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Two in the incubator, but a third is pipping!
Its little beak is breaking through.
Its little beak is breaking through.
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canesisters
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Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
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Temporary setup.
Once they've all hatched this is where they'll go. Waterer will be moved, feeder will be added.
Pipped chick in the incubator hasn't progressed, but I will check on it when I remove the other two, in about an hour.
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Moved to underneath Rahab, no issues.
I was able to retrieve the unhatched egg from Rahab's nest. I put it in the incubator, jic.
SageHill
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Exciting!!!! Nothing like armchair chicken hatching! 
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Friday Morning
Chick #6 is slowly zipping (breaking its shell). I would help but would probably injure it, so hands off. The two unhatched eggs show no sign of hatching, but I will let them be for today.
Hannah checking out Rahab's brood.
When I went out a second time, Rahab was off the nest, chicks still in the box. Zaccheus was demanding his due, and Rahab was having none of it. I decided it was time to move her and the chicks into the brooder.
Each chick was removed from the box, had its beak dipped in the waterer to show them what it was for, then released to a scolding momma. I let them range with her under my watchful eye. And Zaccheus'.
Rahab made it PERFECTLY CLEAR that the others should stay away.
Then I picked up each chick, dipped its bill in the waterer (repetition) and into the brooder box. I picked up Rahab (!), placed her in the brooder, and secured the entry. She promptly joined her brood in the clean box provided.
No one can bother her or her chicks in there.
If chick #6 successfully hatches I will add it tonight.
Chick #6 is slowly zipping (breaking its shell). I would help but would probably injure it, so hands off. The two unhatched eggs show no sign of hatching, but I will let them be for today.
Hannah checking out Rahab's brood.
When I went out a second time, Rahab was off the nest, chicks still in the box. Zaccheus was demanding his due, and Rahab was having none of it. I decided it was time to move her and the chicks into the brooder.
Each chick was removed from the box, had its beak dipped in the waterer to show them what it was for, then released to a scolding momma. I let them range with her under my watchful eye. And Zaccheus'.
Rahab made it PERFECTLY CLEAR that the others should stay away.
Then I picked up each chick, dipped its bill in the waterer (repetition) and into the brooder box. I picked up Rahab (!), placed her in the brooder, and secured the entry. She promptly joined her brood in the clean box provided.
No one can bother her or her chicks in there.
If chick #6 successfully hatches I will add it tonight.
Baymule
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Congratulations! You are a GrandHenMa!
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Not sure #6 is going to make it, he had a tough hatch, has been resting all afternoon, and struggles to stand. He either makes it or he doesn't, nothing really I can do at this point.
At least he's comfortable.
At least he's comfortable.
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Exchanged the damaged trimmer for a new one. I assembled the handles, made sure everything is in place, battery charged. I may give it a test run later, may not, as it's brutal outside.
We've had a lot of storms in the last couple weeks, but no measurable amount of rain. The soil's dusty, powdery dry from all the heat, too. I did selective watering earlier today, mainly the recent transplants (iris, Rose of Sharon, yarrow), the blueberry bushes, and the elderberrys, too. The elderberry I was given last October was 18" when I transplanted it this Spring. It has sprouted into a 5' shrub, full, healthy.
And I rinsed and filled the birdbaths.
We've had a lot of storms in the last couple weeks, but no measurable amount of rain. The soil's dusty, powdery dry from all the heat, too. I did selective watering earlier today, mainly the recent transplants (iris, Rose of Sharon, yarrow), the blueberry bushes, and the elderberrys, too. The elderberry I was given last October was 18" when I transplanted it this Spring. It has sprouted into a 5' shrub, full, healthy.
And I rinsed and filled the birdbaths.
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Amazing what a phone camera can do!
Spicebush swallowtail
Spicebush swallowtail
