[Floopy]

Totally is!! I'm surprised my head hasn't exploded yet...

C

[ZaktheLad]

Cute - looks a nice big chick. 

[mowhaugh]

Congratulations!

[HesterF]

Looks enormous & glad he made it out on his own! Fingers crossed for the other little one!

H

[Floopy]

Thanks All! It is pretty chunky, I can't believe it actually came out of that tiny shell...

Not sure about the other one, though, it doesn't seem to be budging (day 22 nearing its end now...) Anybody got any advice on how long to wait before I give up? And what to do about my lonely chick?

[JulieWall]

I gave ours a soft toy chicken teddy to hide under and called it Dummy mummy. I threaded some string through the head with a bodkin and hung it up in a corner close enough to the heat source to be cosy but not too hot. I visited it regularly, made mother hen noises to it and encouraged it to eat by pecking the food with my finger.
 If you can find someone with a recent hatch you could get it some pals to keep it company maybe? Some people do the dummy hen thing with a mop head but any oddlings I've ever had seemed to find it scary ....still worth a try though.

[Floopy]

I gave this one a massive pompom I had lying about, but it just uses it to stand on whilst shouting at me for entertainment...  Might be able to get another chick soon, just waiting to hear back!

[JulieWall]

Haha, sounds about right, you will be it's preferred mummy I'm afraid. It's so endearing when you pop in a hand and it climbs into your curled fingers for a snuggle. Our hand reared singletons are still tame and come running for a pick-up when they see my hubby. I raised them, but he is king of the poultry, they follow him everywhere