Velvet Sparrow posted:

Now these are some name suggestions I can get behind!


The eggs are 8 days into incubation so I candled tonight--we have 7 ohsosquirmy embryos with another 5 eggs that I *think* have embryos but the shells are so dark I can't tell for sure--but I feel strongly that they do. So at least 7 chicks, possibly as many as 12!

Of the eggs that are developing (it's a nice cross-section of our flock), one was laid by Wiggles, our gray mottled Belgian d'Uccle hen and one by Toaster, a bantam Cochin who hatched last year. Wiggles has actually gone broody so she *may* end up being mama to the chicks! We have three broodies right now: Wiggles, Sophie (another bantam) and Yoya, a gray Giant Cochin who was Chickam mom 2 years ago...Yoya is just starting to go broody so we'll see. I'd prefer her for mom because of her size.

The 6 duds that I removed from the incubator I did a breakout on, all were infertile so never would have developed.

Chicks in another week and a half!