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My broody sat devotedly for 21 days on some bought in eggs and 3 hatched. The dark brown one is a Welsummer but the other 2 no idea - maybe one is a Buff Orp.
I chose to have Lucky Dip!
The dark brown last to hatch and I had to intervene a bit as the membrane was very dry and it was a very small egg and the chick very big,! I know one is not meant to interfere but there were 2 other chicks already more than 24 hours old. Anyway a bit of help then left it to do the last bit and in the morning - voila!
They are all roaming the garden and spurning the chick feed - none of my hens will willingly eat pellets and I wouldn't eat the either!
My younger dog did try to get one but she got a double barrel from the mother hen and me - the granny hen!!
I chose to have Lucky Dip!
The dark brown last to hatch and I had to intervene a bit as the membrane was very dry and it was a very small egg and the chick very big,! I know one is not meant to interfere but there were 2 other chicks already more than 24 hours old. Anyway a bit of help then left it to do the last bit and in the morning - voila!
They are all roaming the garden and spurning the chick feed - none of my hens will willingly eat pellets and I wouldn't eat the either!
My younger dog did try to get one but she got a double barrel from the mother hen and me - the granny hen!!
Such fun watching chick with their mommy too.
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