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Baby chick is hatching

Started by LizStreithorst, October 30, 2017, 03:43:02 PM

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LizStreithorst

October 30, 2017, 03:43:02 PM
The little thing is breaking through the shell.  I can hear it peeping inside.  Another has started to break though the shell, but I hear nothing.  No action yet from the other 5 eggs, but this has started three days before I expected it to.
Always move forward. Never look back.

Mugwump

#1
October 30, 2017, 04:06:42 PM
...cool..... |^| :) |^|
Jon

?Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ?Wow! What a Ride!? ~ Hunter S. Thompson

LizStreithorst

#2
October 30, 2017, 04:30:16 PM
It's official.  I'm a chicken grandmother |^|
Always move forward. Never look back.

Mugwump

#3
October 30, 2017, 05:22:00 PM
..congrat's Grandma !!!.....gonna knit 'em some booties.....tee hee......jk
Jon

?Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ?Wow! What a Ride!? ~ Hunter S. Thompson

Rjb3

#4
October 30, 2017, 05:35:53 PM
Congrats, Liz.

Barb

#5
October 30, 2017, 06:26:16 PM
That's just great, maybe it is a he?  How long until you can sex a chick?  What do you look for??????
Barb

LizStreithorst

#6
October 30, 2017, 06:45:49 PM
Number two is working at getting out as I type.  Chicks can be sexed at a day old but it takes an Asian expert or instruction from one.  It takes them like 2 seconds per chick.  Where I live there are no hatcheries so I have to wait until the chicks are 4 to 6 months old and start showing secondary sexual characteristics.
Always move forward. Never look back.

Mugwump

#7
October 30, 2017, 06:48:40 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 30, 2017, 06:45:49 PM
Number two is working at getting out as I type.  Chicks can be sexed at a day old but it takes an Asian expert or instruction from one.  It takes them like 2 seconds per chick.  Where I live there are no hatcheries so I have to wait until the chicks are 4 to 6 months old and start showing secondary sexual characteristics.

..this work?


Jon

?Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ?Wow! What a Ride!? ~ Hunter S. Thompson

Mugwump

#8
October 30, 2017, 06:52:09 PM
Jon

?Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ?Wow! What a Ride!? ~ Hunter S. Thompson

LizStreithorst

#9
October 30, 2017, 08:15:15 PM
That might help me a lot.  Number three is peeping inside her shell and has made a breathing hole in it.  I'll check them tomorrow or the day after. 
Always move forward. Never look back.

Mugwump

#10
October 31, 2017, 04:48:56 AM
..going to name 'em?.......my brother and I had two chickens. Henny and Penny, when we were kids.... :D
Jon

?Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ?Wow! What a Ride!? ~ Hunter S. Thompson

wsantia1

#11
October 31, 2017, 07:33:37 AM
Congrats on the chicks Liz.  |^| |^| |^| |^| |^|
Willie

Too Many Fish. Not Enough Tanks.

Ron Sower

#12
October 31, 2017, 10:00:46 PM
...any more hatch today?...
Happy Aquariuming,
Ron

LizStreithorst

#13
November 01, 2017, 03:00:15 PM
None of the others hatched, in fact I'm going backwards.  One of the chicks had a herniated umbilicus.  It was the prettiest one but I had no choice but to cull it. 

Mama is taking good care of her two babies.  She's taught them were the feeder and waterer are.  They're in one of my huge fish containers in the fish room where it's always nice and warm.
Always move forward. Never look back.

Mugwump

#14
November 02, 2017, 05:58:16 PM
..so have you picked a favorite chicken yet?......named it?... :)
Jon

?Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ?Wow! What a Ride!? ~ Hunter S. Thompson
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