...And Then There Were Nine!

Blue silkies

Tuesday and Wednesday!

Sunday sitting on Tuesday while Monday sits next to Wednesday.

This morning I checked the incubator and, to my delight, I saw a dark little chick bouncing around in there. As the humidity was on the high side, I decided to reach in and quickly grab him. To my surprise, as I opened the lid, I discovered there wasn't one new chick, but two in there. NoWay immediately named them Tuesday and Wednesday and they are doing very well. They are from Blue/Black/Splash bloodlines, so it will be interesting what colors they turn out to be. Right now it is just pretty well impossible to tell.

Sunday sitting on Tuesday.

Monday and Wednesday.

Chick Pics: Silkies

Sunday and Monday

NoWay and Sunday, white silkie chick

NoWay and Sunday

Monday, partridge silkie chick

NoWay's nest for the chicks, Cheeks is fascinated!

Silkie chicks in their little nest.

We Have Chicks!

The eggs are not due until tomorrow, officially (well that and a in a couple days, this is a very slightly staggered hatch) and we already have two beautiful and healthy chicks. The incubator makes photos impossible, so those will have to wait until I take them out, but I can tell you that they are adorable, fluffy, tiny, active, and have little poofy white topknots on their heads that send the boys into fits of giggles.

We have Pips!

The eggs are due starting tomorrow and we already have some singing in the incubator and at least one pip. I am really excited as I have taken extra care with this whole incubation process, being very very precise with relative humidity and temperature in the incubator.

Nothing to see yet, really, but I will post with photos as soon as we know anything is really happening.

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