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Sharondp

  • Joined Jun 2009
10 eggs hatched today...with a twist.....!
« on: August 10, 2010, 08:29:23 pm »
Well I had 12 eggs in the incubator - 7 RIR's and 5 Buff Orpies.

5 days ago, one of the adult Orpies went broody so I say her on some pot eggs next to the incubator. When the eggs started pipping I put 6 eggs under the hen, and left 6 in the incubator. As the incubator chicks hatched I sneaked them under the hen and she's been great! The eggs that didn't hatch weren't developed fully, although fertile.

Now I don't have to worry about heat lamps etc - I can leave the chicks to their new mummy!  :D

10 lovely chicks all happy with their new mum!  :D

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
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Re: 10 eggs hatched today...with a twist.....!
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2010, 08:31:13 pm »
Well done!
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

jameslindsay

  • Joined Feb 2009
  • Nr St Andrews, Fife
  • "Blossom" one of my Pygmy Goats
Re: 10 eggs hatched today...with a twist.....!
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2010, 08:32:29 pm »
Well done, you can't beat letting Mother Nature do her job. :chook:

knightquest

  • Joined May 2010
  • Birmingham
    • Knight Pet Supplies
Re: 10 eggs hatched today...with a twist.....!
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2010, 08:46:46 pm »
Well done, that's great  :)

Ian
Ian (me), Diane (my wife) and 4 dogs. Ollie (Lab mix) , Quest (Malamute), Gazer and Boris (Leonbergers)

Helencus

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • NW Leicestershire
Re: 10 eggs hatched today...with a twist.....!
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2010, 10:49:11 pm »
Lol how clever well done !

Sharondp

  • Joined Jun 2009
Re: 10 eggs hatched today...with a twist.....!
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2010, 12:04:44 pm »
Pics of the happy family - one buff orpie chick still in incubator after being very dry with a lot of 'gunk' dried on - just given it a wash and leaving it in the incubator to dry.

Sorry pic is so small - last time i tried to post a pic it was too big  ::)

sheardale

  • Joined Apr 2009
  • Dollar, Clacks, Scotland
Re: 10 eggs hatched today...with a twist.....!
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2010, 12:36:18 pm »
Congrats on the birth of your chicks        Great              :chook: :chook: :chook:

storm35

  • Joined May 2010
Re: 10 eggs hatched today...with a twist.....!
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2010, 10:52:44 pm »
Awwwh how sweet, congrats xx

Sharondp

  • Joined Jun 2009
Re: 10 eggs hatched today...with a twist.....!
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2010, 08:14:51 am »
Other chicks has joined them and is doing well  :)

 

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