They get the bad habits when they are young...
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The chicks decided to explore while I had their lid open to fill the water. One jumped out and had to be put back in the side door.
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Moved the chicks outside a couple of days ago. They've adapted to the new home just fine.
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Some of the chicks. New feathers showing up every day. They're all about 2 week old now.
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Pasty butt check! The last one checked was the only one. Cleaned up, lubed, and good to go!
The final chick count is 14! 7 sorta black ones and 7 brown/blonde ones. Each basic color has some variations like brown faces on the black ones and/or gray blush. Some of the brown ones are darker and others have that gray blush to them.
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The chicks are eating and drinking. The 8th one hatched out an hour ago, no pips on any others though, they're just full time incubator eggs left now.
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Some ok and poor photos of the first 5.
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The first 5 chicks moved to the brooder.
#chickens #hatching #SwedishFlowerHens #incubation #chicks #thingino #wuuk
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A video of the first chick to hatch. 26 minutes edited down to 38 seconds.
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And it hatched. Egg #10. This was taken from the broody hen 3 days ago. This likely will be a rooster, they usually hatch first it seems like.
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I was sitting here checking the notes and counting the full days from the first eggs that were put under the broody hen and figured it was 20 days 2.5 hours. Then I looked at the camera took a screen shot and noticed the spot I was looking at was nothing but there's another egg pipped! It is one of the eggs that was under the hen for about 18 days I guess. This chick is also starting to zip the egg as I type this.
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I think I see some egg movement. They should be moving into their final position to begin to pip. It's the top two eggs on the left half, egg #1 in the corner and #3 nearer the center. I removed the turner 3 days ago and increased the humidity yesterday for LOCKDOWN! ;)
If you're wondering, yes, too many eggs have made it to the final round. Left half is also a day or so earlier than the right half, I put a 'fence' in there.
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I candled eggs, 4 with movement, 3 others looked ok, 5 others sorta looked ok, and maybe 5 duds. The thing is, the 4 with movement were all eggs pulled from the refrigerator and 1 or 2 of those 3 days in there. 🤣 That's no turning or rocking and under cold conditions. Maybe these chickens of the north eggs like some cold time before mama warms them up.
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One of the 1-year old roosters that had just about got his tail feathers grew back after a dog encounter earlier in the year has started molting with the rest of the chickens.
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Mulberries and clove currants getting ripe, grapes blooming, and chickens enjoying some berries.
#mulberries #grapes #grapevine #chickens #ChickensOfMastodon #SwedishFlowerHens
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Chicken likes the acorn squash seeds.
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One of the two new roosters from last years hatch. He was overseeing, or just lurking on the youngest hen that is a bit wild. It is a Swedish Flower Hen, as are all but one of the 19 chickens here.
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Preparing food for dinner on Christmas. 🤔
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The Swedish Flower Hens are 17 weeks old. Colors mostly revealed.
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The 4 Swedish Flower hen chicks hatched in May are 9 weeks old.
I thought the darker cockerel will probably look like the oldest rooster but looking back at his photos he was a lot whiter at the same age. I guess I'll get a darker version of that, and if the other white one is male then it might be closer to the old man. The last 3 photos are the older rooster from 2018 and today.
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Enjoy the moments while they last because soon the best you get is a dirty look when you're not sharing food.
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Mulberries taste good too.
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Chicken update, currant events.
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The chick is 3 weeks old today.
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An apple snack for the chicks. Almost 2 weeks old and 6 weeks old.
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They learn how to destroy the lawn at such a young age.
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The hen and her 10 day old chick.
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