1 Day Old Fluffy Butts...

Daisy checking one out...

Me lovin on a fluffy butt :)

Just look at all that cute fluff...

Who couldnt love a face like this...

We have 19... still waiting on 13 eggs. Dont forget you can check out ALL my chickies pics. here Feb. Hatch and Chickies

They are hatching!

They started hatching at 5:30 this morning... I got up in time to see the very 1st one pop out of its shell! Then the just started popping like popcorn, lol. Its 7:15 and #16 just hatched about 5 mins. ago... I actually had to help it out, the shell it was in was a small egg and he could not move around to zip. Everyone is doing GREAT!

16 More To Go...

If you want to see hatch by hatch, min. by min. pics. heres my whole Feb. Hatch and Chickie album on Facebook.

We Have Pips...

Oooo its so exciting!

I went to check on the eggs after dinner and there was a pip in one of the eggs...

Here we are looking at it...

Here the 1st one that piped

Here it is closer...

Then Kaylin found the 2nd on that pipped...

See it next to the easter egg, its pipped on the bottom.

I've been in this area since about 12:00...

bator, computer, yarn what more could I ask for?!?! lol

Alright... shes got it bad!

And to think she was thinking I'm a crazy chicken lady... look whos got the flashlight now with their face smooshed to the window, lol

Our 3rd egg to pip

I can hear the chickies peep peeping! I'll keep ya posted.

Lock Down...

Today is day 18.
I candled again last night, didnt take pictures this time. Everything looks to be going good. 32 eggs have made it to lock down! I filled all the water trays my instruction book said to fill, took the eggs out of the egg turner and laid them down and now its time to wait and see what happens. I couldnt see good in the 6 dark eggs on the far side, but there is no weeping and no yucky smell coming from them so I left them in. I just think the shells to dark for me to get a good look. They do have air pockets, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for good results. The next 3 days are going to be hard, I'm really excited... I'm so excited I've dreamed about hatching eggs for the past 2 nights, how crazy is that, lol! My family thinks I'm weird... but just wait til they see those cute lil fuzzy butts hatching!

Beautiful day to hang out with the chickies...

I'm In My Happy Place...

Sally Sue trying out the new outside roost

"We Want Out!"

"Dont come in my area!"

Can any of you all tell if this cute lil chickie is a girl or a boy?
I think a girl...

Nov. 09 Hatch Chickies

Kaylin feeding Goldie

Charlie

Taking a nap in the nextbox

Excuse Me... A lil privacy please!

Big Daddy going after Blake... Blake teases him!

I let them free range for acouple hours today...
Everybody made it back to the coop this evening.

Just look at that face, too cute!

Day 13... Time To Candle

Everything is going great, chickies are growing right along. Tomorrow will be day 14 but I went ahead and candled tonight. I took out 4 BO eggs that where duds. So I have 32 in the bator. I'll candle again on day 18 and then its LOCKDOWN!

Well Its Official...

Charlies A Boy!

I was thinking he was looking alittle roosterish.
Caught him in the act of trying to mate today...
now I just have to listen for his 1st crow.

Big Daddys running over there to knock him off that hen, lol

Isnt he BEAUTIFUL... I just love his coloring.

Nice and shinny feathers

He was born in Sept. 09... so hes about 5 months old.

I only have him and a pullet from my Sept. 09 hatch

Charlies in this bunch somewhere, lol. 1 Week Old

At 5 weeks old

Charlie at 6 weeks and 7 weeks...

Day 7... Time to candle

Ok I wasnt going to candle yet...

The plan was to wait til day 10 but I thought oh what the heck lets take a peek!

These are the only pics. I had Brian take. I be glad when we get a better camera. These arent very good pics., in person you can see veins and a itty bitty chickies inside! Now I just think thats one of the coolest things ever!

Now out of all 36 eggs...
3 I'm not sure about I cant get a good look at this time and 5 really look like duds to me. (the 4 bantams and 4 easter egger eggs are all looking good) I'm going to candle again on day 10 and day 17/18.

12 Beautiful eggs I collected this afternoon...
collected 1 this morning, so got 13 today

Just another snow day...

Hope you enjoy the new pictures I took today...

Its a ghost town...

Some hanging out under the coop...

... and the rest just hanging out in the coop, nothing else to do!

"We Are Sick Of This White Stuff!"

Looks like shes saying... Get Out Of Here With That Camera!

Sugar one of our Easter Eggers making us breakfast, lol

...and there it is

Nice purtty warm egg :)

Chipmunk trying to catch alittle shut eye

Nov. Chickie checking me out

She's my lil friend (I hope its a she)... she always comes up to me

Nov. bantam chickie

pecking snow off my boot,lol

Big Daddy... always watching :)

Sally Sue always watching me too...
Just waiting for the opportunity to flog me, lol

Goldie

Hello

Weird looking creature, lol

Hanky Doodles wishing for sunny days to run and play in...