[Tazzy]

Hi all,

Day 21 of the eggs under little Olive and whilst none have hatched yet, we can hear the tap tap tap of the eggs under her. When they hatch out, is there anything extra we should do for them? We have them in a maternity hutch (old rabbit run) with chick crumbs and water in a bowl with stones in to stop them getting into difficulty. They will have a small amount of space to wander on some grass in the run. However this is all very new territory for us and would be glad of any advice you could give

[agapanthus]

You have done all you can....now just leave it up to mother-hen. She'll show them the ropes!

[Pretty Chick]

It's now up to Olive to show them how everything's done  .

My 2 chicks which hatched out on Sunday are shut in one of our hen houses with their Mum  .
I've put a plastic chick drinker in there, with marbles in it to stop them getting into difficulty (as you said) and a small bowl of chick crumbs. They're getting more and more adventurous all the time   .


How's the cracked egg getting on? Is it pipping yet?

I candled my cracked one yesterday and was surprised to find that there was a masssive amount of movement going on in there!! I hope it survives  .

Best wishes,
P.C.  

[Tazzy]

  Yippee, 1 escapee from their prison shell, happened about 6pm. Olive being very protective and gets agitated if we go too close, so am worried in case she tramples it 

Great news on yours Pretty Chick. Think our cracked egg is no more as we found a dead chick half out of it shortly after posting  Hopefully the others will hatch soon. When Olive got off for a quick stretch and poop this afternoon, four eggs had chips (haha - just realised) that had come from the inside and we could see most of the others moving about when the chick inside twitched. So out of 9 eggs, will hopefully get 6 or 7 

[Pretty Chick]

So glad yours are doing well Tazzy    :happy:. Poor little cracked egg one though 

[Tazzy]

Thanks PC.........now have 6 hatched, 1 egg cheeping loudly, 1 chipped egg with very weak cheeps and fear the worst, last egg seems to be very quiet. This is hard to do, just waiting for them to emerge, but I guess I have to let nature take its course at this point