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<\/a>13 fluffy, day-old chicks!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>A silver-laced poland apparently….not!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>A lovely little dark poland chick with a russet coloured head.<\/p><\/div>\n
I’m obsessed. Chickens. They’ve taken over my life. This past weekend I’ve had another hatch – kind of by accident. I bought six silver-laced poland eggs at an auction, and couldn’t bear to do a half-filled incubator run so I topped it up with homegrown eggs. Of 17 eggs, 14 made it to Day 21 – 13 have hatched and the final one is pecking inside, though it hasn’t yet pipped. It’s my best hatch to date.<\/p>\n
However, the silver-laced polands? Well, that didn’t work out so well. Only three made it to hatch. The first popped out – black, five toes, furry legs, no dome-shaped head…NOT a poland, maybe a pilkie. The second popped out – grey and yellow, furry legs, four toes but no dome-shaped head. Also, it’s a totally different shape than the silkie crosses – I have NO idea what it is. The third? Well, that’s the egg yet to pip.<\/p>\n
I’ll do less writing and just let you see the adorable things yourself…<\/p>\n
<\/a>13 fluffy, day-old chicks!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>A silver-laced poland apparently….not!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>A lovely little dark poland chick with a russet coloured head.<\/p><\/div>\n