:D Hatching!!!

[Glutton4...]

Ooooooh Steve this is eggciting innit!

Well done for posting the piccies - it saves us having to nag lol!

[RedThorn]

The next in the installment... you grapes are going to get fed up with this lol

[davefromthechipie]

Grats RT Its funny watching them fall asleep mid walking & eating .GL with the rest hatching over the next few days

[Glutton4...]

The one on the right is doing a good impression of me after too much plonk lol!

[MaureenHall]

I don't think we EVER get fed up of seeing the progress of hatchings Keep 'em coming RT

[di]

AAAWW!!!Well done RT!!!Thet are little beauties!!!
Will be here first thing in the morning to see if there's more.
A tip I learnt a little late was to give them finely chopped dandelion leaves from very early on...prevents sticky bum!

Congrats!xxx

[RedThorn]

thanks Di(???) will do.... excuse my ignorance but what is sticky bum?
Aunty Mo ... careful what you wish for!
G4 -

[Bramble-Poultry]

obviously black rock and amber link chicks are yellow!!! (well thats my suggestion as you have yellow chicks)

No need to be careful what you wish for mo - keep em comin I lurve chickies

sticky bum - its basically a build up of poo around the bum but it sticks to them cos they are fluffy - its like the old saying sticks lik **** to a blanket!!

[di]

You caught me just before an early night!
Sometimes a chick can get a bit of a sticky bum...unless cleaned can cause a nasty blockage!
Do a daiy check and if any of them seem to have dried up poop around their bums,it will need cleaning,...warm water & cotton wool worked for us,although don't tug at the dried bit...could cause more damage.Ease it away gently.!
But then if you introduce a little choipped greens from day one,you hoprfully won't face the problem!

It was honestly an almost daily chore with the first hatch,but this time they've had their small ration of greens & no problem!

[Bramble-Poultry]

Early night Di - slacker!!! (i'm only jealous really)

it is a daily task cleaning bums, what interesting subjects we discuss on this forum!

[RichmondHens]

Er - I've never had to clean a chick's bum .............. have I just been lucky all this time, or is there another factor involved?

[RedThorn]

thanks to both of you.

what does a prolapse look like (intestine) on a wee one? if you look closely at the pic with the 2chicks, the 1 on the right has a funny bit attached to it...

[Snadger]

Congratulations Redthorn..........never get sick of piccie chicksters!

[Bramble-Poultry]

remenants of the eggsac RT - prolapse looks like a garden worm

[RedThorn]

obviously black rock and amber link chicks are yellow!!! (well thats my suggestion as you have yellow chicks)

lol the reason I asked is I got 5 of each egg but they were not marked as which was which! So who knows! lol