]

Fingers crossed!

[grracee]

Just checked now, the lav orp that had pipped earlier has now cracked a little bit more of the shell, how long does it normally take from pipping to hatching??

Also another question , at the moment there is only one egg that has pipped, the others are just still wobbling about. What should I do if just the one hatches before the others? I have the brooder and electric hen and everything ready but would the chick like being on it's own or should i leave it in the incubator till the others hatch?? Obviously I know not to take the chick out before it fluffs up, hopefully the others will be out then aswell.

[Lewis]

It can take a few hours to hatch, so just be patient

 

Leave the chick in the incubator while the others hatch, so that the humidity doesn't drop. It will be fine with no food - they absorb the yolk

[grracee]

Cool, thanks!

Hopefully in the morning i'll have some chicks then!!

[Lewis]

Hope so!

 

Good luck

[chick wiggle]

Exciting

Camera at the ready?

[grracee]

Last night about 10ish the lav orp hatched, in the brooder this morning. Have another lav orp with quite a big hole in it so should be out soon!

No sign of any pipping on the other lav or the 2 gold laced, but they are still moving, does this mean they should be out soon? How long other the 21 days can they go?

 

Will put the photos on later, have a video too of it hatching!

[Lewis]

Well done

 

They should be out soon, it could take a few more days for them all to be out.

 

Just make sure humidity is up + don't be tempted to mess with them too much

[grracee]

 

 

Do Lav Orp chicks have the yellow underneath normally?

[Lewis]

Aww

 

Don't know about the yellow

[grracee]

Second lav orp has just hatched

[Redwing]

Congratulations

 

Lavender Pekins are sometimes yellow underneeth when they hatch

 

Dont forget to let the chicks dry out completely before moving them to the brooder

[grracee]

Just another little update on the eggs, another one of the lav orp's has started to pip

No pipping on the gold laced ones yet though.... Shall get some more pics on tomorrow.

Chick number 1 is a really hyper chick! So funny, when i go in the room, he/she pops their head out from under the electric hen, comes running out and then runs back under!

I wasn't sure what to think about using the electric hen at first as i hadnt used one before but it's great!!

[Madchook]

Awww, they are lovely!

Aren't electric hens great? I have just ordered a 2nd one My eggs are due on Friday next week but my hen in in with 2 ducklings and a 3 week old chick at the mo. I don't think it will ever be clean again

[grracee]

Overnight we had another lav orp hatch. There was still no sign of any pipping on the gold laced orps and no movement at all today (day 23). So we opened up the eggs and looked like the one had died around day 17 and the other around day 19/20!

My auntie and step mum who have been feather sexers before came and looked at the chicks and both said 3/3 were cockerals Pretty gutted but I have somewhere for them to go anyway if they all turn out to be cockerals.

As I wanted a couple of hens to go with my other girlies I was wondering whether if I rang up Wernlas and they had a couple of day old female CLB's (i was thinking them or barnebars or gold legbars cos they are auto-sexing) would they be okay to go in with my chicks if they were around the same age??

[Madchook]

You'll have no problems mixing chicks at that age, I did some at a week old and they were grand. Sorry about the feather sexing, how reliable is it?

[grracee]

Think I may give the Wernlas a ring them

Not sure how reliable the feather sexing is really

Last time i hatched i had all males aswell, 4/4!! Nevermind, I shall enjoy them until they are ready to go to new homes!

[grracee]

 

 

All you'll see is chick bums if you look under the electric hen!

 

 

 

 

Sorry, the pics aren't great but the won't keep still

[half dozen]

they are gorgeous...even if they are boys Out of our four Im sure one is a definate boy and Im not sure about the silkie! Hopefully got two gorgeous girls to keep though

 

Its a little bit addictive though this chick rearing!!!

[grracee]

Rung Wernlas up today and they dont have any CLB or Barnebar chicks left and some more should be hatching on Friday. By Friday my chicks will be around 6 days old would it be okay to mix them together with the difference of a week between them??

 

Here's some more pics aswell

 

 

 

 

They have already found out how to jump on top of the electric hen!

 

[Redwing]

A weeks difference should be ok, just ensure that the new chicks are completely dry before they go in with the older ones - they should be if you get them from elsewhere as they wont let them go until they are properly fluffed up