So only the two chicks hatched out of 27 eggs set. The upside is they are both very bright-eyed and active, and I have one of each. The downside is ... I need to figure out why the other 25 eggs didn't hatch.
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| one Meatie and one Wyandotte chick |
Meanwhile, my primary incubators (disguised as feather dusters, aka Silkies) are growing up, and the two larger black ones I bought at the local livestock auction earlier this month have started laying. The splash Silkie pullets shouldn't take too much longer to start laying, and then I will have seven Silkies that should go broody shortly after the New Year's. Until they do, I'll practice with my electric incubator ... and hopefully do better.
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| the two black Silkie pullets with the splash cockerel |
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| Silkie pullets |
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